Liszt

by Alan Walker

A biography of the Hungarian pianist and composer who began his career with a piano recital at age nine. Includes examples and analyses of his work.

108 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1971

About the author

Alan Walker’s definitive three-volume biography of Liszt, Franz Liszt, received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Biography and the Royal Philharmonic Society Book Award, among others. His writing has appeared in journals such as The Musical Quarterly, The Times Literary Supplement, and Times Educational Supplement. A professor emeritus at McMaster University, Walker was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1986 and was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2012.