Footage: Liszt’s Pupil Arthur de Greef plays his own Piano Concerto (1934)

Arthur De Greef (1862 - 1940) and his footage! He is playing a part of his own concerto. Greef was a pupil of Franz Liszt for two years. He also a friend of Edvard Grieg and Camille Saint-Saëns. Grieg would call him: “The best performer of my music I have met with“. This document is the only example ’filmed recording’ among Liszt students, for now. Moreover, there is a sound recording in the movie. Greef’s noble and serious demeanor away from gestures, and his distinctive use of his arms and body - pianists from the 19th century tradition were using it for sound production - can be an example of Franz Liszt’s attitude on the piano.