| Contents |
The wonderchild (1811-27) -- Years of pilgrimage (1828-39) -- Lisztomania (1839-47) -- Weimar (1848-61) -- L'Abbé Liszt -- Une vie trifurquée (1869-86) -- The man Liszt -- The piano: technique and teaching -- Musical language: technique and transformation -- Transcriptions -- Original piano music -- Concertos -- Orchestral music -- Organ and chamber music -- Choral works -- Songs -- Appendices. Calendar -- List of works -- Personalia -- Select bibliography -- The Liszt Society. |
| Abstract |
This volume encompasses Liszt's entire legendary career: the virtuoso tours, the composition of piano works and transcriptions which revolutionized the instrument, the period as conductor at Weimar, and the creation of brilliant new forms of orchestral and choral music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389), list of works (pages 333-379), and index. |
| LCCN | 89006037 |
