Franz Liszt | Timeline

Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist, philanthropist, author, nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary.
Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his prodigious virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was a friend, musical promoter and benefactor to many composers of his time, including Frédéric Chopin, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka, and Alexander Borodin. (Intro from Wikipedia)

October 22, 1811 - Raiding (Doborján), Sopron - Ferenc Liszt is born

December 1, 1822 - Vienna, Austria - First public performance in a concert at the "Landständischer Saal" =(START)

April 13, 1823 - Vienna - 11 year-old Liszt meets Beethoven - kiss of consecration

April 30, 1823 - Hungary - Liszt family departs to Hungary

May 30, 1823 - Vienna - The Liszt family returns to Vienna

May 1(?), 1824 - Windsor Castle - First visit to England. Liszt plays to King George IV

June 1(?), 1825 - England - Second visit to England

June 20, 1825 - Birmingham - Second Birmingham Concert. Liszt plays the Ouverture of his first Opera "Don Sanche"

October 17, 1825 - Paris - Presentation of the one act Opera "Don Sanche" at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Ópera

May 1(?), 1827 - England - Third visit to England

August 1(?), 1827 - Boulogne-sur-Mer - Adam Liszt and his son arrive at Boulogne-sur-Mer on vacations, however, Adam falls ill.

August 28, 1827 - Boulogne-sur-Mer - Ferenc's father, Adam Liszt, dies

September 15(?), 1827 - Paris - Liszt reunites with his mother in Paris
July 26, 1830 - Paris - Revolution breaks out in July - until 29th
December 4, 1830 - Paris - Liszt meet Hector Berlioz one day before the Premiere of his "Symphonie Fantastique"
December 5, 1830 - Paris - Premiere of the "Symphonie Fantastique" by Berlioz, with Liszt in the audience
February 26, 1831 - Paris - Liszt meets Fryderyk Chopin
February 26, 1832 - Paris - Liszt attends Chopin's debut Paris concert at the Salle Pleyel
April 20, 1832 - Paris - Liszt attends a charity concert organized by Niccolò Paganini for the victims of a Parisian cholera epidemic. The event strongly impacts Liszt, and there he decides to be as great a virtuoso on the piano as Paganini on the violin.
March 23, 1833 - Paris - Chopin, Liszt and Hiller perform a concerto by J.S.Bach for 3 keyboards
April 2, 1833 - Paris - Benefit concert organized by Hector Berlioz for his bankrupt Shakespearean actress wife Harriet Smithson, during which Chopin and Liszt play George Onslow's Sonata in F minor for piano duet
December 15, 1833 - Paris - Chopin, Liszt and Hiller perform a concerto by J.S.Bach for 3 keyboards at the Conservatory
December 25, 1834 - Paris - Together with Liszt, Heinrich W. Ernst and singer Sabine Heinefetter, Chopin performs at a benefit concert for François Stoepel in the Salle Pleyel 
June 4, 1835 - Basel, Switzerland - Liszt arrives in Switzerland to meet Marie d'Agoult
December 18, 1835 - Geneva - The first daughter of Liszt and Marie d'Agoult is born
October 1(?), 1836 - Paris - Liszt and Marie d'Agoult get an apartment and share a Salon with George Sand
October 24, 1836 - Paris - Chopin meets Liszt in the day he he is introduced to George Sand
November 5, 1836 - Paris - Liszt, George Sand and countess d'Agoult attend a musical soirée held by chopin
February 27(?), 1837 - Nohant (SW of Chateauroux) - Liszt meets Marie d'Agoult in Nohant, at George Sand's house

