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24 Liszt scores on Artform's shelf, ordered easiest to read first. Every score here is public domain, free to read, print and keep.

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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Hungarian composer and, by nearly every account, the greatest virtuoso pianist of the 19th century, so magnetic in performance that audiences reportedly fainted, a phenomenon a contemporary dubbed "Lisztomania." He invented the symphonic poem, transcribed entire symphonies and operas for solo piano so audiences without an orchestra nearby could still hear them, and pushed piano technique into territory no one had mapped before. In his forties he abruptly gave up the touring life, took minor holy orders, and spent his later years writing sparer, stranger, more prophetic music that wouldn't be fully understood for decades. He was also a famously generous teacher, refusing to charge the young pianists who studied with him.

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The easiest Liszt on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

Nocturne n3 Rêve d'Amour F major · 2 min Consolation No. 4 in D-flat major D♭ major · 3 min Paysage from Transcendental Études F major · 5 min Les Adieux Rêverie from the Opera Romeo and Juliet F major · 9 min Apparitions - No. 1 F♯ major · 5 min Consolation No. 3 in D Flat Major S 172 D♭ major · 4 min A Faust Symphony (inachieved) E♭ major · 5 min Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude S. 173/3 F♯ major · 15 min Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major A♭ major · 4 min Apparitions - No. 2 A minor · 2 min Grandes études No. 4 (Mazeppa) D minor · 6 min Transcendental Étude No. 11 in D-flat major Harmonies du soir D♭ major · 8 min

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Gaudeamus Igitur Paraphrase C major · 9 min Apparitions - No. 3 (Fantasy on a Waltz by) E♭ major · 6 min Venezia e Napoli I (Revised Version) F♯ minor · 4 min Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major D♭ major · 5 min God Save the Queen Paraphrases C major · 5 min Fantasy on Themes from 's Opera The Marriage of Figaro C major · 13 min Transcendental Étude No. 8 in C minor Wilde Jagd C minor · 5 min Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 E major · 7 min Grandes études de Paganini No. 6 in A minor A minor · 4 min Transcendental Étude No. 2 in A minor Fusées A minor · 2 min Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de Donizetti S.403 G minor · 7 min La Campanella G♯ minor · 5 min

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