This student of (*) Carl Czerny ( CHAIR-nee)  progressively stacked fifths in 3/8 time to imitate a fiddle being tuned in the opening of the first of four pieces inspired by Nikolaus Lenau's  Faust .
This composer adapted Rossini's song "Nessun maggior dolore" as the "Canzone" ( kant-SOH-nay) sandwiched by a "Gondoliera" and "Tarantella" in a supplemental triptych ( TRIP-tick) . This composer re-transcribed for sostenuto pedal the "Lento placido" D-flat major third of his  Consolations.  The three-part "Venice and Naples" joins a pair of threnodies "to the cypresses of the Villa d'Este" ( DESS-tay) and the virtuoso piece  Au bord d'une source  ( oh BORE dune SOORCE) , among many other pieces, in this composer's three travel-themed suites. This student of (*) Carl Czerny ( CHAIR-nee)  progressively stacked fifths in 3/8 time to imitate a fiddle being tuned in the opening of the first of four pieces inspired by Nikolaus Lenau's  Faust . For 10 points, name this composer of  Years of Pilgrimage  and the  Mephisto Waltzes , a virtuoso pianist from Hungary.
This composer adapted Rossini's song "Nessun maggior dolore" as the "Canzone" ( kant-SOH-nay) sandwiched by a "Gondoliera" and "Tarantella" in a supplemental triptych ( TRIP-tick) .
Franz  Liszt [or Ferencz  Liszt;  accept names in either order]