Can you recognize Liszt by ear?
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist, known for the Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Piano Sonata in B minor and his symphonic poems. In Guess the Composer, you hear up to 30 seconds of music and name the composer.
How to recognize Liszt
Listen for huge virtuoso gestures: thundering octaves, cascades across the keyboard and passages that sound like dramatic speech. Hungarian-style scales and a single theme transformed through many moods are typical.
Who can Liszt be mistaken for?
Listeners may confuse this music with that of Frédéric Chopin, Richard Wagner or Sergei Rachmaninoff.
How hard is Liszt in the game?
The game has up to 103 excerpts by Liszt, depending on your country, and most are at the Hard level.
Pieces you may hear
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106
- Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141
- Consolations, S. 172
- Les Préludes, S. 97
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125
- Liebesträume, S. 541
- Rigoletto, Concert paraphrase for Piano, S. 434: Allegro - Andante - Presto
Portrait: Franz Hanfstaengl, Public domain; background removed.
