Overview
Piano compositions by Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1881 and undated
Creator
- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.16 linear feet (1 volume)Includes manuscripts with autograph manuscript revisions and corrections of Mephisto polka and Zweiter Mephisto Walzer, among others. Also includes proof engravings with autograph manuscript corrections and revisions of Franz Schuberts Märsche ... no.3 and no.4.
Biographical / Historical
Liszt was an Hungarian composer and pianist; Schubert was an Austrian composer.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*71M-95. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund from Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., 62 Bristol Road, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144; received: 1972 June 6.
Creator
- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 (Person)
- Title
- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Franz Liszt piano music: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00755
Repository Details
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