Franz Liszt combined sensational keyboard prowess ... although he was never ordained as a priest. An apocryphal story tells that while he was preparing to enter the Holy Orders in Rome, Liszt was ...

Franz Liszt: the sensational piano wizard whose breathtaking virtuosity ... although he was never ordained as a priest.

In 1879 he received the tonsure and the four minor orders but he was never ordained a priest. Yet he was allowed to discard the cassock and even marry if he so wished. From now on Liszt divided his ...

Almost everyone admits that Franz Liszt was one of the giant figures of ... In his youth, he wanted to be a priest, and in the 1830s he was an eager supporter of all the new-fangled ideas of ...

Standing at the center of each is the First Piano Concerto of Franz Liszt ... after he was done with the groupies, Liszt became a priest.) An enthusiastic ovation inspired the pianist to continue ...

The women who screamed and swooned for the 19th Century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt set the pattern for fans in our own time – from The Beatles to Justin Bieber. The spectacle of young women ...

What if I told you that the first “rock star” was piano virtuoso Franz Liszt? According to the BBC, Franz Liszt was music’s first “rock star. " His electrifying stage presence enraptured ...

By David Allen Marc-André Hamelin’s recording features fantasias on Italian opera by Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg, who faced off onstage in 1837. The American Symphony Orchestra ...