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Mastered pieces by Hummel and Bach Czerny agreed to be piano teacher to Franz Prince finally agrees to let Adam move Franz to Vienna
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Franz Liszt
By: Ruth RichardsonMusic 1010-048
Born on October 22, 1811
Adam Liszt loved music
Franz learned to play piano at the age of 6
Franz was given his first piano at 7 years old
Franz, age 12
Mastered pieces by Hummel and Bach
Czerny agreed to be piano teacher to Franz
Prince finally agrees to let Adam move Franz to Vienna
First concert in 1820
Noblemen offered to pay for Franz’s education
Franz and family arrive in Vienna in 1822
Salieri also starts to teach Franz
Franz meets Beethoven
Franz plays piano for Beethoven
Franz spends 25 years doing Beethoven’s nine symphonies
Liszt is responsible for Beethoven statue erected in 1845
Beethoven Statue, Bonn
Franz and family move to Paris
Franz meets Sebastian Erard
Franz given a new 7 octave piano
Franz advertised as and Erard artist
Erard Piano
Teachers are Reicha and Paer
Liszt debut in March of 1824
Franz played at Windsor Castle in England
Don Sanche performed in October 1825
Adam Liszt dies
Windsor Castle, England
Making living as a piano teacher
Falls in love with one of his students
Franz becomes very ill
Wants to join the Priesthood
Franz’s interest in music is piqued again
Determined to do on piano what Paganini does on violin
Meets Hector Berlioz in 1832
Meets Fredric Chopin
Niccolo Paganini
Liszt finds love again
Has 3 children
Elopes to Switzerland
Travelled Europe and Asia Minor from 1838-1847
Returns to Paris in 1844
Liszt performing at the piano. The year is 1840; the place is a salon in Paris. His audience includes famous writers and musicians, (left to right) Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Georges Sand, Niccolo Paganini, and Gioacchinio Rossini, as well as Liszt's mistress, the Countess Marie d'Agoult.
Returns to Hungary
Writes Hungarian Rhapsodies
Meets Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
Ends career to focus on composing
Settles in Weimar, Germany
Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
Franz Liszt
Moves to Rome with the Princess
Writes religious music
Daughter dies, inspiring Franz to write Weinen,Kalgan
Moves back to Weimar in 1869
Last performance on July 19, 1886
Dies July 31, 1886
La Campanellahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnfZjqMSy0
Means little bells
First hear played by Paganini on violin
Liszt originally wrote as Paganini Etudes
Duple/Compound meter
Medium Tempo
Major Mode
Liebestraumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYvGOC7bDBI
Published about 1850
Means Dreams of Love
3 Movements based off poems that represented different types of love
Common Meter
Slow Tempo
Major Mode