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Anna Liszt Born Marie Anna Lager
9 May 1788
Krems an der Donau, AustriaDied 6 February 1866 (aged 77)
Paris, FranceSpouse Adam Liszt Children Franz Liszt Anna Liszt (born Marie Anna Lager on May 9, 1788 in Krems an der Donau, Austria; died February 6, 1866 in Paris, France) was the mother of Franz Liszt.
Anna grew up in Austria. At the age of 9 she lost her parents and had to move to Vienna where she worked as a chamber-maid for 11 years. On January 11, 1811 she married Adam Liszt in Unterfrauenhaid. He was an amateur pianist and cellist and manorial clerk at the court of Count Esterházy. Their son, Franz Liszt, a concert pianist, a composer and a teacher of piano, was born in Raiding, Hungary on 22 October 1811.
Later in life she spent her time caring for Liszt's children Cosima, Blandine, and later Daniel while he travelled Europe with his then lover, authoress Marie d'Agoult,
Anna Liszt (mother) · Adam Liszt (father) · Cosima Wagner (daughter)
Musical works · Later works · Compositions S.1 – S.350 · S.351 – S.999 · Franz Liszt Academy of Music · International Franz Liszt Piano Competition · Lisztomania
Categories:- Hungarian people of Austrian descent
- People from Krems an der Donau
- Franz Liszt
- 1788 births
- 1866 deaths
- Austrian composer stubs
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