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With a body of work spanning more than a decade, he is considered one of the most influential and prolific composers of his era and is still popular in the contemporary piano repertoire. As a pianist, Liszt made a name for himself in Europe in the early nineteenth century with his virtuoso abilities. At that time, he was already considered one of the best pianists of all time. In the 1830s and 1840s, Liszt toured Europe giving concerts, often playing for charity. During this period of his life, Liszt developed a reputation for his outstanding performance and physical attractiveness. His fans exhibited a phenomenon of hysterical action and reaction, listomania, which had never happened to his virtuoso predecessors. While early performers catered only to the upper class, Liszt attracted an audience of mostly commoners. Liszt befriended and patronized many composers of his time. Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the new German school. His extensive and diverse works influenced his contemporaries and anticipated the ideas and trends of the 20th century. Liszt's musical contributions include: the symphonic poem, the development of thematic transformation as experiments in musical form
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