Franz Liszt and the Temple of Art

Abstract

Is it possible or desirable at all to establish a museum for music? The question was first posed by Franz Liszt in the 19th century. This essay will not only present the background and context of the question, but also the contradictory conclusions that emerge from the idea of the musealisation of music, and which still linger in 20th-and 21st-century music culture.

Keywords

• franz liszt
• musealisation of music
• 19th-century music culture
• museum theory
• virtuosity in music
• music aesthetics