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.
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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.
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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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