Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)

Liszt, Franz

COMPOSER, PIANIST, CONDUCTOR (AUSTRIAN EMPIRE)

BORN 22 Oct 1811, Raiding - DIED 31 Jul 1886, Bayreuth, Bayern
GRAVE LOCATION Bayreuth, Bayern: Stadtfriedhof (A 2b/560 (mausoleum))

Franz Liszt was the son of the land steward Adam Liszt (1776-1827) and his wife Anna, Maria, born Lager. Franz made his public debut in Sopron when he was nine years old. Not much later prince Nicolaus II Esterházy heard him and he was much impressed. Funds were raised for a serious musical education and Liszt went to Vienna to study composition with Antonio Salieri and piano with Carl Czerny. After two years he was set to pursue his studies at the conservatory in Paris, but Cherubini, then the director of that institution, refused to admit him because he was a foreigner.

After a further private eduction he played at the houses of rich families and in 1824 he made his debut in London. He caused a sensation and soon played at Drury Lane and before George IV. The experience of seeing him perform usually put his audiences in Paris in a state ecstasy and when in 1830 he met Paganini, Berlioz and Chopin, they inspired him to exploit his romantic spirit and to find his own style as a composer.

The duchess d'Agoult left her husband in 1833 to follow Liszt and their liaison resulted in three children: Blandine, Cosima and Daniel. They separated in 1839. Under her writer's name Daniel Stern, Marie D'Agoult published the novel "Nélida", relating her relationship with Liszt. He probably never forgave her for doing so. Among Liszt's many other affairs with women was the one with Lola Montez, ending in Liszt locking Montez into a hotel room and running away himself.

When count Festetics heard Liszt in Vienna he immediately invited him to Pecs, where he gave a famous concert on January 4th, 1840. On that occasion he received a sword in the name of the people.

In 1848 he was in Ukraine, where he stayed at the estate of the rich Caroline of Sayn-Wittgenstein. They fell in love and although she was married they left for Weimar, the city that had offered him the position of Court Conductor long before. Now he accepted and he held this position in Weimar from 1848 to 1861. In Weimar he conducted the first night of Wagner's Tannhäuser on February 16, 1849 and he wrote the Faust and Dante symphonies and twelve symphonic poems. In 1856 composer and pianist Hans von Bülow asked for Cosima's hand. Liszt thought him a strange man, but after Marie d'Agoult had spoken against the marriage, Liszt gave his approval. In 1859 his son Daniel, who had shown great promise, died in Berlin.

In 1861 he went to Rome with Caroline to seek an annulment of Caroline's marriage. But after this was granted, her family prevented her from marrying Liszt, fearing that her daughter from her first marriage would lose her rights. Liszt resigned from his position in Weimar and decided to stay in Rome. Princess Caroline now devoted all her energy to writing a huge work called "The Inner Causes of the Outer Weakness of the Church" and she was continuously smoking black cigars whilst writing.

Liszt lost his daughter Blandine in 1862 after surgery. He wrote to friends that he wanted to retreat to a solitary living. He lived for a while at a cloister in the church of Santa Maria del Rosario outside Rome. In his small spartan appartment he had a piano and he continued to compose. In 1865 he took minor orders and became an Abbé. When Ferdinand Gregorovius saw him in Rome he cried "Mephistopheles disguised as an Abbé". Liszt took appartments in Rome and resumed his work as a piano teacher. Around this time, he had his last known love affair with the young Olga Janina, who managed to seduce him after he initially resisted her (she even threatened him with a revolver in Budapest in 1871 because of her love for him). From 1869 onwards he also worked in Weimar again, where he offered masterclasses to young musicians.

His daughter Cosima left Hans von Bülow to join Richard Wagner and eventually she married him. Although her separation from Von Bülow caused an estrangement between Liszt and Wagner, Liszt still supported Wagner's musical cause, against the wishes of Caroline. In 1872 a reconcilation between Wagner and Liszt followed, despite the objections of the princess.

