One letter to his mother begins in faltering Hungarian, and after an apology continues in French (his preferred language). As a result, Liszt never fully learned Hungarian his later letters and diaries show that he came to regret this deeply. Local aristocrats noticed his talent and enabled him to travel to Vienna and later to Paris with his family. His father, who worked at the court of Count Esterházy, gave him his first music lessons when he was six years old. Liszt displayed incredible talent at a young age, easily sight-reading multiple staves at once. His father, Ádám Liszt, was Hungarian and his mother was Austrian-born Anna Liszt, née Lagen. The Hungarian variant Ferenc is often used, though Liszt never used this himself. His baptism record is in Latin and lists his first name as Franciscus. Liszt was born in the village of Doborján, near Sopron, Hungary, in what was then the Austrian Empire (Doborján is now Raiding in Austria after the Treaty of Trianon of 1920). As would be expected from a pianist-composer of Liszt's virtuosity, many of his piano compositions are amongst the most technically challenging in the repertoire. He also made many exuberant piano transcriptions of operas, famous symphonies, Paganini Caprices, and Schubert Lieder. His piano compositions include works such as his Piano Sonata in B minor, and two piano concertos, which have entered the standard repertoire. His great generosity with both time and money benefited the lives of many people: victims of disasters, orphans and the many students he taught for free. His virtuosity earned him approbations by composers and performers alike throughout Europe. He studied and played at Vienna and Paris and for most of his early adulthood toured throughout Europe giving concerts. Born: Octovillage of Doborján, near Sopron, Hungaryįranz Liszt was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer.
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