March 1(?), 1837 - Paris - Liszt returns to Paris for a pianistic duel Sigismond Thalberg
August 1(?), 1837 - Chambéry (E of Lyon), via Saint-Point - Liszt and Marie d'Agoult travel to Italy and stop by to see Lamartine (french poet)
August 15(?), 1837 - Baveno (Lake Maggiore) - They arrive to Lake Maggiore
September 1(?), 1837 - Bellagio - The couple spends September and October at Bellagio
December 24, 1837 - Como - Liszt's second daughter, Cosima, is born
March 1(?), 1838 - Venice, Italy - The couple reaches Venice
April 1(?), 1838 - Vienna - Liszt travels to Vienna while Marie stays in Venice
May 1(?), 1838 - Venice - Liszt returns to Venice
October 15(?), 1838 - Florence - The couple is in Florence at this point
February 1(?), 1839 - Rome - The couple reaches Rome
May 9, 1839 - Rome - Daniel Liszt is born
June 1(?), 1839 - Tivoli - The couple visits Tivoli
June 25(?), 1839 - Villa Massimiliana, near Lucca (Pisa) - The couple moves to Villa Massimiliana
October(?) 1(?), 1839 - San Rossore, near Pisa - The couple stays in San Rossore
December 1(?), 1839 - Vienna - Concert in Vienna
December 15(?), 1839 - Pressburg (Bratislava) - Concert in Pressburg
January 4, 1840 - Budapest - Concerts in Budapest until January 11th
February 18, 1840 - Oedenburg (Sopron) - Concert in Oedenburg
March 16, 1840 - Dresden - Concert in Dresden
March 31, 1840 - Leipzig - Concert in Leipzig
May 1(?), 1840 - Meaux (NE of Paris) - Liszt and Marie d'Agoult met at Meaux, then they depart to Paris
June 9, 1840 - London - Concert at Hanover Square Rooms
July 16, 1840 - Baden-Baden - Concert in Baden-Baden. Another in July 21st
July 23, 1840 - Mainz - Concert in Mainz
July 30, 1840 - Wiesbaden - Concert in Wiesbaden
August 7, 1840 - Frankfurt - Concert in Frankfurt
August 8, 1840 - Mannheim - Concert in Mannheim
August 12, 1840 - Bonn - Concert in Bonn
August 13, 1840 - Cologne - Concert in Cologne
October 28, 1840 - Hamburg - Concert in Hamburg - other in October 31th and November 2nd, 6th and 10th
December 1(?), 1840 - Dublin - Concert in Dublin
March 1(?), 1841 - Paris - Concerts in Paris - March and April

Franz Liszt, 1841

April 25, 1841 - Paris - Charity concert conducted for the Beethoven Memorial in Bonn, held at the Salle Pleyel
April 26, 1841 - Paris - Charity concert conducted for the Beethoven Memorial in Bonn, held at the Paris Conservatory
June 1(?), 1841 - London - Concert in London
July 7, 1841 - Hamburg - Concert in Hamburg. Another on July 9th
July 12, 1841 - Kiel - Concert in Kiel. Another on July 27th
July 30, 1841 - Cuxhaven - Concert in Cuxhaven
August 9, 1841 - Nonnenwerth (Island at the Rhine) - Liszt and Marie d'Agoult spend vacations on the Island until November. Private concert on August 22th.
August 23, 1841 - Cologne - Concert in Cologne
August 25, 1841 - Koblenz - Concert in Koblenz
September 1, 1841 - Mainz - Concert in Mainz. Other on September 3rd and 5th
October 2, 1841 - Nonnenwerth - Private Concert at Nonnenwerth
October 5, 1841 - Cologne - Concert in Cologne
October 12, 1841 - Aachen - Concert in Aachen
October 22, 1841 - Nonnenwerth - Private Concert at Nonnenwerth
October 28, 1841 - Düsseldorf - Concert in Düsseldorf
November 1, 1841 - Bonn - Concert in Bonn
November 9, 1841 - Münster - Concert in Münster
November 12, 1841 - Osnabrück - Concerts in Osnabrück
November 17, 1841 - Kassel - Series of concerts in Kassel
November 25, 1841 - Weimar - Series of concerts in Weimar
December 19, 1841 - Halle - Concert in Halle
December 25, 1841 - Berlin - Liszt arrives in Berlin in full Lisztomania phenomenon
December 27, 1841 - Berlin - Recital at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin

Evgeny Kissin playing Liszt's "La Campanella"

