Claude Debussy | Timeline

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He was seen, during his lifetime and afterwards, as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Intro from Wikipedia)

August 22, 1862 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Achille-Claude Debussy is born

July 31, 1864 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Achille-Claude is christened

January(?) 1(?), 1868 - Paris - Manuel Debussy finds a job at the Paul Dupont printing shop. The family moves to Paris

July(?) 1(?), 1870 - Cannes - Claude and his mother flee from the Franco-Prussian War and arrive in Cannes to stay with Claude's aunt Clémentine. Claude has his first music lessons with the violinist Jean Cerutti

March 18, 1871 - Paris - The Commune of Paris starts - Manuel Debussy joins the National Guard to participate in it. Victorine Debussy moves with her four children to a small apartment in Paris

May 28, 1871 - Paris - End of the Commune of Paris - Manuel Debussy is arrested for his participation in the revolt

October(?) 1(?), 1871 - Paris - Claude starts piano lessons with Antoinette Mauté

December 1(?), 1871 - Paris - Manuel Debussy is sentenced to four years emprisonment by the "Conseil de Guerre"

October 22, 1872 - Paris - Claude is admitted to the Conservatoire of Paris after a year under Antoinette Mauté's teaching

January(?) 1(?), 1873 - Paris - After a year in prison, Manuel Debussy is released and his sentence suspended

September 1(?), 1873 - Paris - The Debussy family moves to a larger apartment in Paris

January 13, 1874 - Paris - Claude is praised by his teacher at the end of his examinations =(START)

July 1(?), 1874 - Paris - Honorable mention in another examination, after playing Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2

July 1(?), 1875 - Paris - Honorable mention in another examination, after playing Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1

