# The Composer Virtuoso - Liszt’s Transcendental Studies

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Adrian Thomas
- Year: 2004
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/composer-virtuoso-liszts-transcendental-studies)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This is a discussion with Professor Jim Samson (Royal Holloway, University of London), author of the award-winning Virtuosity and the Musical Work. Why did Liszt compose three different versions of this monumental piano work, and what can we learn about 19th-century virtuosity, musical thought and practice from its pages?

## Lectures

1. [The Composer Virtuoso - Liszt’s Transcendental Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/composer-virtuoso-liszts-transcendental-studies/628fe29b6956) (YouTube)