much in the same format of the hungarian composer's Virtuoso tournées

March 10, 1842 - Königsberg - Series of concerts in Königsberg
April 8, 1842 - Sankt Petersburg, Russia - Concert in Sankt Petersburg
September 17, 1842 - Aachen - Concert in Aachen
October 28, 1842 - Erfurt - Concert in Erfurt
January(?) 1(?), 1843 - Moscow - Concert in Moscow
January 21, 1843 - Breslau (Wroclaw) - Series of more than 10 concerts in Breslau
February 12, 1843 - Berlin - Concert in Berlin
February 18, 1843 - Potsdam - Concert in Potsdam
October 18, 1843 - Munich - Series of Concerts in Munich
November 29, 1843 - Karlsruhe - Concert in Karlsruhe
January 21, 1844 - Weimar - Concert in Weimar
February 5, 1844 - Jena - Concert in Jena
February 18, 1844 - Weimar - Series of concerts in Weimar
February 27, 1844 - Dresden - Concert in Dresden. Another on March 1st
March 7, 1844 - Stettin - Concert in Stettin
March 14, 1844 - Magdeburg - Concert in Magdeburg
March 28, 1844 - Hannover - Concerts in Hannover until March 31st
April 1(?), 1844 - Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult break up
November 21, 1844 - Teatro del Circo, Madrid - Concert in Madrid
November 22, 1844 - Liceo Artistico, Madrid - Liszt gives a concert at Liceo Artistico and another at "Casa de Cabrero"
December 12, 1844 - Córdoba - Concert in Córdoba
January 15, 1845 - Lisbon, Portugal - Liszt arrives at Lisbon aboard the steamer "Montrose", coming from Gibraltar
February 25, 1845 - Lisbon - Liszt departs to Gibraltar. He offers his piano to 26-year old Queen Maria II.
April 11, 1845 - Barcelona - First concert in Barcelona
April 18, 1845 - Barcelona - Second concert in Barcelona
May 18, 1845 - Lyon - Concert in Lyon
August 7, 1845 - Bonn - Concert in Bonn. Another on August 13th
August 16, 1845 - Stolzenfels (Koblenz) - Concert at Stolzenfels for Queen Victoria
September 29, 1845 - Stuttgart - Concert in Stuttgart. Another on October 10th
October 12, 1845 - Darmstadt - Concert in Darmstadt
October 15, 1845 - Heidelberg - Concert in Heidelberg
October 17, 1845 - Freiburg - Concert in Freiburg
April 14, 1846 - Prague - Liszt writes a letter from Prague
May 26, 1846 - Gratz - Liszt writes a letter from Gratz
November 10, 1846 - Arad, Romania - Concert in Arad
January 3, 1847 - Bucharest - Liszt writes a letter from Bucharest
January 11, 1847 - Jassy (Iasi) - Concert in Jassy
February 1(?), 1847 - Kiev - Liszt plays in Kiev and meets Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
June 8, 1847 - Istanbul - Liszt's ship arrives at Istanbul, from Galatz
June 18, 1847 - Buyukdere, Istanbul - Concert in Istanbul
June 28, 1847 - Istanbul - Concert sponsored by the Russian embassy
July 18, 1847 - Galatz - Liszt writes about his presentations to the Ottoman Sultan
September 1(?), 1847 - Elisavetgrad (Kirovohrad), Ukraine - Ferenc Liszt's last paid concert
December 21(?), 1847 - Woronince, Ukraine - Liszt spends winter on Princess Carolyne's estate
August 28, 1850 - Weimar - Premiere of the Opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, under direction of Liszt
July 1(?), 1853 - Zürich, Switzerland - Liszt visits Richard Wagner for nine days, playing for him some of the fruits of his new "Weimar" period
October 6, 1853 - Basel, Switzerland - Wagner travels to Basel to join Liszt and several of his young musical acolytes
February 17, 1855 - Weimar - Premiere of Liszt No.1 Piano Concerto, with Liszt at the Piano and Hector Berlioz conducting
October 13, 1856 - Zürich - Liszt visits Richard Wagner
November 27, 1856 - Zürich - Liszt departs from Zürich
January 7, 1857 - Weimar - Liszt directs his Concerto for piano No.2 with Hans von Bronsart, his student, at the piano
June 23, 1857 - Liszt joins the Third Order of San Francis
November 7, 1857 - Dresden - Premiere of the "Dante Symphony" at the Hoftheater

Franz Liszt, 1858

March 11, 1858 - Prague - Liszt directs the "Dante Symphony" and the Concerto for piano No.2
October 21, 1861 - Rome - Liszt arrives at Rome to marry Princess Carolyne
March 26, 1863 - Rome - Liszt directs a program of sacred music at the Palazzo Altieri
June 20, 1863 - Rome - Liszt makes residence in a small austere apartment
April 25, 1865 - Liszt receives the tonsure by the hands of Cardinal Hohenlohe
July 31, 1865 - Liszt receives four religious titles of minor Orders
January 4, 1866 - Rome - Liszt directs the Stabat Mater from his "Christus-Oratorio"
February 26, 1866 - Rome - Liszt directs his "Dante Symphony"
June 8, 1867 - Buda Castle, Budapest - Presentation of the Coronationalis Mass for the Coronation Ceremony of Franz Joseph
January(?) 1(?), 1869 - Weimar - Masterclasses at Weimar
January(?) 1(?), 1871 - Budapest - Masterclasses at Budapest
March 1(?), 1875 - Budapest - Liszt and Wagner meet in Budapest
January(?) 1(?), 1876 - Weimar - Liszt makes base in Weimar for 1876
April 29, 1876 - Düsseldorf - Liszt travels to Düsseldorf for three days for the Lower Rhine Music Festival

The six-hand effect...