First Public performance, 1876

January 16, 1876 - Chauny (Aisne) - First public concert

March 18, 1876 - Chauny (Aisne) - Second public concert
June 1(?), 1876 - Paris - Awarded first medal in solfeggio exam
July 1(?), 1877 - Paris - Debussy wins the second prize in the piano examination, playing Schumann's Sonata in G minor
November 27, 1877 - Paris - Enters Émile Durand's harmony class
June 1(?), 1878 - Paris - Debussy fails a piano competition
June 20, 1879 - Paris - Piano and solfeggio examinations - Debussy fails to impress
July(?) 1(?), 1879 - Chenonceaux, E. of Tours - Debussy stays at the Château de Chenonceaux with Marguerite Wilson-Pelouze, a woman of substantial means and an ardent admirer of Wagner. He discovers the charms of a life of luxury, and decides to become a composer
October 1(?), 1879 - Paris - Debussy enters Auguste Bazille's accompaniment classes. Fails again at piano competition
December 1(?), 1879 - Paris - Debussy writes "Madrid, princesse des Espagnes" and "Ballade à la Lune"
June 1(?), 1880 - Paris - Debussy wins the first prize as an accompanist
July 20, 1880 - Interlaken, Switzerland - While vacationing at Interlaken, Nadezhda von Meck, patron of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, receives a Debussy into her entourage to accompany her children’s singing and to play duets with her
August 1(?), 1880 - Archaron (Villa Marguerite) - Nadezhda von Meck and family move to Archaron
August(?) 20(?) - Nice - Stop at Nice on their way to Florence
September 1(?), 1880 - Genoa(?) - Composes his first "Trio en sol majeur" for piano, violin and cello, for Nadezhda von Meck's ensemble
September(?) 10(?) - Naples - Stop at Naples on their way to Florence
September 19, 1880 - Florence (Villa Oppenheim) - Nadezhda von Meck and Debussy arrives in Florence. She sends Tchaikovsky a "Danse Bohémienne" written by Debussy
September 30, 1880 - Paris - Debussy finishes his 3-years studies with Émile Durand
December 24, 1880 - Paris - Debussy joins Ernest Guiraud's compostion class and becomes piano accompanist for Madame Moreau-Sainti's singing class. He attends César Franck's organ class for a few months as an auditor
January(?) 1(?), 1881 - Paris - Debussy sends his Symphonie en si mineur for piano duet to Madame von Meck. He gives private lessons to his first pupil, Georges Cuignache.
Debussy is a frequent visitor to the Vasnier household in Paris at 28, Rue de Constantinople. He composes a dozen songs for Marie Vasnier, with whom he falls in love, among them Caprice, Aimons-nous et dormons, Les Baisers, Rondel chinois, Jane, La fille aux cheveux de lin, Fleur des blés
July 15(?), 1881 - Moscow - In Moscow with Madame von Meck until the end of September
October 2, 1881 - Rome - Moves to Rome
January 8, 1882 - Rome(?) - Debussy completes Fantoches on a poem by Paul Verlaine in the latter's Fêtes galantes a collection he must have found at the Vasniers
May 12, 1882 - Paris - Public concert at Gustave-Alexandre Flaxland's, the piano maker, in Rue des Mathurins, where Debussy and Marie Vasnier give the first rendering of Fête galante and Les Roses, songs on poems by Théodore de Banville. 
Unsuccessful competition entry for the Prix de Rome, with Le Printemps, sung by the Anatole de Ségur choir for female voices and orchestra
June 1(?), 1882 - Paris - Debussy publishes "Nuit d'étoiles", a song he wrote in 1880, and receives an honorable mention
July 11, 1882 - Paris - Second honorable mention on his Composition examination
August 27, 1882 - Paris - Debussy departs to Russia
September 8 - Plechtchevo, 50km from Moscow - Debussy arrives in Plechtchevo for another stay with Madame von Meck
October 3, 1882 - Vienna - Composes "En sourdine" and "Mandoline"
October 15(?), 1882 - Paris - Debussy and Madame von Meck arrive in Paris
November 1(?), 1882 - Vienna - Debussy and Madame von Meck return to Vienna
November 24, 1882 - Paris - Debussy returns to Paris
January 1(?), 1883 - Paris - Begins work on the comic Opera "Diane au Bois"
March 1(?), 1883 - Paris - Debussy becomes accompanist to the Amateur Choral Society La Concordia
May 5, 1883 - Rome - Admitted for the Prix de Rome competition
May 11, 1883 - Rome - Debussy ranks fourth with a piece for male voice and orchestra, named "Invocation"
May 19, 1883 - Rome - Admitted for the final competition for the Prix of Rome
June 13, 1883 - Rome - Debussy wins the second prize with the cantata "Le Gladiateur"
September 1(?), 1883 - Paris - Debussy discovers Paul Bourget‘s collection Les Aveux from which he extracts Romance, Musique and Paysage sentimental
January 10, 1884 - Paris - Concert with La Concordia
March 1, 1884 - Paris - Concert with La Concordia
April 8, 1884 - Paris - Concert with La Concordia
May 10, 1884 - Rome - Admitted for the preliminary competition for the Prix de Rome
May 16, 1884 - Rome - Debussy is ranked fourth with a piece for choir and orchestra named "Le Prientemps"
May 24, 1884 - Rome - Admitted for the final competition for the Prix of Rome

L'enfant prodigue, 1884

June 18, 1884 - Rome - Debussy wins the "Prix de Rome" with the cantata "L'enfant prodigue"
January 28, 1885 - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy begins studying at the French academy in Rome - until 1887 - he hates the experience
April 27, 1885 - Paris - Short stay in Paris (until early May)

Debussy, Rome - 1885

June 1(?) - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy begins writing about the his desire to follow his own way
June 8, 1885 - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy now enters the social whirl, playing his songs for the Hébert soirées. He makes friends with Gustave Popelin, a painter also studying at Villa Médicis, and works on Zuleima, a symphonic ode after Henri Heine, his first musical work sent back to Paris from Rome
July 8, 1885 - Dieppe - Debussy is granted leave of absence from Villa Médicis, at his request, for around two months. He stays in Dieppe with Marie Vasnier, without her husband knowing
September 2, 1885 - Fiumicino, Rome - Returns to Rome, torn by passion and jealousy. He spends a few days at the property of Count Primoli at Fiumicino. Marcel Baschet, a painter, also on a scholarship at the Villa Médicis, paints a pastel portrait of Debussy
January 7, 1886 - Rome - Debussy attends "Aïda" at the Apollo Theatre
January 8, 1886 - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy meets Franz Liszt at a dinner offered by the Director of the French Academy
January 9, 1886 - Rome - Debussy visits Liszt

