Franz liszt parents

Blandine (Liszt) Ollivier (1835)

BlandineOllivier formerly Liszt

Born in Geneva, Switzerland
Ancestors

Daughter of Franz Liszt and Marie Catherine Sophie (Flavigny) d'Agoult

Sister of Louise d'Agoult[half], Claire Christine (d'Agoult) de Charnacé[half], Francesca Gaetana Cosima (Liszt) Wagner and Daniel Liszt

Wife of Émile Ollivier — married Oct 1857 [location unknown]

[children unknown]

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Biography

  • daughter of famous composer Franz Liszt and his paramour, Countess Marie d'Agoult[1]
  • Oct 1857[2] m. Émile Ollivier who would later become the French Prime Minister[3]
  • died in childbirth[2]
  • Cosima, her sister, named her second daughter Blandina after her[2]

Sources

  1. ↑Wikipedia: Franz Liszt, accessed 26 May 2016
  2. 2.02.12.2wikipedia: Cosima Wagner, accessed 26 May 2016
  3. ↑Wikipedia: Marie d'Agoult, accessed 26 May 2016




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Liszt, Blandine

Blandine Liszt (by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon)

Biography

Daughter of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and his mistress Countess Marie d'Agoult. Blandine died aged 26 on September 11, 1862. After her death, her widower Emile Ollivier became the 30th prime minister of France (1869-1870) under Napoleon III.

Relationships

  • child->parent relationship with Liszt, Franz (born 22 October 1811)

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield cites birth certificate transcribed in "Franz Liszt: eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Dokumenten" by Ernst Burger (List, 1986), p. 82: "L'Ofßcier de l'Etat-Civil, 132 Geburtsurkunde von Blandine Liszt. Eintrag vom 21. Dezember 1835 im standesamtlichen Register der Stadt Genf. (Originalurkunde ohne Foto) Die Geburtsurkunde in deutscher Übersetzung: »Am Freitag, den 18. Dezember 1835, um zehn Uhr abends, wurde in Genf, Grand' Rue No 18, Blandine Rachel geboren, außereheliche Tochter des Franz Liszt, Musiklehrer, 24 Jahre und 1 Monat alt, geboren zu Raiding in Ungarn, und der Catherine-Adelaide Meran, aus eigenem Vermogen lebend, 24

By Crystal Zimmerman

             The Four ages of Franz Liszt, as published in The Etude magazine, 1913.

Young Liszt

On Tuesday, October 22, 1811, an extraordinary child was born.  Franz Liszt was born to Adam and Anna Liszt in Raiding, a German-speaking region of Hungary.

As a child Liszt was constantly exposed to music.  His father was employed as an accountant of sheep at the Esterházy estate, but was also an amateur cellist, pianist, violinist, and had a beautiful singing voice.  Music-making occurred often in the house, with regular chamber music evenings that brought visitors from the neighborhood.  Adam Liszt saw in his son a natural talent almost immediately and began teaching young “Franzi” piano.

Birthplace of Franz Liszt in Raiding

 

Young Liszt rapidly progressed in his studies. In 1822, he had moved to Vienna where he could study with the famed pianist and pedagogue Carl Czerny.  For the continued education of theory and composition, Liszt studied with Antonio Salieri. Liszt’s natural talent was obvious from the start.  The young boy’s playing was

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