From 1869 to 1886 Liszt spent most of his time in Rome, Weimar and Pest. In 1886 he went on a final tour, and he played in Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, Weimar, Bayreuth, Luxemburg and at Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria. On his way to Bayreuth he caught a chill and after the doctor allowed him to drink his daily bottle of brandy, congestion of the lungs followed. Liszt died on July 31st. Cosima quickly buried him in Bayreuth before Budapest or Weimar could claim him and she continued the Bayreuth Festival that took place at the time.

Family
• Daughter: Wagner, Cosima
• Son: Liszt, Daniel

Related persons
• was teacher of Ansorge, Conrad
• was painted by Barabás, Miklos
• visited Beauharnais, Hortense de
• visited Beer, Amalie
• met Beethoven, Ludwig van
• was teacher of Bendel, Franz
• cooperated with Berlioz, Hector
• was teacher of Bülow, Hans von
• was the lover of Carolina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein
• has a connection with Cherubini, Luigi
• was a friend of Chopin, Frédéric
• knew Clauss-Szarvady, Wilhelmine
• was teacher of Cohen, Hermann
• influenced Cornelius, Peter
• was pupil of Czerny, Carl
• was the lover of d'Agoult, Marie
• was teacher of D'Albert, Eugen
• met Debussy, Claude
• has a connection with Dingelstedt, Franz
• was admired by Draeseke, Felix August Bernhard
• was teacher of Eibenschütz, Siegmund
• was admired by Eliot, George
• advised Elmas, Stephan
• was a friend of Erkel, Ferenc
• met Fauré, Gabriel
• was a friend of Franz, Robert
• was a friend of Genast, Eduard
• was teacher of Goepfart, Karl
• cooperated with Gomperz-Bettelheim, Caroline von
• was the lover of Hagn, Charlotte von
• was photographed by Hanfstaengl, Franz Seraph von
• was a friend of Jaëll, Alfred
• was teacher of Jaëll, Marie
• was a friend of Joachim, Joseph
• was inspired by Kaulbach, Wilhelm von
• has a connection with Kemble, Adelaide
• was teacher of Klindworth, Karl
• was drawn by Kriehuber, Josef
• was a friend of Laussot, Jessie
• was painted by Lenbach, Franz von
• was a friend of Lewald, Fanny
• was a friend of Marchesi, Mathilde
• has a connection with Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
• performed with Massart, Lambert
• was teacher of Menter, Sophie
• was a friend of Menter, Sophie
• was a friend of Meysenbug, Malvida, Freiin von
• was the lover of Montez, Lola
• was a friend of Mosonyi, Mihály
• was painted by Munkácsy, Mihály
• was photographed by Nadar
• admired Napoleon III Bonaparte
• performed with Offenbach, Jacques
• knew Paganini, Niccolò
• met Parsons, Albert Ross
• was the lover of Plessis, Marie
• cooperated with Pleyel-Moke, Marie Félicité
• was the lover of Pleyel-Moke, Marie Félicité
• has a connection with Raff, Joachim
• was teacher of Rappoldi-Kahrer, Laura
• was pupil of Reicha, Anton
• knew Reinecke, Carl
• knew Romako, Anton
• was visited by Röntgen, Julius Engelbert
• was a friend of Rossini, Gioacchino
• knew Sabatier, François
• was pupil of Salieri, Antonio
• met Sartori, Luigi
• was painted by Scheffer, Ary
• supported Scheidemantel, Karl
• met Schubert, Franz
• performed with Schumann, Clara
• was a friend of Schumann, Robert
• supported Smetana, Bedrich
• was teacher of Tausig, Karl
• was rival of Thalberg, Sigismund
• knew Töpfer, Johann Gottlob
• knew Unger, Caroline
• was teacher of Viardot-Garcia, Pauline
• admired Wagner, Richard
• influenced Wagner, Richard
• was teacher of Wieniawsky, Joseph
• knew Zumsteeg, Emilie

