Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds. — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair. — Louis Moreau Gottschalk Copy Share Image
As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I… — Andre Boucourechliev Copy Share Image
“I feel that all the various features of Nature around me…provoked an emotional reaction in the depth of my soul, which I… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
“Anything can pass as a Franz Liszt quote if you just mangalica say random Hungarian words in the middle of it. –… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in… — Bedrich Smetana Copy Share Image
Learning great works like the Liszt Sonata or Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' should be a struggle to a certain extent, where you need to… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
“What was infinitely more valuable to Wagner, and what excited his gratitude to even more superlative utterance, was the confidence which Liszt… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
Today, Lan Lan is one of my favourite classical pianists… Years ago I had a great admiration for Arthur Rubinstein but I… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
“One Sunday evening when it was very hot and breathlessly still we sere sitting here in this room in the dusk. He… — Laird Koenig Copy Share Image
