Franz Liszt

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Franz Liszt

• (1811-1886)

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Biographical Sketch

• Born in Hungary
• Father was a musician
• Knew Beethoven and Haydn
• Age 8 First recital
• Sponsored by wealthy Hungarians to study abroad
• Travels to Vienna to study with Czerny
• Travels abroad giving concerts
• Father dies in 1823
• Moves to Paris with his mother teaches piano
  lessons to support family

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Biographical Sketch

• Encounters with other hot-shots
• Beethoven
• Schubert
• Paganini
• Victor Hugo
• Berlioz
• Chopin
• International superstar
• Musical séance
• First true piano recital

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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

• Set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies
• No. 2 is by far the most famous
• Based on Hungarian gypsie music heard during
  Liszts youth
• 2 sections
• Lasson Slow, dark, and dramatic
• Friska Fast, playful

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