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Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer of Romantic music best known for his songs, symphonies, piano music, and chamber music. Schubert's career lasted only 15 years, but he was a prolific composer. Neither a conductor or virtuoso...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer of Romantic Music. Liszt first gained international fame as a piano virtuoso, an activity in which he was a pioneer, and then as a composer of piano works and symphonic poems, a form he created...

An 1858 photograph taken by Franz Hanfstaengl of the Hungarian virtuoso piano player and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886).

A c. 1825 portrait by Wilhelm August Rieder of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828). (Wien Museum, Vienna)

A monument in Weimar, Germany to Franz Liszt (1811-1886), the Hungarian composer of Romantic Music.

An 1842 cartoon by Theodor Hosemann showing 'Lisztomania', the hysteria of the audience when the virtuoso piano player and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) performed in public.

An 1839 oil-on-canvas portrait by Henri Lehmann of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886). The dashing Liszt caused a sensation in the salons of Paris with his virtuoso piano playing and unique style of presentation which...

A photograph of the Czech surgeon Dr Franz Blaha (far left) giving evidence of Nazi atrocities at the Nuremberg Trials (1945-6). Blaha was a noted surgeon and inmate at the Dachau concentration camp. (Imperial War Museums)

An 1886 photograph of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Taken by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon).

Statue of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) and Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523), leaders of the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523 in the Germanic territories of the Holy Roman Empire.