Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt redefined what was technically possible at the piano. His Études d'exécution transcendante, the B-minor Sonata, the Années de pèlerinage, and the operatic paraphrases set a virtuoso standard that the late nineteenth century built on.

Liszt's influence on piano writing — orchestral textures under ten fingers, thematic transformation, daring harmonic motion — persists in every later virtuoso composer from Rachmaninoff to Ligeti.

The 46 public-domain piano works listed below are sortable, downloadable as PDF score editions, and free to study, perform, record, and re-engrave. Each piece links to its individual page with full catalog data, performance notes, and historical context. Browse more works from the Romantic era, or use the difficulty filters below to narrow by technical level.