Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. His output covers more than six decades and includes symphonies, symphonic poems and music drawing on Hungarian folk tunes. He received the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) in 1859 and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 1884. He also wrote "Life of Chopin".