How Franz Liszt Has Revolutionized Piano and Classical Music – Ep 25

Imagine that Intel released a processor that was 100 times faster than anything made previously. An amazing invention on its own, but useless without software developers who could make full use of this new technology. In the 19th century, piano...

Imagine that Intel released a processor that was 100 times faster than anything made previously. An amazing invention on its own, but useless without software developers who could make full use of this new technology. In the 19th century, piano manufacturing rose to a new level – and a young Hungarian virtuoso, Franz Liszt, was the one who took full advantage of the new instrument. Vitaliy tells us how this came about.

You can read this article online at: https://myfavoriteclassical.com/franz-liszt-revolutionized-piano-classical-music/

P.S. See phenomenal lecture by Robert Greenberg’s about Franz Liszt

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