Events

1/12/1822	Public debut of Franz Liszt in Vienna. At the Landständischer Saal in Vienna he played work by Hummel, Rossini and Beethoven.
12/12/1823	Luigi Cherubini refuses to admit Franz Liszt to the Conservatory in Paris. Cherubini declared that according to a new rule only French students were admitted to the piano class. [Cherubini, Luigi]
17/10/1825	Premiere of "Don Sanche" by Franz Liszt at the Salle Le Peletier, Paris. Rodolphe Kreutzer was the conductor and Adolphe Nourrit sang. Liszt had written this opera in one act in 1824-1825. The French libretto was by Théaulon and de Rancé. The score was lost for thirty years until it was found in 1903. [Kreutzer, Rodolphe][Nourrit, Adolphe]
20/4/1828	Performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major at the salon Jean-Henri Pape in Paris. It as been transcribed by Henry Bertini and it was performed by Bertini, Franz Liszt, Ludwig Schincke and Sowinski. [Beethoven, Ludwig van][Schuncke, Ludwig]
5/12/1830	Premiere of "Symphonie Fantastique" by Berlioz at the Conservatoire in Paris. It was a program symphony and an important work of early Romanticism. After the concert Franz Liszt took him out for dinner. They had met the day before and Liszt was very enthousiastic about the music of Berlioz. Spontini also attended the concert. [Berlioz, Hector]
26/2/1831	Franz Liszt attends Frederic Chopin's debut in Paris. It took place at the Salle Pleyel and the two men met and immediately befriended each other. [Chopin, Frédéric]
20/4/1832	Charity concert by Paganini in Paris for cholera victims. Franz Liszt was in the audience and after hearing Paganini he decided afterwards that he wanted to become a virtuoso on the piano like Paganini was on the violin. [Paganini, Niccolò]
9/12/1832	The "Symphonie Fantastique" and "Le Retour à la vie" by Berlioz are performed at the Conservatoire in Paris. His friend Franz Liszt was in the audience and so was his future wife Harriet Smithson. [Berlioz, Hector][Smithson, Harriet]
3/10/1833	Berlioz marries the actress Harriet Smithson. The wedding took place at the British Embassy in Paris. Liszt was among the witnesses. [Berlioz, Hector][Smithson, Harriet]
22/12/1833	Liszt participates in a concert conducted by Berlioz [Berlioz, Hector]
28/12/1834	Liszt participates in a concert given by Berlioz. He played movements from the "Symphonie fantastique". [Berlioz, Hector]
0/0/1835	Franz Liszt and Marie Pleyel spend the night together in Chopin's apartment in Paris. It was early in 1835. Pleyel was married but she was known to have affairs. The event ended the friendschip between Liszt and Chopin. Late in the spring Liszt moved to Genova and they rarely met afterwards. [Chopin, Frédéric][Pleyel-Moke, Marie Félicité]
31/7/1835	Piano duel between Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg. It was held at the home of the home of Countess Cristina Belgiojoso. They were both proclaimed victors afterwards. [Thalberg, Sigismund]
4/2/1837	Thalberg hears Liszt perform for the first time in Paris [Thalberg, Sigismund]
31/3/1837	Liszt and Thalberg both play at a benefit concert for Italian refugees [Thalberg, Sigismund]
24/7/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult leave Nohant. They had been staying with George Sand for two months. [d'Agoult, Marie]
10/8/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult arrive in Geneva. They were on their way from Nohant to Italy. [d'Agoult, Marie]
29/8/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult arrive in Milan. They stayed with the Ricordi family who provided them with a carriage, a loge at the Scala and their summer house. But the heat in Milan made them decide to return to Bellagio at the Lake Como and stay their for a longer time. [d'Agoult, Marie]
6/9/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie D'Agoult settle in Bellagio for a longer time. They rented rooms in a house that still exists and is now marked by a plaque. They stayed there until the end of October. [d'Agoult, Marie]
18/10/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult arrive at Sesto Calende at the Lago Maggiore. They were forced to stay there for two days because they weren't immediately allowed to cross the border to the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. [d'Agoult, Marie]
20/10/1837	Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult arrive in Como [d'Agoult, Marie]
10/12/1837	Franz Liszt contributes to a concert at la Scala in Milan. He was staying at Bellagio with Marie d'Agoult and probably needed money. On 3 December he had also appeared in a smaller concert in Milan.
0/4/1838	Clara Wieck hears Franz Liszt for the first time in Vienna [Schumann, Clara]
28/4/1838	Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg dine in Vienna. It was at the home of Prince Moritz Dietrichstein who was delighted to receive the two rivals. The next day Liszt gave a concert and afterwards they dined together again as guests of Klemens von Metternich. [Thalberg, Sigismund]
