![]() ![]() He also reached a fantastic level of stardom, causing women to faint in concerts and fight for his cigar stubs, handkerchiefs, etc. In any case, all of it makes Liszt sound like a really nice, hardworking guy. You can’t help but admire that, but perhaps also… wonder if his responsibility fell more to his own family than a bust of Beethoven. One such concert was his last public appearance with Frédéric Chopin, a pair of piano duo concerts held at the Salle Pleyel and the Conservatoire de Paris on 25 and 26 April 1841. He contributed his advocacy and also his personal energies in concerts and recitals, the proceeds of which went towards the construction fund. Till then, the French contributions had totalled less than 425 francs Liszt’s own personal donation exceeded 10,000 francs. Wikipedia says:įranz Liszt involved himself in the project in October 1839 when it became clear it was danger of foundering through lack of financial support. ![]() Even with three children, upon hearing that the Beethoven Monument in Bonn was in danger of being cancelled, he came out of retirement and went back on tour to raise funds. It is also where Frederic Chopin was, and Wikipedia mentions that he influenced Liszt to help him develop a “poetic and romantic side,” but he was only one year Liszt’s senior, so I’m not sure what kind of mentoring, if any, took place.Īt the age of only 23-24, he began a relationship with a married woman, had a few kids (one of whom, Cosima, would later marry Richard Wagner), and gained a teaching post at the Geneva Conservatory. Liszt paid out of pocket all the expenses for publishing the transcription and building some reputation and appreciation for the piece, and Paris was a very suitable place to do this. The first of these in his life, it seems, was to arrange piano transcriptions of some of Berlioz’s works, including the Symphonie Fantastique, which had not yet caught on, and was not even published. On more than one occasion throughout his life, he held concerts, even toured, in order to raise money for worthy causes. What perhaps might have been another thing that Liszt inherited or learned from Paganini was his kindheartedness, his desire to help. That is also another thing I feel I hear in his music. He apparently had his first impression of the violin virtuoso at a charity concert for the victims of an epidemic of cholera, he wasīlown away and decided then to be the Paganini of the piano. That, to me, was the first name that stood out as something I would relate to Liszt’s body of work as ‘an influence’ in the sense that it relates more to the “diabolical” nature and fiery liveliness and imagination of much of his work rather than just an incredibly musical upbringing. Vienna with Czerny and Salieri, Diabelli and all the rest, but in his adolescence, in what was a quite difficult time in his life, (father’s death, broken relationship, doubts and struggle regarding his faith, etc.) he met Hector Berlioz. The other thing that possibly might stand out at this point is how classical or traditional the man’s training and background seemed. His connections through his teacher and the rest probably helped, but suffice it to say, the young composer/performer got off to a wonderful start. Needless to say, Liszt was the only child composer included in this anthology, at the age of eleven. This was actually part II of the project, part one being Beethoven’s own 33 variations on the Diabelli waltz. The young Liszt’s first published work was also a precocious big break for someone so young: his Variation sur une valse de Diabelli, number 24 in a set of 50 variations commissioned by Diabelli himself. ![]() They went to Hungary, but apparently found themselves back in Vienna within a year. Father Liszt tried to extend his son’s studies there, but no dice. There he studied under Carl Czerny, former student of both Beethoven and Hummel, as well as composition lessons from Antonio Salieri, having met both Beethoven and Schubert during this single year in Vienna. At the age of nine, he gave a series of concerts, after which he received some support from wealthy patrons to study abroad, abroad being Vienna. If you want his full biography, just check out the Wikipedia page on the guy. His father, Adam Liszt, played a number of musical instruments. Unlike the aforementioned two contemporaries, however, Franz Liszt lived a long, and relatively healthy life, dying at the age of 74.īorn Liszt Ferencz on October 22, 1811, he grew up in a musically rich environment. Most people know him as the frighteningly virtuosic virtuoso pianist born in 1811, the year after Chopin and Schumann, he himself being one of the most influential performers/composers of the 19th century. ![]()
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