Liszt

• “All those pieces were unpublished in Liszt's lifetime, anyway: I know the Via Crucis wasn't published until something like 1929, and the Bagatelle similarly took a long while to turn up.”

  Mod squad

• “Our name Liszt in the Hungarian language means Flour: we will provide good wheaten meal "ex adipe frumenti" with thee, Franz, and thy children.”

  Letters

• “I called Liszt's article a criticism, but "lampoon" or "libel" would have been a more appropriate designation.”

  Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician

• “Soloist Lang Lang, whose latest CD is called "Liszt - My Piano Hero," put all his stunning technique, plus the dramatic body language for which he is famous, into a performance that Liszt, who practically invented the concept of showman, probably would have applauded.”

  Reuters: Press Release

• “In short, "Liszt 200" intends to present audiences with a persuasive new account of a familiar but often misunderstood composer.”

  The Wall Street Journal: At the Ravinia Festival, A Liszt of Subtle Works

• “If Professor Machlis insists on calling Liszt "a showman to his fingertips," I shall not argue with him.”

  Playing Liszt

• “An article by Liszt, that is a fortunate thing for the public and for you.”

  Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician

• “The Complete Piano Music Of Franz Liszt, which is a mere 99 CDs.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “But to hear a kind of Liszt playing they just don't make any more, you have to hear the Hungarian pianist Georges Cziffra.”

  The Guardian: The hot Liszt

• “They are written in a style of flashy harpsichord virtuosity such as Liszt in his most despised moments never descended to.”

  Edward MacDowell

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