Though employed as an administrator on the Esterházy estates, he was an accomplished amateur musician, so he was delighted to notice that his young son showed all the signs of being a musical prodigy. Liszt’s father changed the spelling of his name to facilitate its pronunciation by Hungarians, though he himself never had more than a rudimentary knowledge of the language. He was born to Anna (née Lager) and Adam List on 22 October 1811, in the village of Doborján in Sopron County (known in German as Raiding, which is now in Burgenland, Austria), in the German-speaking area of the old Kingdom of Hungary, then an integral part of the Austrian Empire. A writer, philanthropist, and committed Hungarian patriot, he was also a principal figure in the era’s Romantic movement.

Teacher, conductor, and virtuoso pianist, Franz Liszt was the most celebrated concert musician of the 19th century.

Born: 22 October 1811, Doborján, Sopron County, Hungary (now Raiding, Burgenland, Austria) Died: 31 July 1886, Bayreuth, Germany

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