13/1/1839	Liszt publishes an article about Benvenuto Cellini
0/4/1839	Count Leo Festetics hears Franz Liszt for the first time in Vienna. As a result he immediately invited Liszt to come to Pest.
4/1/1840	Triumph for Franz Liszt in Pest. He gave a concert at the Hungarian Theatre and was presented a sable of honour by the public.
16/1/1840	Franz Liszt performs in Györ. After the concert, the bishop of Györ, Sztankovics, offered him a lunch in his palace.
16/3/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Saal des Hotel de Saxe in Dresden. Wihelmine Schröder-Devrient sang. Liszt played there also on 27 March (again with Schröder-Devrient) and on 29 March. [Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine]
17/3/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. A Madame Schmidt sang.
20/3/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the home of Robert and Clara Schumann in Leipzig. On 31 March he performed again at their home. [Schumann, Clara][Schumann, Robert]
22/3/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the home of Raimund Härtel
24/3/1840	Concert by Fransz Liszt at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. The singer Louise Köster appeared at this concert.
9/6/1840	Franz Liszt perfors at the Hanover Square Rooms in London. He was advertised as giving 'recitals on the pianoforte' and the term recital became familiar within a few weeks.
16/7/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Salle de Réunion in Baden-Baden. He played there again on 21 July.
23/7/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Saal des Hofes zum Gutenberg in Mainz. Madame Duflot-Maillard sang.
30/7/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the theatre in Wiesbaden
5/8/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the theatre in Frankfurt am Main. He gave further performances there on 7 August and 8 August.
8/8/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the theatre in Mannheim
12/8/1840	Franz Liszt gives a benefit performance at the Saal des Lesensgesellschafts in Bonn
13/8/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Grosses Saal des Casino in Cologne
16/9/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Assembly Rooms, Stamford. Louisa Bassano toured with him and sang at the occasion.
28/10/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Apollo-Saale in Hamburg. He played together with his pupil Hermann Cohen. [Cohen, Hermann]
31/10/1840	Franz Liszt performs at the Hotel zur alten Stast London in Hamburg. On 2 November and on 6 November he played there as well.
25/4/1841	Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" performed by Berlioz and Liszt in Paris. Berlioz was the conductor and Liszt was the soloist. [Beethoven, Ludwig van][Berlioz, Hector]
23/8/1841	Franz Liszt gives a benefit performances at the Saale des Casino in Cologne
2/11/1842	Liszt is appointed Grand Ducal Director of Music Extraordinarty in Weimar
18/1/1843	Franz Liszt performs at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin
12/8/1845	Beethoven statue in Bonn unveiled. It was created by Ernst Hähnel and unveiled in honour of the 75th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Franz Liszt was actively involved in the project and donated over 10,000 francs. Schlegel had been the head of the organising committee but he died in May, 1845. Professor Heinrich Breidenstein, who had first expressed the idea, took over his position. The ceremony was attended by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Ignaz Moscheles, Charles Hallé, Jenny Lind, Pauline Viardot, Lola Montez, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn and Maria Kalergis. [Berlioz, Hector][Hallé, Charles][Lind, Jenny][Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix][Meyerbeer, Giacomo][Montez, Lola][Schumann, Robert][Viardot-Garcia, Pauline]
13/8/1845	Marie Pleyel performs at the Beethoven memorial festival in Bonn. She had been invited by Franz Liszt, who was the organiser of the event. She performed Weber's "Konzertstück" at the final concert of the concert festival in de prescnece of the royal family. [Pleyel-Moke, Marie Félicité]
27/7/1846	A concert by Franz Liszt in Zagreb is an outstanding succes
16/2/1849	Liszt conducts the premiere of Wagner's Tannhäuser in Weimar. An earlier version was first performed in Dresden in 1845. In 1849 Wagner was in exile in Switzerland. [Wagner, Richard]
13/5/1849	Wagner arrives in Weimar. He had been forced to flee from Dresden and in Weimar he attented a probe of his Tannhäuser that was conducted by Franz Liszt. Then news arrived that Wagner would be prosecuted and he left Weimar. [Wagner, Richard]
