Franz Liszt
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Doborján, Hungary (1811 – 1886)
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.
As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the “neudeutsche schule” (“New German School”). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some twentieth-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.
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newtonschnerjr
What a pitty! His profile at Last.fm doesn't show if Liszt would be on "tour"... =-|
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odinsacolyte
Have loved this tune since I was a little boy.
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KeIemvor
Lmao this guy is hilarious, trying really hard to come across as poetical while projecting his wannabe-intellectualism onto others and thus in turn making fun of himself. Definitely one of the more original trolls on this site. Also funny profile, I especially like the inclusion of Bruce Faulconer in his composer top 10.
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sinoss
ooo another meme from a modernist science-sage? t’was a daoist blow, lolcat. but just for the giggles rufus, please, do enlighten us on the esoteric teachings of 2001: A Space Odyssey, sir connoisseur of high cinema? perhaps as a symphonic adagio, you can then bestow (through freudian gestures of penile imagery using your index fingers) what transcendental qualities lie in beethoven's 9th, all the while lapping yourself up vigorously in a miasma of your own flesh-liquids, of course secured impenetrably by the “wisdom” of your technologically self-evident “truths.” just careful not to get it all over your iron maiden bar stool there, my precious wittle bleep blop. such a vintage item can be exchanged for further goods and services.
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KeIemvor
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sinoss
hahah look at these scientism slaves attempt to call out their master while pathetically gearing pet meme avatars. so very apropos. oh and its "poseur" you semen-gurgling faggots.
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Latemalicsirp
Perfect!
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KeIemvor
He really was a damn incredible pianist and piano composer. And very consistent.
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KeIemvor
lol @ sinoss get the fuck out poser [2]
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ut0
lol @ sinoss get the fuck out poser
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overwriteitall
Wanna see you touring with Beethoven and Grieg. [2]
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mediafireholic
Wanna see you touring with Beethoven and Grieg.
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DehSaraiva
Many of Liszt's pieces have notoriously high degree of difficulty technical to play, but Feux Follets (Transcendental Etude No. 5) for me, is (maybe) the most difficult, of the named d'Études Exécution Transcendante (S.139). Which I believe it is, in turn, the set of 12 piano pieces more 'lovingly' among thorny all the others already compounds.
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sinoss
Sorry, I don’t delete posts. I’m not one to suppress others with censorship due to my own pusillanimous fear of a greater truth outside of myself. Still the greatest European composer of all time, #2 (currently Beethoven) is nowhere close. I highly recommend ‘Années de pèlerinage, S.160-163’ for those that havn’t heard it (the 3rd year is especially sublime). Also, Kanye West listeners and clueless Chopin fanboys need not apply their colossal ignorance. It’s embarrassing to us as a species.
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neezinu
eargasm
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fearimpaired
Liszt was the grandfather of Richard Wagner's son. O_O I feel fuckin' creepy for the latter.
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UlRevo
Come to Morocco ! <3
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liquorsetmefree
i'm really lucky to be born after he wrote everything
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ClebsonDMoura
Transcendental e muito bom. =)
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Neue_regel_
@petulkator Agreed. No point in qualitative comparisons. It's all a matter of subjective taste.
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