Liszt's Life and Style Flashcards
Dates of Birth/Death
1811-1886
Locations of Birth/Death
Raiding, Hungary; Bayreuth, Germany
His father ____ Liszt was a ___ in the court of ___ ___ ___, and had played ___ in ___ ___ ___’s orchestra in ___
Adam, Clerk, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, Cello, Franz Joseph Haydn, Eisenstadt
First lessons were with ___, displayed ___ at an early age, composing at age ___ and concert debut at ___
Father, Talent, 8, 9
18__: Family moved to ___ to allow Liszt to study piano with ___ ___, and composition with ___ ___
1821, Vienna, Carl Czerny, Antonio Salieri
18__: Moved to ___ to continue ___ and pursue his ___. Had ___ in first 3 months
1823, Paris, Education, Performance Career, 38
Toured ___, ___, ___ and other ___ cities while still a ___
England, Ireland, Switzerland, French, Teenager
Torn between life as a ____ ___ and his desire to enter the ____
Concert pianist, Priesthood
Dates and names of his 3 periods
Early Years (1827-1847), Weimar Years (1848-1861), Late Years: Rome, Weimar, Budapest (1861-1886)
Earned a living through ___, and ___, and performed in places from ___ to ___
Concert performances, Teaching, Ireland, Constantinople
Known as the ___ ___ of his era; with unparalleled ___ prowess, ___ skills, and personal ___
Greatest pianist, Technical, Sight-reading, Charisma
Based in ___, his artistic circle included ____, ___, ___, ___, ___, and writers such as ___, and ___
Paris, Hector Belioz, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Frederic Chopin, Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo
18__: Played a historic ___ ___ recital, in ___ (as before, concerts involved ___ and ___). Had fame akin to modern ___ ___, and had many ___ ___ and ___ ___
1840, Solo piano, London, Multiple performers and ensemble, Rock starts, Female admirers, Romantic affairs
Long-term relationship with ___ ___ ___ from ___ to ___; she left ____ to be with him. Relationship ended ___
Countess, Marie d’Agoult, 1835 to 1839, Her husband, Bitterly
Contributed ____ to many ___, including the relief efforts after the ___ ___ floods in ___ in ___
Generously, Charities, Danube River, Hungary, 1838
18___: Moved to ___ to focus on ___ and ___ due to his appointment as “___ ___ ___ of ___ ___” in ___
1848, Weimar, Conducting, Composing, Grand Ducal Director of Music Extraordinary, 1842
Worked as a ___ and music ___; mounted productions of new ___ by composers such as ___, ___, and ___
Conductor, Director, Operas, Hector Belioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Schumann
Generously helped ___ and ___ in their careers; conducted first performance of ___’s ___
Belioz and Wagner, Wagner’s Lohengrin
Lived openly with ___ ___ ___-___, a ___ ___ he met in ___ while on tour their home in ___ was a major center for artists, musicians, and writers
Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, Married aristocrat, Kiev, Weimar
Composing activities focused mainly on ____: specifically ___, ___ and ___
Orchestral Music, Symphonic Poems, Program symphony, Piano concertos
Retired from hectic ____ career, as a teacher, developed the ___ format, welcoming capable students, occasionally offering instruction free of charge
Performing, Master class
Followed Princess Carolyne to ___ in ___; relationship ended in ____
Rome, 1861, 1864
During brief period of semi-retirement, attained minor orders in the ____ ____. He continued to ____ extensively in his final years, divided between ___, ___, and ___, where he was appointed ____
Catholic Church, Travel, Rome, Weimar, Budapest, President of the Music Academy
Final tours in ____ included ___ and ___, he died the same year on July 31 in ____
1886, London, Paris, Bayreuth
___ often influenced compositional output; during his years as a touring pianist he wrote and performed ____ of ___, ___, and ____
Career activities, Piano transcriptions, Symphonies, Opera arias, Lieder
Musical works display duality of his ____ personal life, but also ____ ____, and ____ from his _____
Virtuosic, Religious titles, Symbolism, Religious beliefs
Changed the “____” of piano performance by playing ____, sitting ____ to the audience, and referring to concerts as “___”
Culture, From memory, Profile, Recitals
Developed modern piano technique with as unprecedented ____ effects such as ____ ____, ___ ____, A variety of ___ ___, _____, ____, ____ ____, and rapid ____ ___
Bravura, Extreme register, Wide leaps, Arpeggiated figures, Thunderous octaves, Tremolos, Cascading passages, Repeated notes
An influential teacher inventing the “___” approach. Developed Romantic idioms such as the ___ ___ and ___ ___ ___
Master class, Concert etude, Lyric piano piece
Cultivated ____ writing and credited with inventing the ___ ___, and contributed to the development of the ____ ___
Programmatic, Symphonic poem, Program symphony
Works displayed ___, and ___ in terms of form, writing single-movement works with complex ___ ___ such as the piano sonata in B minor, and the piano concerto in E flat major
Freedom, Innovation, Internal structures
Advocate of the “___” a movement that supported the ___ of music and ___ (Gesamtkunstwerk). Championed like-minded composers as a conductor such as ___ and ___
Music of the Future, Fusion, Drama, Berlioz, Wagner
Employed ___ ___ such as in ___, and harmonic language often ___ and ___ such as favoring ___ relationships over dominant relationships, use of ___ triads and other ___ chords, with later works such as ___ foreshadowing Impressionism
Thematic transformation, Les Preludes, Chromatic, Progressive, Mediant, Augmented, Altered, Nuages gris
Elements of ____ ___ and ___music evident in his work such as in ___ and ___
Hungarian folk and gypsy, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Hungarian Fantasy
