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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: October 22 (Liszt)

1811 - Franz Liszt, Raiding, Hungary; pianist and composer

Wikipedia

Claudio Arrau plays "Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este" from Les Années de Pèlerinage (Boston, 1983)

Martha Argerich plays Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1, 1st mvt. (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting, Berlin 1981)

Labels: birthdays, composer, Franz Liszt, piano

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