Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer of Romantic Music. Liszt first gained international fame as a piano virtuoso, an activity in which he was a pioneer, and then as a composer of piano works and symphonic poems, a form he created. A prolific transcriber of those who went before and a generous supporter of other composers, Liszt made a lasting contribution to the evolution of music.
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1811 - 1886Life of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.
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22 Oct 1811Franz Liszt is born in Raiding, then in Hungary but today in Austria.
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1822Franz Liszt studies in Vienna.
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1831Franz Liszt hears the great violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini in Paris and is inspired to become a virtuoso pianist.
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1834Franz Liszt begins a relationship with Countess Marie d'Agoult.
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1837Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima is born.
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1840 - 1847Height of 'Lisztomania' where Franz Liszt causes a sensation giving piano recitals.
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1844Franz Liszt separates from Countess Marie d'Agoult.
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1848Franz Liszt takes up his position as the music director of the Weimar ducal court.
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1848Franz Liszt begins a scandalous relationship with Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein.
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1848Franz Liszt completes his Les préludes symphonic poem.
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1849Franz Liszt completes his Piano concerto No. 1 and No. 2.
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1850Franz Liszt completes his Liebesträum piano works.
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1853Franz Liszt completes his Piano Concerto in E flat.
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1854Franz Liszt completes his Piano Sonata in B minor.
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c. 1856Franz Liszt completes his Dante Symphony.
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c. 1857Franz Liszt completes his Faust Symphony.
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1861Franz Liszt leaves Weimar and moves to Rome.
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1862Franz Liszt completes his oratorio Die Legende von der heilige Elisabeth (Legend of St. Elizabeth).
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1865Franz Liszt takes minor orders and calls himself the Abbé Liszt.
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1867Franz Liszt completes his Christus oratorio.
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1875Franz Liszt establishes a music academy in Pest.
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1877Franz Liszt completes his Années de pèlerinage - Years of Pilgrimage anthology of piano pieces.
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1885Franz Liszt completes his quartet of Mephisto Waltzes.
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1885Franz Liszt completes his collection of solo piano works titled Hungarian Rhapsodies.
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31 Jul 1886Franz Liszt dies of pneumonia in Bayreuth in Bavaria.
