![]() He wrote many different essays that were made for people to think over the issues of the world, and he wanted to write as much as he could when he was not composing or playing. Liszt wrote a lot about many topics because he was an intensely intelligent man who had many ideas about the world around him. His tone poems are very interesting in that they contain many odd instruments as if he were Berlioz, and some of his music is very wild in a way that people are going to be most interested in. He was able to write some lovely art songs that he was able to accompany his singers on, and he was contributing to the tradition of the art song at the same time as people like Wolf, Brahms and Schubert. FRANZ LISZT BIOGRAPHY FULLCOMPOSITIONSĪ full list of his compositions would not do justice to the amazing mind that list had. He was playing such complicated music that some people believed he had sold his soul to the devil himself to learn to play like that, and he became a legendary figure just like Paganini who was his great idol. His concerts were known to be some of the most intense you could ever watch, and he was known to simply lose himself at the piano in a way that many musicians today would. He played with a sense of wild abandonment that people would not describe, and there is no way to know unless you are reading accounts of what he did. There is no secret that Franz Liszt was an amazing player, but he was also a crazy performer. Liszt was so incredibly devoted to his craft that he never stopped working. That was a long way to go in those days, and that was something that people would not have believed at the time. People believe that he was traveling 4000 miles a year all on rail. He was getting much older in the 1870s, and he began to teach in one place, play concerts in another and live in Paris. Liszt began to slow down at the end of life, but he did not slow down much. Liszt was able to reel off these pieces easily, and he wrote many of his best pieces by simply sitting down at the piano and playing something that no one else could. These Rhapsodies are actually famous because they have been used in cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. He wrote many pieces during this period that began with the coronation music, and that was the beginning of the piano music that he wrote called the Hungarian Rhapsodies. ![]() The Hungary connection started when he was asked to compose for their coronation. He traveled as a solo artist to ever stop knowing that he could jump from bed to bed, and he often played his concerts with a bit of liquor in his system. He had women fawning all over him constantly, and he was in a position where he could have anything he wanted because of his fame. You have to think about Beatlemania in America, and you will get an idea of how popular Liszt. Liszt toured constantly giving recitals around the world, and his recitals were packed with concertgoers who were so enthralled with what he did that they could not contain themselves. His amazing technique built immediately after he saw Paganini, and he knew that he would have to do the same kinds of things to gain fame. Chopin is known for breaking pianists because of his incredibly difficult pieces, but Liszt is known for playing improvisations that later became music. Franz Liszt became the benefactor of other composers, and Chopin is the most notable of these because the two men were so very similar in their style. I have not heard of Capucine and was trying to work out who she was.Well it was Capucine! I loved the "Old" lady who demonstrate great experience with life and it quirks.Liszt was born in 1811 and before he died in 1886, he had studied the piano, seen Paganini play live and lived the life of a rock star in Paris. I read a few comments that praise the finger work done by D B. FRANZ LISZT BIOGRAPHY TVWhen the music playing was on I turned on my sound system to fill the room then returned to TV sound. Although I'm not really an amateur of classical music, and prefer popular music and singing I find easier and sometimes more meaningful but on the strength of the rest of the family I had and who felt classical music is the real thing I did persevere with the viewing and felt it to be very rewarding. FRANZ LISZT BIOGRAPHY MOVIEIt was for me only a mid day TV movie but I have a large screen and a fairly good sound system with it. It took me some time to identify Frantz Litz (forgive me for the "T" and "z" but i'm sure you know whom it is about. Famous pianist charms married princess He's also married so this story is a kind of impossible love story. No vote from me! I was surprised the average was not higher as what I watched was to me very pleasing. ![]()
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