Notable Compositions: Faust-Symphonie, Transcdendetal Studies, Annes de pelerinage, b Minor Sonata, Mazeppa, Missa solemnis, Christus, Totentanz, Elisabeth, Lyon, Simon Boccanegra, Malediction, Die Ideale, Dante sonata, and the symphonic poems Tasso, Les Preludes, Orpheus, Prometheus, Hamlet, Mazeppa, and Hungaria
Curious Facts: invented the modern piano recital and was the first performer to play entirely from memory; the symphonic poem- a new and elastic single-movement form, which many subsequent composers, like Richard Strauss and Saint-Saens embraced; it is at the core of most contemporary and popular music forms today