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Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Liszt, Franz (list). A great Hungarian pianist and composer; born at Raiding, near Odenburg, Oct. 22, 1811; died at Bayreuth, July 31, 1886. At thirteen he composed the operetta ‘Don Sancho,’ which was successfully produced at the Paris Grand Opera in 1825. His chief contributions to the literature of music are: ‘Wagner’s “Lohengrin” and “Tannhäuser”’ (1851); ‘The Gipsies and their Music in Hungary’ (1859); ‘Robert Franz’ (1872). There is a collection of his ‘Letters’ (3 vols., 1892–93); also of his correspondence with Richard Wagner (2 vols., 1887).