Transcriptions by Franz Liszt

This article lists the various treatments given by Franz Liszt to the works of almost 100 other composers.

These treatments included transcriptions for other instruments (predominantly solo piano), arrangements, orchestrations, fantaisies, reminiscences, paraphrases, illustrations, variations, and editions.

Liszt also extensively treated his own works in a similar manner, but these are not tallied here—neither are his treatments of national (or "folk") melodies whose composers are unknown, nor other anonymous works.

In most cases, Liszt arranged only one or two pieces by a composer, but he delved more deeply into the works of Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Donizetti, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Verdi, and Wagner.

The earliest-born composer whose works Liszt dealt with was Orlande de Lassus (born c. 1532). Jacques Arcadelt was born earlier (c. 1507), but Liszt's treatment was not of Arcadelt's original work, rather of a setting by Pierre-Louis Dietsch loosely based on Arcadelt. The last composer to die whose works Liszt dealt with was Géza Zichy (1849–1924).

Alexander Alyabyev
Note: The Mazurka pour piano composée par un amateur de St. Pétersbourg, paraphrasée par F. L. (S.384) was based on a mazurka that has often been misattributed to Alyabyev, but was in fact written by Mikhail Vielgorsky.

Mikhail Vielgorsky
Note: Vielgorski is also seen as Count Michael Wielhorski.

