MUSICIAN

Franz Liszt

1811 - 1886

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Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era, and his piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded. Liszt achieved success as a concert pianist from an early age, and received lessons from esteemed musicians Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Liszt has received more than 6,197,665 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Franz Liszt is the 5th most popular musician, the 7th most popular biography from Austria (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Musician.

Franz Liszt is most famous for being a pianist and composer in the Romantic era. He is considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time.

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  • 6.2M

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  • 84.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 100

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franz Liszt ranks 5 out of 3,175. Before him are Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Paul McCartney, and Freddie Mercury. After him are Niccolò Paganini, John Lennon, Clara Schumann, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Jimi Hendrix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Franz Liszt ranks 2. Before him is Napoleon II. After him are Évariste Galois, Théophile Gautier, Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Urbain Le Verrier, Isaac Singer, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Makepeace Thackeray, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Vissarion Belinsky. Among people deceased in 1886, Franz Liszt ranks 1. After him are Ramakrishna, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, Emily Dickinson, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, and Pierre-Jules Hetzel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Liszt ranks 7 out of 1,424. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Marie Antoinette (1755), Maria Theresa (1717), Joseph Haydn (1732), and Franz Schubert (1797). After him are Gustav Klimt (1862), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Stefan Zweig (1881), and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Franz Liszt ranks 1. After him are Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Baroness Mary Vetsera (1871), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Joseph Joachim (1831), Anton Diabelli (1781), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), and Willi Boskovsky (1909).

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