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Franz Liszt

1811 - 1886

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Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era, and his piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded. Liszt achieved success as a concert pianist from an early age, and received lessons from the esteemed musicians Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. He gained further renown for his performances during tours of Europe in the 1830s and 1840s, developing a reputation for technical brilliance as well as physical attractiveness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Liszt is the 5th most popular musician, the 8th most popular biography from Austria (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Musician.

Franz Liszt is most famous for being a pianist and composer in the Romantic era. He is considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franz Liszt ranks 5 out of 3,175. Before him are Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. After him are Niccolò Paganini, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Louis Armstrong, Clara Schumann, and Leonard Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Franz Liszt ranks 1. After him are Napoleon II, Évariste Galois, Urbain Le Verrier, Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Vissarion Belinsky. Among people deceased in 1886, Franz Liszt ranks 2. Before him is Emily Dickinson. After him are Ramakrishna, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Asher Brown Durand, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Ilya Ulyanov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Liszt ranks 8 out of 1,424. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Maria Theresa (1717), and Marie Antoinette (1755). After him are Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Stefan Zweig (1881), and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Franz Liszt ranks 1. After him are Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Baroness Mary Vetsera (1871), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Joseph Joachim (1831), Anton Diabelli (1781), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), and Paul Badura-Skoda (1927).

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