Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century

in Europe . It was revolt against the scientific rationalization of nature and strengthened in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. Liszt was one of the leaders of the Romantic movement in music. Franz Liszt has emerged as one of the most awe-inspiring figures in all of music history. He was the most awesome virtuoso of his era, who in his playing and his compositions for piano pushed the boundaries of technique In his compositions he developed new methods, both imaginative and technical, which left their mark upon his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20-th century ideas and procedures; he also evolved the method of transformation of themes as part of his revolution in form, made radical experiments in harmony. Liszt would launch the piece with a small kernel, or musical phrase, which journeyed through various transformations, each evoking a different stage of development in regards to the specific subject being treated, thus culminating into an appropriate finale. Liszt characterized a new generation of virtuosi who made their way as a soloists, epitomized in the concert tours of Liszt. His vast array of innovations in keyboard technique and overall development remain unrivalled. Liszt was the first to fully orchestrate on the piano, utilizing all its undiscovered resources. Liszt placed the piano at the top of the hierarchy of instruments. Liszt wrote, the piano could evoke the entire scope of the orchestra, Liszt was the first performer to play entirely from memory.

Romantisms bija kultrvsturisks laikmets literatr, mksl un mzik , kas aizsks Rietumeirop18. gs. beigs k pretreakcija Apgaismbas laikmeta socilajm , politiskajm un esttiskajm normm. T pamat ir teorija, ka emocijas un intucija ir vrtjami augstk par racionalitti, dabas un dvseles neaptveramo platbu izpte ir btiskka par klasisko atturbu. Romantisms sludinja iztles un emocionalittes prioritti, intucijas nozmi izzias proces. F.Lists bija viens no spilgtkajiem romantisk laikmeta komponistiem un mziiem, kuram bija raksturga izcila virtuozitate un mkslinieciskums. F. Lista koncertdarbba apbrnojama ar krsu bagtbu, skaas paletes pilnbu un tembrlm niansm, klavieru un mzikas faktras pamienu daudzveidbu, vareniem akordiem visos reistros, virtuozu pasu kaskdm un dziedou kantilnu. Via spl, vien un taj pa skadarb, ir milzums skaas reistru visas klaviatras apjom, kuri nomaina cits citu viss oktvs. Taj pa laik, izpildjumam ir raksturga rkrtgi liela vienkrba, skaidrba un stingrba. Savu rkrtgi virtuozo tehniku Lists pakva mkslinieciskajai iecerei, tlu un ainu atklsmei, skadarba saturam. F. Lists tuvinja klavieres orestrim, saglabjot klavieru faktras specifisks patnbas un bija pirmais mziis, kur izpildja skadarbu no galvas.