#OTD in 1886 Liszt Ferenc died in Bayreuth where he went despite falling health to be present at the Festival hosted by his daughter, Cosima, widow of Richard Wagner. I took the opportunity to visit his home in Budapest today: his desk, bed, main piano, piano used by students 1/3
Despite his proximity to Wagner (who is God of music to me) I never took a liking to Liszt, his style of piano playing is too pompous and demanding, but I will try in the future. Here is Mehdi with a great thread 2/3 https://twitter.com/mehditranslates/status/1289151260113821697
His only piece that I really ever loved is his Oratorio for St. Elisabeth, I knew it since I was 15 and never failed to amaze me how deep and less known it is, I mentioned it in the past with an excerpt https://twitter.com/vonkronstadt/status/1281669635969028099 3/3
A bit of a P.S in 3/3, the shirt and gloves are the last he ever worse before dying, the small piano he used for finger exercises while traveling (inherited by Bruckner after his death and a cast of his hand