Franz Liszt  (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School(German: Neudeutsche Schule). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work that influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated 20th-century ideas and trends. Among Liszt’s musical contributions were the symphonic poem, developing thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form, and radical innovations in harmony.