In 1869 he returned to Petrograd, living with his friends the
Opotchinines. His moment of success came in 1874, with the performance
of "Boris." Directly after, his health commenced to fail. In 1879 he
resigned his office, and sought to support himself by playing
accompaniments. He died in 1881 in a military hospital.
The dates of composition of his principal works are:
"Boris Godounow," 1868-71; "Khovanchtchina," 1872-81; "The Marriage"
(one act), 1868; "The Fair at Sorotchinsk" (fragment), 1877-81; "The
Defeat of Sennacherib," 1867-74; "Jesus Navine," 1877; "Sans Soleil,"
1874; "La Chambre d'Enfants," 1874; "Chants et Danses de la Mort," 1875;
"Marcia all Turka," 1880; "La Nuit sur le Mont-Chauve," 1867-75;
"Tableaux d'une Exposition," 1874; "Hopak," 1877.
LISZT
Franz Liszt was born near Odenburg, Hungary, October 22nd, 1811. He died
in Bayreuth, July 31st, 1886. He played in public for the first time at
the age of nine, in Odenburg. In 1829 he came to Vienna, remaining there
eighteen months studying piano under Czerny, and composition with
Salieri. He then was taken to Paris, where he studied under Reicha till
1825. In 1831 he heard Paganini play. It is supposed that he was so
impressed that he decided to become the Paganini of the piano.
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