100px|Walter Bache
Walter Bache (1842–88) was an English pianist and conductor noted for
championing the music of Franz Liszt and other composers of the New
German School. He studied privately with Liszt in Italy from 1863 to
1865, and continued to attend Liszt's master classes in Weimar,
Germany, regularly until 1885. This led to a particularly close bond
between the two men. Bache's major accomplishment was the establishment
of Liszt's music in England at the height of the War of the Romantics,
when conservative and liberal musical factions openly argued about the
future of classical music and the merits of the compositions written in
their respective schools. Bache programmed several of Liszt's
orchestral and choral works through an annual series of concerts, which
he single-handedly funded, organized and promoted. He performed
two-piano arrangements of Liszt's orchestral works before the debuts of
the original versions, and programmed some of his symphonic poems
shortly after they had been premiered at the Crystal Palace. The
English musical press, while generally hostile to the music he
presented, noted and appreciated Bache's efforts. Liszt remained
grateful; without Bache, he acknowledged, his music might not have
gained the foothold it did. (more...)
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