University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Alan Walker vividly recounts the early travels of the man who transformed the art of piano performance and of classical musical entertainment forever. The life of Franz Liszt, whose passport simply read “celebritate sua sat notus” (“sufficiently well-known for his fame”), begins with transcontinental solo recital tours; however, it ends with a life dedicated to composition, pedagogy, and philanthropy. In my own life, I aspire to many of these musical ideals — both early and late.