Szegzard, August 11th, 1870
105. To Sophie Menter
Your hearty and humorous little note closes delightfully with the promise that you are soon coming to Szegzard. You will not find here any vestige of all the artistic enjoyments and glories of the Mozarteum; the whole symphonic contingent of Szegzard is limited to half a dozen gypsies with instruments out of tune and harmonising in pell mell fashion one with the other; the choruses are free and performed in the open air, namely: soprano and alto- -flocks of geese; tenor and bass—cattle;—so that a conductor like O.B. would have nothing further to do than to pose as a mythological figure…
Nevertheless I promise you, dear kind patroness, many pleasant and befitting things in this restful, genial and refined home of our mutual friend Baron Augusz.
You will be most heartily welcome to us all—especially to your most sincerely attached
F. Liszt
Szegzard, August 29th, 1870
Between the middle and the end of September Remenyi, Mosonyi and
Mihalovich will be staying here.
106. To Kornel von Abranyi in Budapest
[Autograph in the possession of Herr E. von Mihalovich in Budapest.—The addressee was a musician, writer and critic there.]