Franz Liszt 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
Franz Lizt, vers 14-15 ans, Jean Vignaud [fr] (1826)
Marie d'Agoult, Henri Lehmann (1843)
Sigismond Thalberg (1836)
Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner was a German businesswoman who was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the secon
Franz Liszt
…travels that later inspired the composer to write his cycle of piano collections entitled Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage). Their daughter, Cosima, was born in Como on 24 December 1837, and their son Daniel on 9 May 1839 in Rome. That autumn relations between them became strained. Liszt heard that…
Cosima Wagner by Franz von Lenbach
Franz Liszt, depicted at the time of his affair with Marie d'Agoult
Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, seen here with her daughter Marie, exerted a powerful influence on Cosima's upbringing
Hans von Bülow, photographed in middle age