LISZT, FRANZ
(1811–1886)
FRANZ LISZT (Born in Raiding, Hungary, 1811 — Died in Bayreuth, 1886) Franz Liszt learned the rudiments of playing the piano from his father, a musical amateur, and gave his first public concert at the age of nine. Acclaim as a genius brought him sponsorship for a musical career beginning with studies under Czerny, Salieri, and others. At about the age of thirteen he toured the Continent and England performing as a pianist. At fourteen he made his first serious attempt at composition. He…