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

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

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

[[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.  His Piano Sonata is noted for its first extended use of thematic transformation within a broad sonata-like structure.  While it incorporates pianistic devices of the most virtuosic magnitude and covers a wide range of expression, it is for its form that it is primarily remembered.  His first and second piano concertos use thematic transformation as well, but have acquired more of a virtuosic, concerto-like reputation.

'''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.  Among many popularizations, the Second Hungarian Rhapsody served as the vehicle for an Acadamy Award-winning cartoon with Tom as the pianist and Jerry as the mouse inside the piano ("Cat Concerto).  His Piano Sonata is noted for its first extended use of thematic transformation within a broad sonata-like structure.  While it incorporates pianistic devices of the most virtuosic magnitude and covers a wide range of expression, it is for its form that it is primarily remembered.  His first and second piano concertos use thematic transformation as well, but have acquired more of a virtuosic, concerto-like reputation.

In 1885 the New York Times wrote that

In 1885 the New York Times wrote that