He wrote a series of paraphrases of operas for solo piano, condensing "Deh! Non volerli" and "Ite sul coile" into the coda of his reinterpretation of Bellini's Norma.
He wrote a series of paraphrases of operas for solo piano, condensing "Deh! Non volerli" and "Ite sul coile" into the coda of his reinterpretation of Bellini's Norma. He created the term "symphonic poem" to describe his works like Les Preludes and (*) Mazeppa, and he opened his Faust Symphony without a key. He wrote twelve Transcendental Etudes, and nineteen works that include an interpretation of the "Rakoczy March" and are mostly based on gypsy songs. For 10 points, name this composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies.
He wrote a series of paraphrases of operas for solo piano, condensing "Deh! Non volerli" and "Ite sul coile" into the coda of his reinterpretation of Bellini's Norma.
Franz Liszt [or Ferenc Liszt]