The document discusses two famous virtuoso pianists - Frederich Chopin and Franz Liszt. It provides biographical details about each composer, noting that Chopin was Polish and wrote romantic, lyrical music primarily for piano, while Liszt was Hungarian and had a background in orchestral composition, creating more dramatic storytelling pieces. Some of their most popular works are highlighted, such as Chopin's "Revolutionary" and Liszt's "Liebestraume".

1. Review
• What are the different types of
program music?

2. The Virtuoso Pianists

3. Virtuoso
• a person highly skilled in music or
another artistic pursuit.

4. Viruoso Pianists
(2 Greatest Piano Composers)
• FREDERICH FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
• FRANZ LISZT

5. • POLISH COMPOSER
• AS A YOUNG CHILD, HE OFTEN LISTEN TO
HIS SISTER PLAYING THE PIANO
FREDERICH
FRANCOIS CHOPIN

6. • AT 7, HE COMPSED HIS FIRST POLONAISE
• AT 8, HE PLAYED AT A PRIVATE CONCERT IN
WARSAW
FREDERICH
FRANCOIS CHOPIN

7. • ZYWNY (pronounced as Zhubne) GAVE HIS
FIRST PIANO LESSON BUT HE LATER ON
SURPASSED THE TALENT OF HIS TEACHER.
• HIS MUSIC IS ROMANTIC AND LYRICAL IN
NATURE.
FREDERICH
FRANCOIS CHOPIN

8. • HE SUFFERED TUBERCULOSIS
• ONE OF HIS MOST POPULAR COMPOSITIONS
IS “REVOLUTIONAR”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuROwy_
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FREDERICH
FRANCOIS CHOPIN

9. • FROM HUNGARY
• SON OF A GOOD ARTIST
FRANZ LISZT

10. • HIS FATHER WAS HIS INSPIRATION
• AT 6, HE DEVELOPED HIS INTEREST IN
PIANO
• AT 8, HE STARTED COMPOSING MUSIC
FRANZ LISZT

11. • INSPIRED BY HIS TALENT, A GROUP OF
WEALTHY SPONSORS OFFERED TO FINANCE
HIS MUSICAL EDUCATION
FRANZ LISZT

12. • HE TOOK PIANO LESSONS FRON LEGENDS
BEETHOVEN AND HUMMEL WHILE
ANTONIO SALIERI HELPED HIM MASTER HIS
COMPOSING SKILLS.
FRANZ LISZT

13. • HE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PIANO
PLAYERS WHO HAD EVER LIVED.
• KNOWN AS THE “ORIGINATOR OF THE
SOLO PIANO RECITAL”
FRANZ LISZT

14. • ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS IS
“LIEBESTRAUME (pronounced as lii bes
trawm)” WHICH MEANS DREAMS AND LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOtuoHL4
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FRANZ LISZT

15. DIFFERENCES
CHOPIN LISZT
• Polish
• wrote most of his music
for the piano
• How every dramatic, his
music still feels human
• Hungarian
• very much an orchestral
composer
• his music was more of a
story telling