28/8/1850	Premiere of the opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner in Weimar conducted by Franz Liszt. Richard Wagner had finished the opera early in 1848 but after his revolutionary activities he had been forced to leave Dresden in 1849. Liszt staged the opera in Weimar. Wagner was in exile at the time and couldn't attend. The opera was a success although the lead tenor Karl Beck disappointed. [Milde, Hans Feodor von][Milde-Agthe, Rosa von][Wagner, Richard]
20/3/1852	Liszt conducts "Benvenuto Cellini" by Berlioz in Weimar. Further performances followed on 24 March and 27 March. [Berlioz, Hector]
14/11/1852	Berlioz and Marie Recio arrive in Weimar. During the following weaks Franz Liszt would conduct the revised version of Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini". The performances took place on 17, 21, 23, 25 and 30 november. On 20 November Berlioz conducten a concert at the theatre in Weimar. Berlioz and Marie left Weimar on 24 November. [Berlioz, Hector][Recio, Maria]
3/2/1853	Liszt conducts exerpts of works by Berlioz at the theatre in Weimar. Berliz had sent him the music "The Damnation of Faust" and "Romeo and Juliet". [Berlioz, Hector]
10/5/1853	Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz meet at Liszt's hotel in Paris. The next day, in the presence of Wagner, Berlioz sang at breakfast and Liszt played excerpts from "Benvenuto Cellini". [Berlioz, Hector][Wagner, Richard]
5/10/1853	Liszt conducts exerpts of Berlioz' "Romeo and Juliet" a the Karlsruhe Festival. Berlioz wasn't in Karlsruhe at the time. [Berlioz, Hector]
6/10/1853	Liszt visits Wagner in Basel. With him was a group of supporters, among them Hans von Bülow. They came from Karlsruhe where the music festival had taken place and they stayed until Saturday. [Bülow, Hans von][Wagner, Richard]
1/12/1853	Franz Liszt arrives in Leipzig. On that day he attended a concert by Berlioz and at the home of Ferdinand David he played a paraphrase on two themes of Berlioz' "Benvenuto Cellini". [Berlioz, Hector]
27/1/1854	Liszt conducts Berlioz' "La Fuite en Égypte" in Weimar [Berlioz, Hector]
25/4/1854	Clara Schumann hears Liszt's "Piano sonata in B Minor" and strongly dislikes it. She received it on this day and it was dedicated to her husband Robert. Johannes Brahms played it for her and she strongly disliked it. The piece was performed in public in 1857 by Hans von Bülow and it would become both popular and influential. [Brahms, Johannes][Bülow, Hans von][Schumann, Clara][Schumann, Robert]
16/7/1854	Franz Liszt meets Ary Scheffer in Scheveningen and dines with Prince Hendrik and Princess Amalia in the Hague. Scheffer was staying with his daughter for a few days and Liszt attended a festival in Rotterdam. They knew each other from Paris and Scheffer had painted him in 1837. After the visit Liszt dined wih Prince Hendrik and Princess Amalia in The Hague. Amalia came from Weimar and Liszt knew her well. [Scheffer, Ary]
17/7/1854	Franz Liszt views the art collection of J.A. Nottebohm in the company of the art dealer Ary Johannes Lamme. Nottebohm lived on the estate De Heuvel next to the festival that Liszt had attended in Rotterdam. Liszt saw Ary Schefffer's painting "Faust and Marguerite in the Garden". In the evening Nottebohm organised a party for 400 guests. It was 1 AM in the morning before Liszt and Anton Rubinstein left for Antwerp by ship. [Scheffer, Ary]
16/2/1856	Franz Liszt conducts Berlioz' "Benvenuto Cellini" in Weimar. It was the revised version and Berlioz and Marie Recio were in Weimar at the time. [Berlioz, Hector][Recio, Maria]
18/2/1856	Berlioz and Marie Recio walk out during a performance of Wagner's "Lohengrin" conducted by Liszt in Weimar. It happened on 18 February of shortly afterwards. It was the first time Berlioz heard Wagner's music. Although Berlioz and Recio attented the full second performance on 24 February it clouded the friendship between Liszt and Berlioz. [Berlioz, Hector][Recio, Maria][Wagner, Richard]
16/3/1856	Franz Liszt conducts Berlioz' "Benvenuto Cellini" in Weimar. It was the second and last performance after the concert on 16 February. [Berlioz, Hector]
20/4/1856	Hans von Bülow asks Franz Liszt for the hand of his daughter Cosima. At first Liszt wouldn't give his blessing because he thought Bülow, with his strange moods and headaches, a scary person. He hoped that she would marry a nobleman. After Cosima's mother Marie d'Agoult declared herself against the marriage, Liszt changed his mind and gave his approval. [Bülow, Hans von][d'Agoult, Marie][Wagner, Cosima]
7/1/1857	Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2 by Franz Liszt. It was performed in Weimar. Liszt had dedicated it to his pupil Hans von Bronsart who was at the piano. Liszt was the conductor.
16/7/1857	Franz Liszt meets Ary Scheffer in Scheveningen. Liszt was in the Netherlands for a festival and Scheffer was staying with his brother in Scheveningen near The Hague. In 1837 Scheffer had painted Liszt in Paris. They walked along the sea and talked about politics, literature, music and painting. [Scheffer, Ary]
