Franz Liszt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Liszt Ferenc
Born	October 22, 1811 • Austria
Died	July 31, 1886 (aged 74) • Bayreuth • Germany
Notable Works	“Apparitions” • “Bagatelle Without Tonality” • “Christus” • “Faust Symphony” • “Harmonies poétiques et religieuses” • “Hungarian Coronation Mass” • “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor” • “Les Morts” • “Les Préludes” • “New Grand Overture” • “On John Field’s Nocturnes” • “Piano Sonata in B Minor” • “The Legend of St. Elizabeth” • “Transcendental Études” • “Years of Pilgrimage”
Movement / Style	Romanticism
Notable Family Members	daughter Cosima Wagner
Subjects Of Study	music