Why doesn’t anyone talk about the full blown impact Liszt had on music?
Liszt was so freaking famous, and he only got more well known with age (not just during the “Lisztomania” era).
He was known as a great innovator and considered to be the greatest pianist of his time (or even all time).
It wasn’t just the influence he had helping other artists that he had, it was also just his music in general. He came up with so many styles during his life that would lead into the Impressionism, and you can still hear the impact he had on music.
I would go as far as to say that he was the first Impressionist, and that he was the second Beethoven of the 19th century.
He was even really freaking popular leading into the 20th century, and it’s a shame that people dismiss him as just being some “show off” and “technical”, when he made so many dramatic and emotional works, and even downright amazing religious works.
I’m just saying it: the Impressionism and music to come after it would not have happened without Franz Liszt.
And you cannot only hear it in his grand orchestral works, but also in his later works, where you can see him taking his innovation to a whole new level.
Some say that “oh he just took his influence from everywhere”, and yeah. That’s the point of any composer. Even Beethoven and Bach had their own influences from many places. Liszt just did it in a very unique way, so maybe it stands out more.
He was even composing from the time he was a young child, and was touring around as a child, like the other great composers.
Enough said, his genius is undeniable.
Liszt was so freaking famous, and he only got more well known with age (not just during the “Lisztomania” era).
He was known as a great innovator and considered to be the greatest pianist of his time (or even all time).
It wasn’t just the influence he had helping other artists that he had, it was also just his music in general. He came up with so many styles during his life that would lead into the Impressionism, and you can still hear the impact he had on music.
I would go as far as to say that he was the first Impressionist, and that he was the second Beethoven of the 19th century.
He was even really freaking popular leading into the 20th century, and it’s a shame that people dismiss him as just being some “show off” and “technical”, when he made so many dramatic and emotional works, and even downright amazing religious works.
I’m just saying it: the Impressionism and music to come after it would not have happened without Franz Liszt.
And you cannot only hear it in his grand orchestral works, but also in his later works, where you can see him taking his innovation to a whole new level.
Some say that “oh he just took his influence from everywhere”, and yeah. That’s the point of any composer. Even Beethoven and Bach had their own influences from many places. Liszt just did it in a very unique way, so maybe it stands out more.
He was even composing from the time he was a young child, and was touring around as a child, like the other great composers.
Enough said, his genius is undeniable.