biography
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| lived:
| (1811–86)
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| biography:
| Composer and pianist, born in Raiding, Hungary. He studied and played at Vienna and Paris, touring widely in Europe as a virtuoso pianist. From 1835 to 1839 he lived with the Comtesse d'Agoult, by whom he had three children. He gave concerts throughout Europe, and in 1847 met Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein with whom he lived until his death. In 1848 he went to Weimar, where he directed the opera and concerts, composed, and taught. His works include 12 symphonic poems, Masses, two symphonies, and a large number of piano pieces. In 1865 he received minor orders in the Catholic Church, and was known as Abbé. |
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