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[[image:Liszt.jpg|right|320px|thumb|Franz Liszt]]

[[image:Liszt.jpg|200px|thumb|Franz Liszt as a young man]]

'''Franz Liszt''' (1811-1886) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer and pianist who was a profound influence on his contemporaries. Ethan Mordden calls him "one of the most important composers in Western music [even though his own music] is not heard that frequently."<ref>Mordden, Ethan (1980), ''A Guide to Orchestral Music,'' p. 179</ref> Important works by Liszt include: his two piano concertos, his Hungarian Rhapsodies, his piano sonata in B minor, several etudes for piano (including his 12 ''Transcendental Etudes''), and his third symphonic poem, ''Les Preludes.'' The nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies were written originally from piano; seven of them were later arranged for orchestra. Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody is very familiar and the music is recognized even by people who cannot name the work or the composer.

[[image:Liszt-1870.jpg|thumb|200px|Liszt in 1870]]

'''Franz Liszt''' (1811-1886) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[composer]] and [[pianist]] who was a profound influence on his contemporaries. Ethan Mordden calls him "one of the most important composers in Western music [even though his own music] is not heard that frequently."<ref>Mordden, Ethan (1980), ''A Guide to Orchestral Music,'' p. 179</ref> Important works by Liszt include: his two piano concertos, his Hungarian Rhapsodies, his piano sonata in B minor, several etudes for piano (including his 12 ''Transcendental Etudes''), and his third symphonic poem, ''Les Preludes.'' The nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies were written originally from piano; seven of them were later arranged for orchestra. Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody is very familiar and the music is recognized even by people who cannot name the work or the composer.

In 1885 the New York Times wrote that

In 1885 the New York Times wrote that

Often referred to during his lifetime as Abbé Liszt, he studied theology in Rome and received a lower order of consecration, but was not a priest.<ref>"Franz Liszt not an Abbe." ''The New York Times,'' July 17, 1885, p. 4: "Of the consecrations, however, he only received the lower order, which formerly were frequently and even now occasionally vouchsafed to lay brethren. He is therefore neither subdeacon nor deacon, and still less a priest, and has neither the rights nor the responsibilities of the members of the higher clergy. He is not bound to wear the clerical garb; still less is he beholden to comply with any of the rules and duties imposed upon the higher clergy."</ref>

Often referred to during his lifetime as Abbé Liszt, he studied theology in Rome and received a lower order of consecration, but was not a priest.<ref>"Franz Liszt not an Abbe." ''The New York Times,'' July 17, 1885, p. 4: "Of the consecrations, however, he only received the lower order, which formerly were frequently and even now occasionally vouchsafed to lay brethren. He is therefore neither subdeacon nor deacon, and still less a priest, and has neither the rights nor the responsibilities of the members of the higher clergy. He is not bound to wear the clerical garb; still less is he beholden to comply with any of the rules and duties imposed upon the higher clergy."</ref>

==Notes and references==

==Notes and references==

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[[Category:Composers]]

[[Category:Composers]]