Villa Medicis, Rome, at the time of Debussy

January 13, 1886 - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy listens to Liszt play "Au bord d'une source" and his transcription of Schubert's "Ave Maria" and observes his pedal technique
July 1(?), 1886 - Paris - Leave of absence in Paris
February 1(?), 1887 - Villa Medici, Rome - Debussy writes the symphonic suite "Printemps". The academy criticizes his compositions as "Bizarre"
March 2, 1887 - Rome - Debussy departs to Paris
March 5, 1887 - Paris - Debussy arrives in Paris
March 13, 1887 - Paris - Debussy meets Paul Dukas at the Concerts Lamoureux. Both composers listen to Wagner's "Tristan et Isolde"
August 1(?), 1888 - Bayreuth - Trip to Bayreuth - Debussy attends the operas "Parsifal" and "Die Meistersinger"
December 1(?), 1888 - Rome - Debussy writes "La Damoiselle élue"
February 2, 1889 - Paris - Performance of the six "Ariettes oublièes" at the Société Nationale de Musique
March 1, 1889 - Paris - Performance of the piano duet "Petite Suite"
April 1(?), 1889 - Saint-Égonat (near Saint-Lunaire), Brittany - Debussy stays a couple of months with Michel and René Peter
June 1(?), 1889 - Paris - Universal exhibition (until July): Debussy discovers the Javanese gamelan, and the Annamite theatre, staged by a company from Saigon
June 22, 1889 - Paris - Debussy attends a presentation of Rimsky-Korsakov conducting his works at the Trocadéro
June 29, 1889 - Paris - Debussy attends another presentation of Rimsky-Korsakov conducting his works at the Trocadéro
August 1(?), 1889 - Bayreuth - Another trip to Bayreuth (in company of Paul Dukas, among others). Debussy attends "Tristan und Isolde"
August 30(?), 1889 - Rome - Begins writing the "Fantaisie"
February 1(?), 1890 - Paris - "Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire" is published in Paris
April 21, 1890 - Paris - Debussy withraws his "Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre" at the Société Nationale de Musique, because the conductor, Vincent d'Indy, wanted to play only the first movement at the first performance of the piece
June 4, 1892 - Paris - Debussy signs as "Achille-Claude" for the last time, adopting the shorter "Claude" as his first name

