Franz Liszt was born on October 22nd, 1811 in Raiding, Hungary.
弗朗茨·李斯特于1811年10月22日出生在匈牙利的莱丁村。
After showing prodigious musical talent at an early age, Liszt's father, an official at the Hungarian court of the princes Esterhazy, began giving him music lessons on the piano.
李斯特的父亲是匈牙利艾斯特哈齐王子的宫廷官员,李斯特在很小的时候便表现出惊人的音乐天赋,后来他父亲开始教他弹钢琴。
Liszt made his debut, giving his first recital at the age of nine.
李斯特在9岁时举办了他的第一次独奏会。
Soon after, funded by Prince Nikolaus, he travelled to Vienna to continue his music education. There he met Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.
之后不久,他在尼古拉王子的资助下前往维也纳继续学习音乐。他在那里遇到了路德维希·凡·贝多芬和弗朗兹·舒伯特。
In 1834 he began a liaison with the Countess Marie d'Agoult.
1834年,他开始和玛丽·达古尔伯爵夫人交往。
This affair bore 3 children, one of which, their second daughter Cosima later married composer Richard Wagner.
他们有三个孩子,其中二女儿柯西玛后来嫁给了作曲家理查德·瓦格纳。
Liszt's striking looks, his larger than life personality, his affairs with married noblewomen, and his virtuosic music ability,
李斯特格外俊俏的外表、超乎寻常的个性、和已婚贵族女子的风流韵事以及他精湛的音乐才能
which some say was rivaled only by the talents of Niccolo Paganini, truly make him a rockstar of his day.
使得他成为了他那个时代的摇滚明星。据说只有尼科罗·帕格尼尼的才华才能与之匹敌。
The apex of Liszt's career were the years spent in Weimar between 1848 and 1859.
李斯特事业的顶峰是1848年至1859年在魏玛的那段时期。
It was during this time that he composed most of his major works including the E-flat Piano Concert, the B minor Sonata,
他正是在那段时间里创作了他的大部分主要作品,其中包括《降E钢琴曲》、《B小调奏鸣曲》、
Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Faust symphony, the Dante symphony, over a dozen symphonic poems, and many other pieces.
《匈牙利狂想曲》、《浮士德交响曲》、《但丁神曲》等超过12首交响诗还有许多其他作品。
After traveling to Bayreuth, Germany to attend a music festival, Franz Liszt died of pneumonia on July 31st, 1886, at the age of 74.
弗朗茨·李斯特在前往德国拜罗伊特参加一个音乐节之后,于1886年7月31日因肺炎去世,享年74岁。