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Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher, the most celebrated piano virtuoso of the nineteenth century. After years of touring, he settled in Weimar as court Kapellmeister from 1848 to 1861, where he conducted works by Wagner and Berlioz and created the symphonic poem. His Hungarian Rhapsodies, piano sonata and many transcriptions remain central to the repertoire.
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