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FRANZ LISZT   HEAR The Great Kat's SHRED/CLASSICAL version of Liszt's "HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #2" (From "Wagner's War" CD) MP3 Real Audio Wav

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FRANZ LISZT Biography

 

Franz Liszt was born in 1811 in Raiding, Hungary. Liszt was considered as the greatest pianist of his time. His primary interests were music, religion and women. He was friendly with Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, and Frederic Chopin. He took the four minor order of the Catholic Church and became Abbe Liszt in 1865. He was a prominent composer, conductor and piano teacher.

Liszt was well known for the creation of descriptive orchestral music called "symphonic poem" or "tone poem". An example of "tone peom" is Liszt's "Hamlet" and "Les Preludes". In Budapest, Hungary, Liszt was considered a national hero. Influenced by the violinist Paganini, Liszt developed similiar technique for piano. Liszt died in Bayreuth in 1886.

 

Franz Liszt was one of the forerunners of virtuoso pianists and led the way for extreme virtuosity in composition.

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