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Lisztian

Adjective

Meaning

Lisztian (comparative more Lisztian, superlative most Lisztian)

Of or pertaining to Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Orenstein (1981), p. 32; and Sackville-West and Shawe-Taylor, p. 613 When writing for solo piano Ravel rarely aimed at the intimate chamber effect characteristic of Debussy, but sought a Lisztian virtuosity. Source: Internet

Indeed, after Schumann's last symphony, the "Rhenish" composed in 1850, for two decades the Lisztian symphonic poem appeared to have displaced the symphony as the leading form of large-scale instrumental music. Source: Internet

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