{"id":34435,"date":"2016-02-24T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=34435"},"modified":"2016-02-25T09:23:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:23:01","slug":"liszts-what-6-famous-composers-love-to-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/02\/24\/liszts-what-6-famous-composers-love-to-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"LISZTS | What 6 Famous Composers Loved To Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"

The varieties of wines,\u00a0whiskies and cognacs that inspired (and inebriated) some of the world’s greatest composers.<\/h3>\n

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Ludwig van Beethoven: wine<\/h1>\n
\"Ludwig
Ludwig van Beethoven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:\u00a0<\/strong>17\u00a0December 1770\u00a0\u2013 26\u00a0March 1827<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Best-known for his symphonies, piano concertos, piano sonatas, string quartets, and his Mass,\u00a0Missa solemnis.<\/i><\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong>\u00a0Wine. Beethoven liked to drink in the evenings after composing at the Zum Weissen Schwann in Vienna. Not much is know about what we liked to drink, but in a letter to his friend Nikolaus Zmeskall, Beethoven wrote, “Let us meet at seven this evening at the Schwan and drink more of their disgusting red wine.” Apparently, this wine was the local hooch from the foothills of the Kahlenberg at the eastern end of the Vienna Woods. It went down rough but did the trick.<\/p>\n

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Franz Schubert:\u00a0Schilcher (rose)<\/h2>\n
\"Franz
Franz Schubert (Painting: Melegh Gabor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:<\/strong> 31 January 1797 \u2013 19 November 1828<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:<\/strong> A prolific composer, Schubert wrote over six hundred secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of chamber and piano music.<\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong> Schilcher (rose). Produced solely in the Austrian region of Western Styria from Blauer Wildbacher grapes, Schubert was introduced to the libation by accident at one of the locations of his famous \u201cSchubertiades\u201d (Wildbach Castle in Austria). The wine is still available today.<\/p>\n

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Gioachino Rossini: Madeira<\/h1>\n
\"Gioachino
Gioachino Rossini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:<\/strong> 29 February 1792 \u2013 13 November 1868<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:<\/strong> Wrote 39 operas as well as a number of sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.<\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong> Madeira wine. Rossini liked to drink Madeira with his macaroni. The wine is produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry wines which can be consumed on their own as an aperitif, to sweet wines ideally paired with desserts.<\/p>\n

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Richard Wagner: Saint-P\u00e9ray Wine<\/h2>\n
\"Richard
Richard Wagner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:<\/strong> 22 May 1813 \u2013 13 February 1883<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:<\/strong> One of the most important opera composers in history, Wagner revolutionised operatic drama by utilising a concept known as Gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”), the synthesis of poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama. His opera, “Tristan und Isolde” is thought to mark the beginning of the modern period of classical music.<\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong> Saint-P\u00e9ray Wine from the Rh\u00f4ne region of France. Wagner liked it so much he ordered 100 bottles to be sent to his home in Bayreuth.<\/p>\n

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Franz Liszt: Szeksz\u00e1rd wines and cognac<\/h2>\n
\"Franz
Franz Liszt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:<\/strong> October 22, 1811 \u2013 July 31, 1886<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:<\/strong> In the mid 18th-Century, Liszt was widely considered to be the greatest pianist of all time. As a composer, he was representative of the New German School (Neudeutsche Schule). Popular works include Transcendental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, La Campanella, and Liebestraume No. 3.<\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong> Szeksz\u00e1rd wines and cognac. Liszt\u2019s was known to enjoy his booze and reportedly made wine and cognac his constant companions. Liszt once sent a bottle of Szeksz\u00e1rd wine to Pope Pius IX as a gift.<\/p>\n

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Igor Stravinsky: Scotch Whisky<\/h2>\n
\"Igor
Igor Stravinsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Life:<\/strong>17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 \u2013 6 April 1971<\/p>\n

Accomplishments:<\/strong> A revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical form, rhythm and structure, Stravinsky was most notable for his three ballets: ‘The Firebird” (1910), “Petrushka” (1911) and “The Rite of Spring” (1913).<\/p>\n

Drink of choice:<\/strong> Ballantine’s 30-year-old Scotch. Stravinsky never left home without a full flask of Scotch Whisky at the ready.<\/p>\n

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