Halloran, Annemarie
(2005)
Liszt’s Heroes: An investigation into the Artistic Interdependence
of Franz Liszt and his Contemporaries.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
Liszt’s published writings are extensive, and are for the most part not readily available in
print. A fully exhaustive investigation into this fascinating material would be the area of
further and more extensive research. The texts chosen here include Liszt’s biography of
Chopin, his essay on John Field, his essay on the future of artists and their place in
society, and Liszt's personal letters.
The four composers featured in this study (Chopin. Wagner. Berlioz and Schumann)
were chosen because of their importance as seminal figures in the musical life of the
nineteenth century, as well as their importance in Liszt’s own life, both personal and
artistic. He wrote extensively in letters and essays about all four of these composers. No
other Romantic composer had the friendship or acquaintance of so many other great
contemporaries.
Other subjects for his admiration (dealt with in less detail here) were the virtuoso
violinist Niccolo Paganini, and the Irish composer-pianist John Field. Liszt helped to
popularise the music of all these composers. His musical heroes were composers rather
than performers.
Liszt's musical achievement seems on many levels to be predicated on the influence of
other people.
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Thesis
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| Keywords: |
Liszt’s Heroes; Franz Liszt; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Music |
| Item ID: |
5202 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Jul 2014 08:14 |
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