Debussy plays the piano
at Ernest Chausson's property
in Luzancy, August 1893

May 6, 1893 - Paris - Debussy plays a version of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" for two pianos with Raoul Pugno at a public lecture by Catulle Mendès on the "Tétralogie" at the Paris Opera
May 11, 1893 - Paris - Debussy plays a version of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" for two pianos with Raoul Pugno at a public lecture by Catulle Mendès on the "Tétralogie" at the Paris Opera
May 12, 1893 - Paris - Attends the first performance in France of "Die Walküre"
May 17, 1893 - Paris - Maurice Maeterlinck presents the symbolist play "Pelléas et Mélisande" which the public dislikes, but Debussy loves it
May 18 - Paris - Debussy plays a version of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" for two pianos with Raoul Pugno at a public lecture by Catulle Mendès on the "Tétralogie" at the Paris Opera
May 30 - Luzancy - Stay at Ernest Chausson's property at Luzancy
June 12 - Luzancy - Stay at Ernest Chausson's property at Luzancy
August 1(?) - Paris(?) - Spends the day with Paul Dukas
August 10 - Saint-Cloud, Paris - Approaches Maurice Maeterlinck for permission to set "Pelléas", which he agrees
September 1(?) - Paris(?) - Debussy begins working on "Pelléas et Mélisande"
November 6, 1893 - Ghent, Belgium - Debussy makes a trip to Belgium. Meets violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels and Maurice Maeterlinck in Ghent
March 1, 1894 - Brussels - Debussy Festival in Brussels. He plays with the singer Thérèse Roger
August 17, 1895 - Paris(?) - Debussy finishes the short score of "Pelléas et Mélisande"
February 2, 1897 - Paris(?) - Attends a banquet honouring Mallarmé. Meets poet José-Maria de Herédia
October 19, 1899 - Paris - Debussy marries Rosalie Texier, a fashion model, with Erik Satie as a witness
March 5, 1901 - Paris - Opéra-Comique accepts "Pelléas et Mélisande" and gives Debussy a written promise to perform the opera the following season
July 1, 1901 - Paris(?) - Debussy starts writing as a music critic for the "Revue Blanche" under the pseudonym "Monsieur Croche"
November 30, 1901 - Paris(?) - Ricardo Viñes plays for the first time at Debussy's house, the start of a 10 year collaboration
January 13, 1902 - Paris - Rehearsals of "Pelléas et Mélisande" begin
April 30, 1902 - Paris - Premiere of the Opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" at the Opéra-Comique
July 12, 1902 - London - Trip to London. Debussy attends a performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
July 20, 1902 - Paris - Returns from London
July 24, 1902 - Bichain - Stay at Bichain
September 15, 1902 - Paris - Back in Paris
April 23, 1903 - London - Second trip to London
May 3, 1903 - Paris - Back in Paris
July 10, 1903 - Bichain - Stay at Bichain
October 1, 1903 - Paris - Back in Paris
October 1, 1903 - Debussy meets Emma Bardac, wife of Sigismond Bardac, a parisian banker
January 16, 1904 - Paris(?) - Concert at Princess Cystria's apartments
January 22, 1904 - Paris(?) - Jean Lorrain, a columnist specializing in gossip about the smart and wealthy, publishes an article strongly in favour of the composer, entitled Les Pelléastres, in Le Journal, setting the worldly seal of approval on Debussy's work

Jersey Island, 1904

July 15, 1904 - Jersey Island - Debussy puts Lilly on a train to her parents in Bichain, and secretly takes Bardac to Jersey for a holiday
August 11, 1904 - Dieppe - Debussy writes a letter to Rosalie Texier, informing her of the separation
October 14, 1904 - Paris - Rosalie Texier attempts suicide. Scandal breaks out and Debussy looses friends
July 24, 1905 - Eastbourne - Debussy and Emma Bardac flee to England, via Jersey
August 2, 1905 - (While in Eastbourne) - The divorce from Lilly is finalized
August 30, 1905 - Eastbourne - Debussy and Emma Bardac depart from Eastbourne
September 10(?), 1905 - Paris - Debussy and Emma return to Paris
October 30, 1905 - Paris - Claude-Emma, Debussy's daughter, is born
March 25, 1906 - Paris - Lunch with Richard Strauss, who wanted to meet him
August 8, 1906 - Dieppe - Stay in Dieppe to rest
September 1, 1906 - Paris - Back in Paris
January 9, 1907 - Brussels - Supervises the first belgian production of his opera at the Théâtre de la Monnaie
April 19, 1907 - Frankfurt - Supervises the german production of his opera
August 1(?), 1907 - Pourville - Holidays at Pourville
September 15(?), 1907 - Paris - Back in Paris
January 12, 1908 - Paris - Makes his conducting debut with "La Mer"
January 20, 1908 - Paris - Debussy marries Emma Bardac
January 26, 1908 - Paris - Debussy conducts "La Mer" again
February 1, 1908 - London - Debussy conducts "La Mer" and "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" at the Queen's Hall
February 19, 1908 - New York City - Supervises the first american production of his opera at the Manhattan Opera House
April 2, 1908 - Milan - Supervises the first italian production of his opera at the La Scala, with Arturo Toscanini conducting

