Franz Liszt

Biography by Michael Rodman

Hungarian-born pianist and composer Liszt was a towering figure in the romantic era how was a dazzling and flamboyant piano virtuoso.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Liebesträum, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)	1843	Keyboard
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4)	1835	Concerto
Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (LW A179)	1851	Keyboard
Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172)	1851	Keyboard
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6)	1839	Concerto
Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)	1848	Orchestral
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), for piano, S. 244 (LW A132)	1846	Keyboard
Consolation, for piano No. 3 in D flat major "Lento placido", S. 172/3 (LW A111a/2/2)	1849	Keyboard
Totentanz, for piano & orchestra, S. 126 (LW H8)	1847	Concerto
Mephisto Waltz (I & II), for piano No. 1 (Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke), S. 514 (LW A189)	1859	Keyboard
Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert (after Verdi), for piano, S. 434 (LW A187)	1859	Keyboard
Nuages gris (Trübe Wolken), for piano, S. 199 (LW A305)	1881	Keyboard
Années de pèlerinage, 2nd Year ("Italie"), suite for piano, S. 161 (LW A55)	1838	Keyboard
Ballade, for piano No. 2 (II) in B minor, S. 171 (LW A181)	1853	Keyboard
Liebestraume (3), notturnos for piano (after songs LW N18), S. 541, LW A103	1843	Keyboard
Mephisto Waltz, for orchestra No. 1 (Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke; Episoden No. 2), S. 110/2 (LW G16/2)	1857	Orchestral
Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 2 (the "original" No. 2) in C sharp minor (I & II), S. 244/2 (LW A132/2)	1847	Keyboard
Consolations (6), for piano, S. 172 (LW A111a/2)	1849	Keyboard
Années de pèlerinage, 1st Year ("Suisse"), suite for piano, S. 160 (LW A159)	1848	Keyboard
Funérailles, for piano (Harmonies poétiques No. 7), S.173/7 (LW A158/7)	1848	Keyboard