One of her recital specialties was a piece entitled Rhapsodies. This included Liszt's First Piano Concerto, which she played in Vienna in 1869, 12 years after its disastrous premiere there.
īecause of her popularity, Menter succeeded with music that no other pianist would touch. In 1883 she became professor of piano at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory but left in 1886 to continue concertizing. In 1881 she first appeared in England and was awarded honorary membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society two years later. She gave her concert entirely alone, except that someone sang a few songs, and at the end Tausig played a duet for two pianos with her, in which he took the second piano." īetween 18 she was married to cellist David Popper, with whom she had a daughter named Celeste. "She plays everything by heart, and has a beautiful conception. While studying in Berlin in 1870, American pianist Amy Fay was impressed by Menter, who she described as “becoming very celebrated and who plays superbly.” "I envied her dreadfully," write Fay in Music Study in Germany. In Berlin, Menter became acquainted with the famous pianist Carl Tausig she became a pupil of Liszt in 1869 after studying with Tausig and Hans von Bülow. Her first concert appearances took her to Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Switzerland, and in 1867 she became acclaimed for her interpretation of Liszt's piano music at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. At 15, she played Carl Maria von Weber's Konzertstück for piano and orchestra with Franz Lachner conducting. She studied piano with Siegmund Lebert and later Friedrich Niest. Sophie Menter was born in Munich, the daughter of cellist Josef Menter and singer Wilhelmine Menter (née Diepold). She was called l'incarnation de Liszt in Paris because of her robust, electrifying playing style and was considered one of the greatest piano virtuosos of her time. 2 from “Rhapsody Rabbit”, a cartoon in which Bugs Bunny conducts Liszt’s masterpiece.Sophie Menter (29 July 1846 – 23 February 1918) was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt. Modern audiences recognize Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. He is remembered as the greatest piano player of his time, and possibly the greatest piano player ever! Liszt is also remembered as one of the two great Hungarian composers, along with Belá Bártok. Liszt died of pneumonia when he was 74 years old.
The theme is repeated with different rhythms, harmonies, and ornamentations each time. He also developed “transformation of themes”, a method in which a short idea is repeated over and over again for an entire piece. Liszt developed the Symphonic Poem, a single-movement piece for orchestra that is based on something outside of music, such as a poem, a painting, history, or mythology. A true Romantic composer, Liszt bypassed forms from classical music and developed his own instead. In 1842, Liszt settled down and began to focus on composing and conducting. Liszt’s performances were so exciting that they made audiences hysterical-just like the Beatles or Elvis, but many years earlier.
When he played, he tried to make the piano sound like an entire orchestra. He often appeared in concert three or four times a week, and it is estimated that he gave over a thousand public concerts in eight years! Liszt was a wonderful pianist and an exciting performer. In fact, Liszt spent most of his life travelling around Europe giving pianorecitals. Liszt was the first person to give a piano recital-a concert that featured piano music exclusively. After a performance in 1823, Liszt met Beethoven, who kissed him on the forehead! Liszt remembered Beethoven and told the story of their meeting for years to come. In 1821, the Liszt family moved to Vienna, where Franz was able to study with well-known musicians such as Czerny and Salieri, the music director at the Viennese court. Franz began composing and performing in public when he was eight years old. When Franz was six, he began to listen closely to his father’s piano playing, and began taking lessons from him at seven. Adam played cello in the court orchestra, and he often played the piano at home. Franz Liszt was born on Octoto Adam Liszt, a talented amateur musician and a court official serving the Prince of Hungary.
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