Debussy, June 1908

May 21, 1908 - Paris - Attends the second performance of "Boris Godunov"
January(?) 1(?), 1909 - Paris - Fauré invites Debussy to become a member of the advisory board of the Conservatoire, and the young André Caplet becomes his collaborator and confidant
February 27, 1909 - London - Debussy conducts "La Mer" and "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" at the Queen's Hall. He meets Jean Sibelius
March(?) 1(?), 1909 - Paris - Debussy is diagnosed with Rectal Cancer
April 21, 1909 - Paris - Conducts "La Damoiselle élue" and "Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans"
May 21, 1909 - London - Supervises the first british production of his opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
December 1(?), 1909 - Paris - Debussy begins writing Book I of the "Préludes"
January 16, 1910 - Paris - Debussy completes "La Fille aux chevaux de lin"
February 1(?), 1910 - Paris - Debussy finishes Book I of the "Préludes"
March 2, 1910 - Paris - Conducts "Rondes de Printemps"
April 17, 1910 - Paris - Debussy attends the performance of Mahler's Symphony No.2, conducted by the composer
November 29, 1910 - Vienna - Trip to Vienna to conduct his own works. Attends "Carmen"
December 7, 1910 - Budapest - Debussy departs to Paris
December 9, 1910 - Paris - Back in Paris
March 5, 1911 - Paris - Conducts the orchestral version of "Trois Ballades de François Villon"
March 25, 1911 - Paris - Conducts the orchestral version of "Trois Ballades de François Villon"
June 19, 1911 - Paris - Departs for Turin with Emma and his daughter
July(?) 1(?), 1911 - Houlgate - Holidays at Houlgate
February 26, 1912 - Paris - Debussy is visited by the italian composer Alfredo Casella
December 1(?), 1912 - Paris - Debussy begins writing Book II of the "Préludes"
January 26, 1913 - Paris - Conducts "Images pour orchestre" for the first time
March 5, 1913 - Paris - Debussy plays his first preludes
April 2, 1913 - Paris - Debussy conducts "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" at the inauguration of Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
April 19, 1913 - Paris - Debussy finishes Book II of the "Préludes"
December 1, 1913 - Paris - Trip to Moscow and Saint-Petersburg for a concert tour
December 16, 1913 - Paris - Back in Paris
February 18, 1914 - Rome - Trip to Rome to conduct some of his works
February 24, 1914 - Paris - Back in Paris
February 26, 1914 - Amsterdam - Trip to Amsterdam to conduct some of his works
March 2, 1914 - Paris - Back in Paris
July 16, 1914 - London - Trip to London for a concert at Queen's Hall
July 19, 1914 - Paris - Back in Paris
August 1, 1914 - Paris - General mobilization in Paris
September 4, 1914 - Angers - Debussy and family take refuge in Angers because of german offensive
July 12, 1915 - Pourville - Stay at Pourville with his family
July 23, 1915 - Pourville - Debussy begins writing his "Études"
September 29, 1915 - Pourville - Debussy finishes writing his "Études"
October 12, 1915 - Paris - Back in Paris
December 7, 1915 - Paris - Debussy undergoes one of the first colostomies ever made
September 11, 1916 - Moulleau (near Arcachon) - Stay at Molleau with his family
October 23, 1916 - Paris - Back in Paris
December 21, 1916 - Paris - Debussy plays "En Blanc et en noir" for a charity
March 24, 1917 - Paris - Debussy plays some of his pieces with Jacques Salmon and Claire Croiza
May 5, 1917 - Paris - Performance of the "Sonate pour violon et piano"
July 3, 1917 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Stay at Saint-Jean-de-Luz
September 11, 1917 - Biarritz - Debussy arrives at Biarritz for his last two concerts
September 14, 1917 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Back in Saint-Jean-de-Luz
October 14, 1917 - Paris - Debussy returns to Paris
November 6, 1917 - Paris - Claude Debussy is bedridden definitively
March 25, 1918 - Paris - Claude Debussy dies, aged 55 =(END)

Bibliography
WALSH, Stephen - Debussy: A Painter in Sound
www.debussy,fr

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)