Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian
composer ,conductor , andvirtuoso pianist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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To hear how Franck and Saint-Saëns drew on Lisztian musical language for their own purposes was in itself riveting.
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Ravinia's calendar reveals even more Liszt on the bill, including a special event on July 20, "Lisztian Loves: A Theatrical & Musical Portrait of Franz Liszt."
At the Ravinia Festival, A Liszt of Subtle Works Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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As an appendix, he also includes El Pelele, the "Goyescan scene" Granados composed in 1913, and a much earlier Concert Allegro in which the Lisztian connection is obvious.
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I listened to a lot of Dave Brubeck, partially because of his connection, through Milhaud, with Les Six; I listened to a lot of Oscar Peterson because of his Lisztian overtones; I delved heavily into that great American repertoire, jazz's precursor, ragtime, addicted to both the polyrhythmic modernity and the Chopinesque pianistic and harmonic cast.
Archive 2008-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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I listened to a lot of Dave Brubeck, partially because of his connection, through Milhaud, with Les Six; I listened to a lot of Oscar Peterson because of his Lisztian overtones; I delved heavily into that great American repertoire, jazz's precursor, ragtime, addicted to both the polyrhythmic modernity and the Chopinesque pianistic and harmonic cast.
All the Things You Are Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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What is missing from Lang Lang's self-promotional memoir -- and, it must be said, from some his performances -- is that Lisztian sense of what it takes to move people.
A Prodigy's Progress James Penrose 2008
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Courtesy of Kyle Gann, four minutes of Oscar Peterson playing an eight-bar blues of Lisztian transcendence.
Only twelve notes that a man can play Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Courtesy of Kyle Gann, four minutes of Oscar Peterson playing an eight-bar blues of Lisztian transcendence.
Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Little social noises burst fitfully forth, and from time to time some pointed tail would execute a brilliant Lisztian tremolo.
Crome Yellow Aldous Huxley 1928
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Little social noises burst fitfully forth, and from time to time some pointed tail would execute a brilliant Lisztian tremolo.
Crome Yellow Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1921
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