Franz Liszt
“键盘魔王”李斯特

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, teacher and Franciscan tertiary. Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age, and in the 1840s he was considered to be the greatest pianist of all time. Liszt was also a well-known and influential composer, piano teacher and conductor. He was a benefactor to other composers, including Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin.
弗朗茨·李斯特(1811—1886)是19世纪的匈牙利作曲家、大师级钢琴家、指挥家、教师和方济会三级修士。19世纪早期李斯特钢琴技巧卓越，在欧洲誉满天下。据他同时代的人称，李斯特是那个时代技巧最超前的钢琴家。19世纪40年代，李斯特被评为世上最伟大的钢琴家。同时，他还是著名的作曲家、钢琴教师和指挥家，影响深远。李斯特还给予其他作曲家经济资助，包括理查德·瓦格纳、埃克托·柏辽兹、卡米尔·圣桑、爱德华·格里格和亚历山大·鲍罗丁。

As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the “Neudeutsche Schule” (“New German School”). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony. He also played an important role in popularizing a wide array of music by transcribing it for piano.
李斯特是“新德国学派”最杰出的作曲家之一。他留下了广泛且形式多样的音乐作品，影响了颇有远见的同辈，并对20世纪的一些观点和趋势提出了设想。他最突出的贡献包括：发明交响诗，通过音乐形式的实验创作出主题变形的概念以及大胆偏离和声。李斯特推动了大量音乐的改编，用于钢琴演奏，使它们得到普及。

Some of his major works include: Hungarian Fantasy, Dante Symphony, Faust Symphony, Sonata in B minor , and symphonic poems such as Mazeppa and Tasso.
他的一些主要作品有：《匈牙利狂想曲》《但丁交响曲》《浮士德交响曲》《b小调奏鸣曲》以及交响诗《马捷帕》《塔索》等。