Franz Liszt

Biography by Michael Rodman

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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	Avg. Duration	Genre
Ballade, for piano No. 2 (II) in B minor, S. 171 (LW A181)	1853	14:39	Keyboard
Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (LW A179)	1851	30:02	Keyboard
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4)	1835	18:28	Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6)	1839	20:52	Concerto
Légendes (2), for piano, S.175 (LW A219)	1863	17:39	Keyboard
Mephisto Waltz, for orchestra No. 1 ("Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke"), S. 110/2 (LW G16/2) (Episoden aus Lenaus Faust No. 2)	1857	11:08	Orchestral
Nuages gris (Trübe Wolken), for piano, S. 199 (LW A305)	1881	03:01	Keyboard
Totentanz, for piano & orchestra, S. 126 (LW H8)	1847	15:20	Concerto
Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)	1848	15:53	Orchestral
Consolations (6), for piano, S. 172 (LW A111a/2)	1849	17:00	Keyboard
Fantasie & Fuge über den Choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", for organ, S. 259 (LW E1)	1850	30:31	Keyboard
En rêve, nocturne for piano, S. 207 (LW A336)	1885	02:21	Keyboard
Venezia e Napoli II (3), for piano, S. 162 (LW A197)	1859	18:06	Keyboard
Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, for piano, S. 434 (LW A187) (after Verdi)	1859	06:55	Keyboard
Dante Symphony (Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia), for orchestra, S. 109 (LW G14)	1855	43:45	Symphony
Faust Symphony (I & II), for orchestra or soloist, male chorus & orchestra, S. 108 (LW G12)	1854	01:04:33	Symphony
Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for organ, S. 673 (LW E17)	1863	17:49	Keyboard
Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo, symphonic poem for orchestra (4 versions), S. 96 (LW G2)	1847	20:29	Orchestral
Orpheus, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 98 (LW G9)	1853	11:17	Orchestral
Bagatelle sans tonalité, for piano, S. 216a (LW A338)	1885	02:56	Keyboard