Abstract biography of the sheet

Born in the village of Doboryan, the son of a musician from the orchestra of Prince Esthergazh. He had already performed nine years with concerts as a pianist. The leaf received a musical education in the class of piano in Vienna with a teacher who used world fame - K. Salieri taught him. In the year, the sheet family moved to Paris to give him the opportunity to study at the Paris Conservatory.

However, as a foreigner, he was refused a reception. Then the sheet began to take private lessons of the composition. In the game on the piano, he independently achieves such excellent results that after the death of his father, his mother and mother for fertilizers for concerts may already support. Acquaintance with Paganini had a great influence on his performance technique, and the work of Berlioz played a decisive role in the field of composition.

In Paris, the sheet closely converged with Chopin and Wagner. In years, the sheet continuously tours. Meeting with the largest performers of his time, pianists-virtuoso, the sheet surpasses all his rivals and won the glory of a brilliant pianist. The sheet for the first time introduces a new form of concerts - "recital", that is, concerts of one performer.

In the year, thanks to the patronage of Princess Wittgenstein, he becomes the court conductor in Weimar, where he remains up to a year. At this time, he composes music, conducts an orchestra, writes musical reviews and articles, takes an active part in the musical life of the city. From a small sleepy town, Weimar turns into a center of musical culture, where masterpieces of not only old masters sounded, but also recently created musical works, especially Wagner, and where the largest soloists of Europe performed.

However, the intrigues forced the sheet to leave Weimar. He goes to Rome and there accepts the spiritual dignity of the Abbot. At this time, he writes almost exclusively works of religious music.

In the year, the sheet resumed his relationship with the Weimar court and has been spending every winter in Rome from this time, and summer in Weimar. He was the initiator of the creation of the Music Academy in Budapest, its first president and professor. He continues to travel until the end of his life. Death found him in Bayrete. The sheet was a convinced democrat, which repeatedly caused dissatisfaction of privileged circles.

Once, being in St. Petersburg, he spoke to the king. During the game of the pianist, the king entered a loud conversation with his neighbor. The sheet interrupted the game. For this, he was expelled from Russia. The work of the sheet is very rich: 13 symphonic poems, including “Preludes” and “Mazepa”, two huge software symphones with choirs - “Faust” and “Dante”, other works for the orchestra, two piano concerts, essays for piano, as well as many transcriptions of piano works of other composers.

In its style, the music of the sheet refers to the era of late romanticism, its instrumentation is witty and spectacular. In his works for piano, both original and transcriptions, the composer solves the complex issues of piano technology, masterfully advanced coloristic capabilities of each tool. The sheet is a consistent supporter of program music, many of his works have a plot base.

He sought to convey with musical means not only literary content, but also to describe entire paintings, for example, “Battle with the Huns” from the picture of Kaulbach. Sheet works.