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LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) - LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian composer. Rare Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, F. Liszt , one page, oblong 8vo manuscript paper, n.p., n.d. (probably post 1850). Liszt has boldly and neatly penned three different musical quotations with elaborate annotations, identifying them individually as from three different sections, each with a different system number, measure number and page number. In an autograph note the composer requests that the markings of ' f.p., >, ' , -, and Pedal ' be shown in the Polonaise manuscript. Some very light age toning, and minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG Liszt states that the corrections pertain to a Polonaise manuscript, although the passages he pens do not appear in the published scores of either of his famous Polonaises. However, one of the musical passages is similar to the first transition in Chopin's Op.53 Polonaise (just before the principal theme rises an octave) and it is well known that Liszt ventured into Chopin's genres only after the latter had died, in 1849, although whether this was out of respect or rivalry remains unclear.