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'''Franz Liszt''' was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer and pianist, often considered to be the greatest pianist of all time{{fact}}.
'''Franz Liszt''' (1811-1886) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer and pianist.
In 1885 the New York Times wrote that
:it would not perhaps be going too far were he to be described as being the greatest living musician.... Himself the pupil of Beethoven, the father-in-law of Herr von Bülow and Richard Wagner, the preceptor of Rubenstein and Sophie Menter, his is the link between the music of the past and the music of the future.<ref>"Franz Liszt at Weimar," ''The New York Times,'' July 3, 1885, p. 2</ref>
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[[Category:Composers]]
[[Category:Composers]]