Carl Tausig - The Ghost Ship (TAUSIG’S 174TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE)

Carl (or Karl) Tausig (4 November 1841 – 17 July 1871) was a Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer. Tausig was born in Warsaw to Jewish parents and received his first piano lessons from his father, pianist and composer Aloys Tausig, a student of Sigismond Thalberg. His father introduced him to Franz Liszt in Weimar at the age of 14. He quickly became a favorite pupil of Liszt’s, travelling with him on concert tours and studying counterpoint, composition and orchestration in addition to his piano l