Editing Franz Liszt (section)

=== Concert repertoire ===
[[File:Boesendorfer Liszt Franz Joseph.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Liszt giving a concert for Emperor [[Franz Joseph I]] on a [[Bösendorfer]] piano]]

Up to 1840, most concerts featuring a solo pianist included other acts, such as an orchestra, singers and ballet.{{sfn|Gould|2005|pp=62-63}} The increasing prominence of the solo piano virtuoso in the 1830s led to other acts on the bill being described as "assistant artists", with Liszt declaring his pre-eminence in a letter to a friend dated June 1839: "Le concert, c'est moi".{{sfn|Gould|2005|pp=63-64}} Liszt is credited as the first pianist to give solo recitals in the modern sense of the word; the term was first applied to Liszt's concert at the [[Hanover Square Rooms]] in London on 9 June 1840.{{sfn|Eckhardt|Mueller|Walker|2001|loc=§8}}

During his years as a travelling virtuoso Liszt performed an enormous amount of music, usually from memory.{{sfn|Walker|1973|p=51}} He was the first to include the full range of repertoire, from [[J. S. Bach]] to Chopin.{{sfn|Eckhardt|Mueller|Walker|2001|loc=§8}} His concerts included original compositions such as ''[[Grand galop chromatique]]'', ''Fantaisie romantique sur deux mélodies suisses'' and ''Grande Valse di Bravura''; and his transcriptions of Schubert's ''[[Schwanengesang]]'', ''[[Symphonie Fantastique]]'' by Berlioz and Beethoven's [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|sixth symphony]].{{sfn|Keeling|1992|pp=400-401}} Liszt would champion Beethoven's work throughout his life, and his concerts helped popularise the [[Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)|''Hammerklavier'' sonata]] and ''[[Diabelli Variations]]''.{{sfn|Eckhardt|Mueller|Walker|2001|loc=§8}}