150th birthday - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1961 - 3 Shilling

Franz Liszt was born on October 22, 1811 in Raiding near Ödenburg, the son of the Princely Esterhazy estate administrator Adam Liszt. His father recognized early on the musical talent of the boy, to whom he gave piano lessons, and introduced him to his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. He was the first to receive 50 gold pieces from him for his charming piano playing. Two more concerts in Ödenburg and Pressburg made sponsors aware of him. Six Hungarian magnates undertook to pay him an annual study grant of 600 guilders for a period of six years. Already on December 1, Franz Liszt gave his first concert in the historic Landtagssungsungsaal of the Lower Austrian country house in the Viennese Herrengasse. At the second morning concert in the small Redoutensaal on April 13, 1823, even Beethoven had come. The financial success made possible a continuation of the studies in Paris. The death of his father, who until then was his constant companion, hit Liszt hard on August 28, 1827. His musical career was not affected. As the greatest piano virtuoso of his time, he has enjoyed great success on innumerable concert tours all over the world. In addition, he was one of the most important composers of his time and devoted himself above all to church music and sacred composition. After an eventful and triumphant life Franz Liszt died after a short illness on July 31, 1886 in Bayreuth.