Welcome to the course "Lisztomania:&nbsp; The Music of Franz Liszt"

Documentary: The Classical Nerd: Franz Liszt (1:20:00)

Documentary: Liszt in the World (1:30:00)

Course Description:

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) was the most influential composer of the mid-19th

century. Following a decade of touring as a concert pianist that created a public

frenzy dubbed "Lisztomania," Liszt concentrated on composing highly romantic

music with themes of terror, death, destiny and the devil. His work in this period,

which included inventing the "symphonic poem," influenced such composers as

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner, as well as 20th century

movie composers. In his final two decades Liszt's produced more subtle music

that anticipated the impressionism of Claude Debussy and 20th century atonality.

Early Solo Piano Music (1833 - 1860)

Orchestra Music with Piano

Day 3: Later Solo Piano Music

Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano (1840), by Danhauser, commissioned by Conrad Graf.

The imagined gathering shows seated Alfred de Musset or Alexandre Dumas, George Sand,
Franz Liszt, Marie d'Agoult; standing Hector Berlioz or Victor Hugo, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini; a bust of Beethoven on the piano, a portrait of Lord Byron on the wall,
a statue of Joan of Arc on the far left.

Lisztomania: The Music of Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)