1854: Premiere of Franz Liszt’s symphonic poem “Mazeppa”. On the same day, San Salvador on El Salvador is destroyed by earthquake. 1881: Bartholomew “Bat” Masterton fights his last gun battle in Dodge ...

The pianist completes his all-Liszt album with the solo piano work Consolations and two movements from the composer's Harmonies poétiques et religieuses. Franz Liszt is often described as the ...

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 ...

One of the greats who got an unwelcome notice was Franz Liszt. After Liszt dropped his dazzling career as a pianist to compose his bombastic symphonic poems (Tasso, Les Preludes, Mazeppa ...

Discover the life and impact of Franz Liszt, the 19th-century Hungarian composer and pianist who redefined music superstardom, as explored by Gergely Fazekas from the Liszt Academy. Hegseth throws ...

Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Brown presented herself as a simple homemaker from a humble family who raised two children on her own after her husband’s death. Though her books mention piano ...

Composer, teacher, Abbé, Casanova, writer, sage, pioneer and champion of new music, philanthropist, philosopher and one of the greatest pianists in history, Liszt was the very embodiment of the ...

We're so happy you've joined us. Today's program begins with the romantic tone poem "Les Préludes" by Franz Liszt, then the remarkable "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Paul Hindemith and concluding ...

Even though Schumann and Mendelssohn proved that the genre was still thriving, the majority of composers turned to overtures, which offered more expressive possibilities and/or followed a trend ...

When Wagner was active, composers preferred to follow Franz Liszt’s lead and thus resorted to the symphonic poem. A musical realizing of a ... s arrival in the earthly paradise. Hetman Ivan Mazeppa ...

The sophistication of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is juxtaposed with the flash of Franz ... Liszt’s pop appeal was supported by exactness and talent. Liszt was famous for composing symphonic ...