Index of S. numbers

 * S.54: Giuseppe Baini
 * S.116: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * S.120: Hector Berlioz
 * S.122: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.126b/2: Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg
 * S.127: Frédéric Chopin
 * S.128: Charles Philippe Lafont
 * S.140, 141: Niccolò Paganini
 * S.147: Anton Diabelli
 * S.149: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.150: Gioachino Rossini, Gaspare Spontini
 * S.155/3: Franz Schubert
 * S.156/10: Ferdinand Huber
 * S.156/11: Ernest Knop
 * S. 156/12, 156a/1: Ferdinand Huber
 * S.156a/3: Ernest Knop
 * S.159: Guillaume-Louis Cottrau
 * S.161/3: Giovanni Bononcini (misattrib. Salvator Rosa)
 * S.162: Guillaume-Louis Cottrau
 * S.162/2: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.168: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
 * S.172/4: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
 * S.179, 180: Johann Sebastian Bach
 * S.181: George Frideric Handel
 * S.183: Jacques Arcadelt, Pierre-Louis Dietsch
 * S.205, 206: Mihály Mosonyi
 * S.207a: Alexander Borodin
 * S.208a/2: Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg
 * S.234: Josef Krov
 * S.236/2: René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac
 * S.237: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
 * S.241/1: László Fáy
 * S.241/2: János Bihari
 * S.244/19: Kornél Ábrányi
 * S.245: Kornél Ábrányi
 * S.246: Ludmilla Gizycka-Zámoyská
 * S.249/2: Frédéric Chopin
 * S.250/1: Alexander Alyabyev
 * S.250/2: Pyotr Bulakhov
 * S.252: Manuel García
 * S.256: Alexander Borodin
 * S.257: Felix Mendelssohn
 * S.259: Giacomo Meyerbeer
 * S.351: Hans von Bülow
 * S.352: Peter Cornelius
 * S.353: Béni Egressy, Ferenc Erkel
 * S.360: Gregorio Allegri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.363: Franz Schubert
 * S.364: Juliusz Zarębski
 * S.367, 367a: Carl Maria von Weber
 * S.368: Francis Korbay
 * S.375, 376: Franz Schubert
 * S.377: Géza Zichy
 * S.379b: Ludmilla Gizycka-Zámoyská
 * S.380: Richard Wagner
 * S.383a: Kornél Ábrányi
 * S.384: Alexander Alyabyev (misattrib.), Mikhail Vielgorsky
 * S.385, 385a, 386, 387: Daniel Auber
 * S.388, 389: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.390–394: Vincenzo Bellini
 * S.395, 396: Hector Berlioz
 * S.397–400, 400a, 401, 402: Gaetano Donizetti
 * S.403: Giuseppe Donizetti
 * S.404: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * S.405: Ferenc Erkel
 * S.405a: Leó Festetics
 * S.406: Mikhail Glinka
 * S.407, 408, 409: Charles Gounod
 * S.409a: Fromental Halévy
 * S.410: Felix Mendelssohn
 * S.411: Saverio Mercadante
 * S.412–416: Giacomo Meyerbeer
 * S.417: Mihály Mosonyi
 * S.418: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.419: Giovanni Pacini
 * S.420: Niccolò Paganini
 * S.421: Joachim Raff
 * S.422–424: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.425–427: Franz Schubert
 * S.428: Mariano Soriano
 * S.429: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 * S.430: János Végh
 * S.431, 431a, 432–438: Giuseppe Verdi
 * S.439–450: Richard Wagner
 * S.451–455: Carl Maria von Weber
 * S.456: Géza Zichy
 * S.458: Saverio Mercadante
 * S.461: Gregorio Allegri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.462, 463: Johann Sebastian Bach
 * S.464–469: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.470–475: Hector Berlioz
 * S.476, 477, 477a: Louise Bertin
 * S.478: Pyotr Bulakhov
 * S.479: Hans von Bülow
 * S.480: Frédéric Chopin
 * S.481: August Conradi
 * S.482: César Cui
 * S.483: Alexander Dargomyzhsky
 * S.483bis: Ferdinand David
 * S.484, 484/19bis: Ferdinand David
 * S.485: Josef Dessauer
 * S.485a: Felix Draeseke
 * S.485b: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * S.486: Béni Egressy, Ferenc Erkel
 * S.487: Leó Festetics
 * S.488, 489: Robert Franz
 * S.490: Adalbert von Goldschmidt
 * S.491: Charles Gounod
 * S.492: Johann von Herbeck
 * S.493: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
 * S.494–497: Eduard Lassen
 * S.498: Otto Lessmann
 * S.506b: Giuseppe Baini
 * S.522: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * S.547, 548: Felix Mendelssohn
 * S.549: Giacomo Meyerbeer
 * S.550: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.551: F. Pezzini
 * S.551a: Joachim Raff
 * S,552, 553: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.554, 554a: Anton Rubinstein
 * S.555: Camille Saint-Saëns
 * S.557–562: Franz Schubert
 * S.563: Franz Schubert, August Heinrich von Weyrauch
 * S.564, 565: Franz Schubert
 * S.566–568, 569/1–7: Robert Schumann
 * S.569/8–10: Clara Schumann
 * S.570: Robert Schumann
 * S.570a: Bedřich Smetana
 * S.571: Louis Spohr
 * S.571a: Johann Strauss II, Karl Tausig
 * S.572: Jules Massenet, Imre Széchényi
 * S.574–576, 576a: Carl Maria von Weber
 * S.577: Mikhail Vielgorsky
 * S.577a: John Field
 * S.607: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * S.620: Josef Krov
 * S.623a: Kornél Ábrányi
 * S.624: Giacomo Meyerbeer
 * S.627: Vincenzo Bellini
 * S.628: Hector Berlioz
 * S.628a: Béni Egressy, Ferenc Erkel
 * S.629: Mikhail Glinka
 * S.630: Giacomo Meyerbeer
 * S.631: Joachim Raff
 * S.632: Franz Schubert
 * S.633: Gregorio Allegri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.634: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.634a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.649: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.654, 655: Vincenzo Bellini
 * S.656: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.657a: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.658: Gregorio Allegri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.659: Jacques Arcadelt, Pierre-Louis Dietsch
 * S.660, 661: Johann Sebastian Bach
 * S.662: Frédéric Chopin
 * S.663: Orlande de Lassus
 * S.669c: Giuseppe Baini
 * S.673: Johann Sebastian Bach
 * S.675: Otto Nicolai
 * S.675a: Alexander Ritter
 * S.675c: Giuseppe Verdi
 * S.676: Richard Wagner
 * S.679: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.682: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.683a: Francis Korbay
 * S.684: Luigi Pantaleoni
 * S.685: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
 * S.686: Felix Draeseke
 * S.694: Thomas Arne
 * S.697: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.698: Léo Delibes
 * S.700, 700a: Niccolò Paganini
 * S.700h: Charles Philippe Lafont
 * S.739, 740: Ludwig van Beethoven
 * S.741: Hector Berlioz
 * S.742: Gaetano Donizetti
 * S.743: Charles Gounod
 * S.743a: Fromental Halévy
 * S.744: Gaetano Donizetti
 * S.748: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * S.750, 751: Gioachino Rossini
 * S.752: Anton Rubinstein
 * S.753: Franz Schubert
 * S.754: Pier Adolfo Tirindelli
 * S.755a: Thomas Arne
 * S.761: Frédéric Chopin