May 15(?), 1876 - Loo Castle, Apeldoorn - Liszt is invited by King Wilhelm III
May 26, 1876 - Weimar - Lightening-trip to Weimar
August 13, 1876 - Bayreuth - Attends the premiere of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" at Bayreuth Festspielhaus. In the same evening, he plays and talks with Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil
October 16, 1876 - Budapest - Liszt arrives at Budapest
December 18, 1876 - Budapest - Liszt suffers an accident while leaving his carriage
March 11, 1877 - Vienna - Liszt arrives at Vienna
March 16, 1877 - Vienna - Liszt plays Beethoven's fifth piano Concerto in memory of his death's fiftieeth anniversary
March 24, 1877 - Bayreuth - Liszt travels to Bayreuth until April 3rd
April 25, 1877 - Weimar - Liszt begins to have bouts of melancholy
June 17, 1877 - Leipzig - Liszt is present for parts of "Christus"
June 29, 1877 - Eisenach - Liszt attends a performance of "St.Elizabeth"
July 2, 1877 - Jena - Liszt travels to Jena to listen to some of his choral works
August 29(?), 1877 - Villa d'Este, Tivoli - Liszt travels to Villa d'Este and composes music for his last "Peregrinnage"
April 1, 1878 - Vienna - Liszt spends a few days with his cousin Eduard
April 8, 1878 - Wahnfried, Bayreuth - Liszt travels to Bayreuth to meet the Wagners
June 9, 1878 - Paris - Minister Ágoston Trefort invites Liszt to represent his country at the World Exhibition
June 18, 1878 - Paris - Liszt departs from Paris
September 3, 1878 - Rome - Liszt arrives at Rome
January 17, 1879 - Budapest - Liszt arrives at Budapest, via florence
March 11, 1879 - Szeged - Huge floods cause thousands of deaths
March 14, 1879 - Klausenburg (Cluj-Napoca) - Liszt organizes a charity concert for flood victims
March 26, 1879 - Budapest - At Budapest at this point
April 2, 1879 - Vienna - Arrival in Vienna
July 18, 1879 - Weimar - Liszt is made Honorary Canon of Albano - writes acceptance letter
September 1(?), 1879 - Rome - Liszt grants 2 thousand lire for the purchase of sacred objects for Albano
October 12, 1879 - Albano Laziale (SE of Rome) - Liszt receives the honorary Canon degree in the Basilica of San Pancrazio di Albano 
October 31, 1880 - Rome - Liszt makes three elaborations of the music of Pier Adolfo Tirindelli (1858-1937)
January 20, 1881 - Budapest - Liszt moves to an apartment in the Academy of Music
February 14, 1881 - Budapest - Liszt attends to recitals, with Von Bülow playing his music and Beethoven's. Another recital on February 18th
April 3, 1881 - Pressburg - Liszt gives a benevolence concert
July 2, 1881 - Weimar - Liszt falls from the stairs of the Hofgärtnerei
October 16, 1881 - Rome - Liszt arrives in Rome and moves to the Hotel Alibert
January 28, 1882 - Rome - Liszt departs from Rome
May 27, 1882 - Weimar - Masterclass with the presence of the phenomenon d'Albert
June 27, 1882 - Weimar - Masterclass with the presence of the phenomenon d'Albert and Grand Duke Carl Alexander
July 15, 1882 - Bayreuth - Liszt arrives with students for the Premiere of "Parsifal"
September 7, 1882 - Weimar - After masterclasses, Liszt has dinner with american students
September 24, 1882 - Weimar - Liszt and students board the train to Arnstadt to listen to a disciple play the organ
September 29, 1882 - Weimar - Liszt attends a concert by d'Albert
November 14, 1882 - Weimar - Liszt departs to Venice
November 19, 1882 - Venice, Italy - Liszt arrives in Venice
December 24, 1882 - Venice - Liszt attends a presentation by Wagner and goes on stage to play
January 15, 1883 - Venice - Liszt departs from Venice and embraces Richard Wagner for the last time
February 14, 1883 - Budapest - Liszt receives news of the death of Richard Wagner
May 22, 1883 - Weimar - Liszt attends a musical program in memory of Richard Wagner
October 16, 1884 - Fehértemplom (Bela Crkva - Serbia) - Performance of the Hymn of the Hungarians
July 1(?), 1885 - Weimar - Liszt plays his Bagatelle and Mephisto Waltz without tone for students
July 11, 1885 - Weimar - Liszt listens to Mansfeldt play his last piece

Franz Liszt, 1886

January 8, 1886 - Villa Medici, Rome - Liszt meets Claude Debussy at a dinner offered by the Director of the French Academy
January 9, 1886 - Rome - Debussy visits Liszt
January 13, 1886 - Villa Medici, Rome - New dinner at the French Academy - Liszt plays "Au bord d'une source" and "Ave Maria"
April 6, 1886 - St.Jame's Hall, London(?) - Liszt gives a concert with the Princes of Wales present
April 7, 1886 - Windsor Castle - Liszt plays for Queen Victoria
April 11, 1886 - St.James Hall, London(?) - Dinner with the Princes of Wales
July 19, 1886 - Casino Bourgeois, Luxembourg - Franz Liszt's last Concert
July 31, 1886 - Bayreuth - Ferenc Liszt dies of pneumonia, aged 74 =(END)