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Dr. Fuddle's Top Ten Composers

7.    Franz Liszt 



(1811-1886), Hungarian romantic pianist and composer, most noted for being the first musical “superstar,” the greatest pianist of all time, creating some of the most demanding virtuoso piano music in the repertoire, such as the Sonata in b minor, the Mephisto Waltz, the Transcendental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies; also noted for his development of the symphonic poem.



Listen to Nocturne in A flat Major No. 3 (Liebestraume - Dream of Love - Love Dreams) & Excerpts from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp



Dr. Fuddle's Top Ten Composers

9. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In honor of his First Piano Concerto, his six symphonies and music for ballets.


A middle-aged man with grey hair and a beard, wearing a dark suit and staring intently at the viewer.

Music samples


Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra, courtesy of Musopen

Performed by the Skidmore College

Dr. Fuddle's Top Ten Composers!


10 .  FRANZ SCHUBERT 

In honor of his piano pieces, songs and symphonies! 



(1797 – 1828)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer. He wrote some 600 lieder, nine (including the famous “Unfinished Symphony”), liturgical music, operas, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. He is particularly noted for his original melodic and harmonic writing.






Mass No. 2 in G, D. 167


Performance by the MIT Concert Choir

Piano sonata in B, D. 960 (composed in 1828)


Performed by Randolph Hokanson

Examples of Works for violin and piano

Performed by Denes Zsigmondy (violin) and Annaliese Nissen(piano)