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In 1841 Franz Liszt gave a performance in Weimar for the first time. In 1842 he accepted the a part time conducting post at the Weimar court. At the same time he continued to travel through Europe as a piano virtuoso.

Weimar's classical era having come to an end, Duchess Maria Paulowna, daughter of the Russian Tsar, wished to continue the town's fame as a cultural center. She supported and paid Franz Liszt from her private income.

In 1848 Liszt settled down in Weimar and worked full time at the Weimar court. He composed music for the Weimar orchestra, he conducted performances of the modern music of his times: Berlioz and Schumann, and he promoted Richard Wagner: 'Lohengrin' was first performed in Weimar.

Accompanying Liszt, Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein and her infant daughter Marie arrived at Weimar in 1848. Duchess Maria Paulowna offered the 'Altenburg' house in Jenaer Strasse 3 to the Princess. In the beginning Liszt lived in the Hotel 'Erbprinz' at 'Marktplatz', in 1850 he joined Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein in the 'Altenburg'. The house became a meeting place for Liszt's circle of friends and students, among his visitors in the 'Altenburg' were Hector Berlioz, Hans von Buelow and Johannes Brahms. When Richard Wagner was in danger of arrest, Liszt organized his escape to Switzerland.

Today the Franz-Liszt-Center of the Academy of Music and the Franz-Liszt-Society have their seats in the 'Altenburg'.

Liszt left Weimar in 1861. You can visit the Liszt House at the Park on the Ilm river, Marienstrasse 17. Here Liszt lived when he stayed in Weimar after 1869.

In 2004 director Nike Wagner named the Weimar Art Festival in memory of her great great grandfather Franz Liszt 'Pelerinages - Mal du Pays - Heimweh'.

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Franz Liszt was a star of the 19th century music business, the image he created for himself, his love affairs, his admiration for Wagner, the tensions in his family intrigue biographers until today: Out of a three volume set on the life of Franz Liszt written by Alan Walter available you can buy the very detailed biography of Liszt's Weimar Years
via Abebooks UK or
via Abebooks US/Canada

the first two volumes of the 'Annees de Pelerinage' published during Liszt's stay in Weimar 'Annees de Pelerinage': 'Suisse' und 'Italie' are available
posted from Germany by jpc.de or
posted from the US by iclassics.com e.g.
a complete edition of 'Annees de Pelerinage' performed by Alfred Brendel and Zoltan Kocsis

you can also buy two CDs with examples of Liszt's works taken from the catalogue of the Naxos record company and set in the context of a narration of his life and times
via jpc.de posted from Germany

Ernst Burger has collected the photo portraits taken from 1843 until 1886, a few months before Liszt's death, the - German language - edition of the 260 photographs 'Franz Liszt in Photographien seiner Zeit' is available
via Abebooks UK or
Abebooks US/Canada

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