Thesis Defense--Study Questions Part I
On Liszt
1. How many oratorios did Liszt compose? If yes, which ones?
2. In 1802, which Liszt daughter died (at the age of 26)?
3. Les Morts, an orchestral work composed in 1859, was inspired
by what event?
4. He left
5. He met Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein in February 1847 in which
Russian city?
6. Although in 1865 Liszt took the four minor orders of the Roman
Catholich church, did he ever become a priest?
7. He wrote the Hungarian Coronation Mass for the coronation of
this composer of
8. He studied composition with which Italian composer?
9. He took piano lessons with which German composer?
10. How many symphonic poems did he compose?
11. He wrote a cantat in 1845 for which festival? What was signi-
ficant about this cantata?
12. He and Marie d’Agoult were to marry in
50 at that time), but what happened?
13. Liszt gave his last concert in September 1847 in which Russian
city?
14. His first daughter, Blandine, was born in
15. Describe briefly Ferdinando Paer, Liszt’s theory teacher.
16. His opera, Don Sanche, had its debut in the Paris Opera in
what year?
17. Adam Liszt, his father, died in
18. He heard Niccolo Paganini for the first time in what date?
19. Why was he denied admission into the Paris Conservatoire?
20. In 1839, Liszt performed as a virtuoso to raise funds for
which organization?
21. He transcribed the piano Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in
which year?
22. To whom did Liszt dedicated the Reminiscences of Norma to?
23. How many sections did Liszt take from the origin of Mozart’s
score of the Reminiscences of Don Juan?
24. What was the first opera transcription for piano Liszt
composed?
25. What was the French solidarity slogan above the first page
of the score of
26. At one 1841 concert, Liszt and Joseph Massart was going to
play Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata at one salon, but the fans
shouted for Liszt to play what opera transcription?
27. Did Liszt ever get married?
28. To what key does the Hummel fantasy in E-flat major end?
Other Questions
1. Who wrote the play Aline, where Schubert quotes a passage
of it in his Wandererfantasie?
2. Schumann’s C Major Fantasy had a quote at the end of its first
movement from what Lied?
3. Who wrote the Variations on a theme by Handel, op. 29, in
1834, for keyboard?
4. Who was the pianist on the record album Music From The Golden
8. Who said this quote:
“The prestige of Italian opera was often assayed during the late [18th] and early
[19th] centuries, by proponents of comic
pre-eminent position as
Thesis Defense--Study Answers Part I
On Liszt
1.Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth (1857-62) and Christus
(1855-66).
2.Blandine.
3.The death of Liszt's son, Daniel.
4.1886.
5.
6.No.
7.Emperor Francis Joseph I.
8.Antonio Salieri.
9.Carl Czerny.
10.12.
11.The Beethoven Festival; it was his first work for chorus and
orchestra.
12.The pope revoked his sanction of the PrincessÕ divorce, so the
marriage was annuled.
13.Yeltzavetgrad (now
14.December 18, 1835.
15.He was the director of the Theatre-Italien in
composer of light operas.
16.October 17, 1825.
17.Typhoid fever.
18.March 1831.
19.He was a foreigner.
20.The Beethoven Memorial Committee.
21.1853.
22.Marie Pleyel.
23.3 sections.
24.Illustrations on Simon Boccanegra (Verdi).
25.Vivre en travillant ou mourir en combattant.
26.Robert le Diable
27.Yes.
28.No.
29.In G major.
On Other Questions
1. Bauerle.
2. An die ferne Geliebte.
3. Ignaz Moscheles.
4. Earl Wild.
5. Sigismond Thalberg
6. Leopold Godowsky
7. At the Karntnertoertheater.
8. Glen Dale Reuhart (The Every Development of Virtuosos Piano
Style)
