Henri Lehmann（1814–1882），1839 年油画 · 公有领域
1811–1886
Franz Liszt / Liszt Ferenc
Franz Liszt · 匈牙利
19th-century Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886).
Born in Raiding (then in the Kingdom of Hungary, now in Austria), he grew up as a child with his father at the Esterházy court and studied piano in Vienna from age 10; he was successively active in Paris, Weimar, and Rome, pioneered the "solo piano recital" format, and composed 19 *Hungarian Rhapsodies*, the Sonata in B minor, the *Faust Symphony*, and other symphonic poems and religious works; in later life he taught and promoted the founding of the Budapest Academy of Music.
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Birthplace Raiding (now in Burgenland, Austria; then in the Kingdom of Hungary — this wording must be used and it must not simply be written as "born in Austria"); principal places of activity Budapest (Liszt Academy of Music) and Weimar.
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Cultural significance
The peak representative of Romantic piano art; one of the creators of the symphonic poem genre.