19/7/1857	Franz Liszt visits Marie Félicité Pleyel-Moke in Brussels. He knew her from Paris and she was at that time a teacher at the Conservatory in Brussels. [Pleyel-Moke, Marie Félicité]
20/7/1857	Franz Liszt visits the Rubenshuis in Antwerp. He was on his way back from The Netherlands and spent a few days in Brussels with his daughters who had come over from Paris. On this day they they went to Antwerp and apart from the Rubenshuis they also visited the cathedral and the zoo. [Wagner, Cosima]
11/7/1863	Pope Pio IX visits Franz Liszt at Monte Mario. They held an impromptu concert.
14/10/1864	Franz Liszt and his daughter Cosima visit Émile Ollivier at St. Tropez. Listz's daughter Blandine was married to Ollivier, but she had died in 1862. The next day Liszt left for Rome and Cosima for Germany. [Wagner, Cosima]
26/6/1870	Premiere of Wagner's "Die Walküre" at the Hoftheater in Munich. Wagner wanted to stage it in 1871, but Ludwig II of Bavaria was the legal owner of the piece and didn't want to wait. Wüllner was the conductor and Joachim, Brahms, Saint-Saëns and Liszt were in the audience. Wagner wasn't there and Ludwig also stayed away. He had decided to wait for the second performance so that he would be able to see "Das Rheingold", that would be staged again during the summer, and "Die Walküre" in the right order. [Bausewein, Kaspar][Brahms, Johannes][Joachim, Joseph][Possart-Deinet, Anna von][Saint-Saëns, Camille][Vogl, Heinrich][Vogl, Therese][Wagner, Richard]
25/11/1871	Olga Janina threatens to kill Franz Liszt. She entered his apartment in Budapest with a pistol as well as poison. She threatened to shoot Liszt and poison herself afterwards. It took Liszt hours before he could convince her to leave his apartment. She fled from Budapest afterwards and found shelter with Franz Servais in Halle.
22/5/1872	The first stone is laid for Richard Wagner's Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. It took place on Wagner's 59th birthday. It had cost him much effort to find the funding for the theatre in which he wanted to perform his Ring. Fransz Liszt took part in the ceremony. On this occasion the first meeting between Malwida von Meysenbug and Friedrich Nietzsche took place. [Meysenbug, Malvida, Freiin von][Wagner, Richard]
0/3/1875	Festival in honour of Richard Wagner at Makart's studio in Vienna. It had the form of a costume ball and he cooperated with Franz von Lenbach. Franz Liszt played the piano. Apart from Richard Wagner, his wife Cosima, Gottfried Semper and Arnold Böcklin were present. [Böcklin, Arnold][Lenbach, Franz von][Makart, Hans ][Semper, Gottfried][Wagner, Cosima][Wagner, Richard]
16/9/1880	Franz Liszt visits Richard Wagner in Siena. He stayed until 25 September 1880 and he worked there on compositions. [Wagner, Richard]
23/5/1881	Franz Liszt arrives in Antwerp for a festival dedicated to him. He was invited for a Liszt festival in Antwerp. He stayed with the Lynen family. On 25 May he revisited the cathedral and on 26 May he attended the festival that was organised in his honour at the Société royale d'Harmonie. Peter Benoit was the conductor and one of the performers was his former pupil Anna Mehlig. [Benoit, Peter]
7/5/1882	Evening party for Franz Liszt at the Lynen family home in Antwerp. Jules Zarembski and his wife Johanna, both former pupils of Liszt, performed a piece by Saint-Saëns. Zarembski and Liszt performed Liszt's "Schubert Märsche".
24/12/1882	Richard Wagner conducts a private concert in Venice. It took place at the Apollinee rooms of the Fenice theatre to celebrate the birthday of his wife Cosima. At the time Franz Liszt was visiting them in Venice and he and Wagner were often seen sitting together from the Grand Canal in front of the large window. Liszt was present at this occasion. Requested by Wagner, he played an aria by Rossini. [Wagner, Cosima][Wagner, Richard]
22/10/1885	Franz Liszt celebrates his 74th birthday in Innsbruck. Present were Lina Schmalhausen, Bernard Stavenhagen, István Thomán and Conrad Ansorge. [Ansorge, Conrad]
7/4/1886	Franz Liszt performs for queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. He had played for her before. He was visiting London and caused much exitement when he visited several performances of his own works.
19/7/1886	Franz Liszt attends a concert in his honour at the Casino of Luxembourg and performs in public for the last time. At the end of the event he played three of his own compositions. He was in bad health and it was his last public performance. the next day he left for Bayreuth, where he would die.
21/7/1886	Franz Liszt arrives in Bayreuth. He had travelled to Bayreuth to attend the wedding of his granddaughter Daniele as well as the Festspiele. [Bülow, Daniela von]
3/8/1886	Funeral of Franz Liszt in Bayreuth. Liszt probably would have wanted to be buried elsewhere, but his daughter Cosima was living in Bayreuth and had quickly decided that he should be buried there. [Wagner, Cosima]

