Liszt's Life and Style

Question 1

Dates of Birth/Death

Answer 1

1811-1886

Question 2

Locations of Birth/Death

Answer 2

Raiding, Hungary; Bayreuth, Germany

Question 3

His father ____ Liszt was a ___ in the court of ___ ___ ___, and had played ___ in ___ ___ ___’s orchestra in ___

Answer 3

Adam, Clerk, Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, Cello, Franz Joseph Haydn, Eisenstadt

Question 4

First lessons were with ___, displayed ___ at an early age, composing at age ___ and concert debut at ___

Answer 4

Father, Talent, 8, 9

Question 5

18__: Family moved to ___ to allow Liszt to study piano with ___ ___, and composition with ___ ___

Answer 5

1821, Vienna, Carl Czerny, Antonio Salieri

Question 6

18__: Moved to ___ to continue ___ and pursue his ___. Had ___ in first 3 months

Answer 6

1823, Paris, Education, Performance Career, 38

Question 7

Toured ___, ___, ___ and other ___ cities while still a ___

Answer 7

England, Ireland, Switzerland, French, Teenager

Question 8

Torn between life as a ____ ___ and his desire to enter the ____

Answer 8

Concert pianist, Priesthood

Question 9

Dates and names of his 3 periods

Answer 9

Early Years (1827-1847), Weimar Years (1848-1861), Late Years: Rome, Weimar, Budapest (1861-1886)

Question 10

Earned a living through ___, and ___, and performed in places from ___ to ___

Answer 10

Concert performances, Teaching, Ireland, Constantinople

Question 11

Known as the ___ ___ of his era; with unparalleled ___ prowess, ___ skills, and personal ___

Answer 11

Greatest pianist, Technical, Sight-reading, Charisma

Question 12

Based in ___, his artistic circle included ____, ___, ___, ___, ___, and writers such as ___, and ___

Answer 12

Paris, Hector Belioz, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Frederic Chopin, Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo

Question 13

18__: Played a historic ___ ___ recital, in ___ (as before, concerts involved ___ and ___). Had fame akin to modern ___ ___, and had many ___ ___ and ___ ___

Answer 13

1840, Solo piano, London, Multiple performers and ensemble, Rock starts, Female admirers, Romantic affairs

Question 14

Long-term relationship with ___ ___ ___ from ___ to ___; she left ____ to be with him. Relationship ended ___

Answer 14

Countess, Marie d’Agoult, 1835 to 1839, Her husband, Bitterly

Question 15

Contributed ____ to many ___, including the relief efforts after the ___ ___ floods in ___ in ___

Answer 15

Generously, Charities, Danube River, Hungary, 1838

Question 16

18___: Moved to ___ to focus on ___ and ___ due to his appointment as “___ ___ ___ of ___ ___” in ___

Answer 16

1848, Weimar, Conducting, Composing, Grand Ducal Director of Music Extraordinary, 1842

Question 17

Worked as a ___ and music ___; mounted productions of new ___ by composers such as ___, ___, and ___

Answer 17

Conductor, Director, Operas, Hector Belioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Schumann

Question 18

Generously helped ___ and ___ in their careers; conducted first performance of ___’s ___

Answer 18

Belioz and Wagner, Wagner’s Lohengrin

Question 19

Lived openly with ___ ___ ___-___, a ___ ___ he met in ___ while on tour their home in ___ was a major center for artists, musicians, and writers

Answer 19

Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, Married aristocrat, Kiev, Weimar

Question 20

Composing activities focused mainly on ____: specifically ___, ___ and ___

Answer 20

Orchestral Music, Symphonic Poems, Program symphony, Piano concertos

Question 21

Retired from hectic ____ career, as a teacher, developed the ___ format, welcoming capable students, occasionally offering instruction free of charge

Answer 21

Performing, Master class

Question 22

Followed Princess Carolyne to ___ in ___; relationship ended in ____

Answer 22

Rome, 1861, 1864

Question 23

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 ____

Answer 23

Catholic Church, Travel, Rome, Weimar, Budapest, President of the Music Academy

Question 24

Final tours in ____ included ___ and ___, he died the same year on July 31 in ____

Answer 24

1886, London, Paris, Bayreuth

Question 25

___ often influenced compositional output; during his years as a touring pianist he wrote and performed ____ of ___, ___, and ____

Answer 25

Career activities, Piano transcriptions, Symphonies, Opera arias, Lieder

Question 26

Musical works display duality of his ____ personal life, but also ____ ____, and ____ from his _____

Answer 26

Virtuosic, Religious titles, Symbolism, Religious beliefs

Question 27

Changed the “____” of piano performance by playing ____, sitting ____ to the audience, and referring to concerts as “___”

Answer 27

Culture, From memory, Profile, Recitals

Question 28

Developed modern piano technique with as unprecedented ____ effects such as ____ ____, ___ ____, A variety of ___ ___, _____, ____, ____ ____, and rapid ____ ___

Answer 28

Bravura, Extreme register, Wide leaps, Arpeggiated figures, Thunderous octaves, Tremolos, Cascading passages, Repeated notes

Question 29

An influential teacher inventing the “___” approach. Developed Romantic idioms such as the ___ ___ and ___ ___ ___

Answer 29

Master class, Concert etude, Lyric piano piece

Question 30

Cultivated ____ writing and credited with inventing the ___ ___, and contributed to the development of the ____ ___

Answer 30

Programmatic, Symphonic poem, Program symphony

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Freedom, Innovation, Internal structures

Question 32

Advocate of the “___” a movement that supported the ___ of music and ___ (Gesamtkunstwerk). Championed like-minded composers as a conductor such as ___ and ___

Answer 32

Music of the Future, Fusion, Drama, Berlioz, Wagner

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Thematic transformation, Les Preludes, Chromatic, Progressive, Mediant, Augmented, Altered, Nuages gris

Question 34

Elements of ____ ___ and ___music evident in his work such as in ___ and ___

Answer 34

Hungarian folk and gypsy, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Hungarian Fantasy