Anna Liszt

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Anna Liszt (born Marie Anna Lager; May 9 1788, Krems, Austria – February 6 1866, Paris) was the mother of Franz Liszt.

Anna grew up in Austria. At the age of 9 she lost her parents and had to move to Vienna where she worked as a chamber-maid for 11 years. On January 11 1811 she married Adam Liszt in Unterfrauenhaid. He was an amateur pianist and cellist and manorial clerk at the court of Count Esterházy. Their son, Franz Liszt, a concert pianist, a composer and a teacher of piano, was born in Raiding, Hungary on 22 October 1811.

Later in life she spent her time caring for Liszt's children Cosima, Blandine, and later Daniel while he travelled Europe with his then lover, authoress Daniel Stern.

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