Images
Plaque for Franz Liszt at the Music Academy, Budapest. A small Liszt Museum is located here. Picture by Androom (27 Jan 2001)	Franz Liszt at the Piano, painted by Elisa Ransonnet-Villez (Liszt Museum, Budapest). (1879)	"Ferenc Liszt" by Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest).
Bust statue of Franz Liszt at the Margaret Island, Budapest. Picture by Androom (23 Aug 2002)	The mausoleum of Franz Liszt at the Stadtfriedhof in Bayreuth. Picture by Androom (24 Jan 2006)	Inside the mausoleum of Franz Liszt at the Stadtfriedhof in Bayreuth. Picture by Androom (24 Jan 2006)
In the house in Bayreuth where Franz Liszt died is now a small Liszt museum. Picture by Androom (24 Jan 2006)	Bust of Franz Liszt in front of the house in Bayreuth where he died. Picture by Androom (24 Jan 2006)	The statue of Franz Liszt at the Park an der Ilm, Weimar. Picture by androom (21 May 2006)
The mausoleum of Franz Liszt at the Stadtfriedhof, Bayreuth. Picture by Androom (11 Feb 2011)	Statue of Franz Liszt in Eisenstadt. Picture by Androom (23 Aug 2012)	The Villa Altenburg in Weimar where Franz Liszt lived from 1848 to 1861. Picture by Androom (31 Jul 2016)
The Liszthaus in Weimar. Picture by Androom (01 Aug 2016)	The bed of Franz Liszt at his house in Weimar. Picture by Androom (01 Aug 2016)	Plaque at the villa Altenburg in Weimar where Franz Liszt lived from 1848 to 1861. Picture by Androom (13 Aug 2020)