A Brief History of Franz Liszt

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-Allysia

[FocusMrbjarke]

“I knew he was spending a lot of time at the piano but i was doubtful he would get that far with an app”

[pianoforte]

Today Liszt is regarded as one of the greatest piano Virtuous of all time. He was also listed in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the most prodigious sight-readers of all time. At some point in his life he took two years to perfect his technique after he heard the leading violin virtuoso of the day, Niccolo Paganini. Afterwards his technical ability was regarded as phenomenal and unsurpassed in his day. Works like the Liszt Sonata in B minor, the Transcendental Etudes and the Liszt Paganini are an incredible attestation to his powers as a virtuoso and composer. In Liszt day only a handful of pianist could play them because he advanced the technique to another level hitherto unknown. Although some of his works are regarded as bombastic, he wrote many first class compositions that are regarded a hallmarks of the repertoire. Liszt reputation as one of the greatest pianists and composers still stands to this day.

[aikidomindset]

This is very accurate to how my life has went. Thank You for informing everyone about my life.
Sincerely, Franz Liszt

[lakatoskilimandzsaro]

Hungarian here! Thanks for emphasizing how Liszt considered himself as Hungarian, aka Magyar. Austria tries to claim him as "theirs" though even his name is Hungarian (Liszt means flour).
Also, just a little insight because I saw some comments in the comment section: Hungarians pronounce "sz" as "s" and "s" as "sh" --> that's why it's Liszt. Do not confuse "sz" with "zs" because we pronounce "zs" as "j" ;)
*flies away*

[camerontretter]

The picture at 1:38 is actually of Liszt's apartment in Budapest right next to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. I've been there, and it is certainly quite something

[Quotenwagnerianer]

Considering that Beethoven was totally deaf by 1823 I'd call that anecdote about him being at Liszt's concert and being impressed to be a fabrication.

[maziplz]

liszt is always gonna be my fav artist !, i have his face tattoed on my shoulder, and i have liebestraum on my right arm. hes music inspired to play piano at age of 5, btw i love your videos :p

[njk]

So nice to hear your history and passion for such a great musician.

[abhijit_birje]

Wow...there are so many things about Liszt I didn't know. I knew that he was a great pianist, his rockstar image and the overlap of time period with Chopin but I was completely unaware of his initial struggle. Thanks for making this video!

[ramisaht]

I actually play the violin, but your channel is so amazing that I want to watch every video you upload

[hadyanfakhri]

7:56 there you go guys, event Liszt had to PRACTICE to become virtuoso despite he was a prodigy.
So, GO PRACTICE !

[musicbyAnu]

i luv how u fluently speak please do videos on Sir Mozart

[nihil]

I've always had a superficial vision of Liszt as the rockstar of Romanticism, but this video made me change my mind! Waiting for part 2...

By the way, I'm a beginner composer/songwriter, if any of you would check some of my little songs and give me some feedback, I would really appreciate.
(I hate spamming, I'm just searching a way to start, hope you'll forgive me)
Cheers!

[SmeagolTheBeagle]

Just incredible. Thanks for this. Liszt is my all time favourite composer.

[chromatickhaled]

Wow I was just going to request this! Now I can't wait for part two. Thanks for the information :)

[Musicienne-DAB]

An excellent video. It's astonishing how many people we consider geniuses today, who were ignored, dismissed, or even scorned during their time. I am relatively new to Liszt, having listened more to Chopin. The power and virtuosity of his music is breathtaking, and I have barely scratched the surface. Will watch Part 2!

[europeanbourgeois]

The greatest pianist of all time, none compare.

[pianoforte]

Great video. I think we implicitly assume that the greats always stood head and shoulders above everyone else. It's hard to imagine Liszt struggling as a composer - playing his now famous works to an unappreciative audience. And it's even more surprising that there were composers considered great in their time, who history forgot. I certainly had no idea who Thalberg was.

[Vincent]

Everytime you said “Little Liszt” I laughed. My family(now LIST, to avoid the Hungarian pronunciation, Lischt)is descended from Franz. That being said, I have two older sisters, whenever I entered a new school, all of the teachers and older students always called me “Little List” which annoyed me at the time. Thank you for this video, I needed to brush up on his story to use for lyrics for a song I’m writing called “the Liszt goes on”. The piece was inspired by Queen, Led Zeppelin, And Liszt too(including a piano solo inspired by Piano Concerto No. 1 in E♭major). I play 9 instruments(and sing)now and was recently contracted as a composer for a musical being sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The song is meant to be a tribute to Liszt and a recollection of his life and times followed by a brief lyrical epithet on the challenge of being a respectable musician with such a surname! Sorry for the random comment, I just wanted to let you know why I appreciated this so much! I subscribed as well!

[ACrownofFlowers]

My brother introduced me to list after I introduced him to classical music through Mozart and Strauss. Thank you for this nice history. If I may add you're also very beautiful.