TO
HENRY T. FINCK
"Génie oblige."—F. Liszt
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Liszt: The Real and Legendary | [1] |
| II. | Aspects of His Art and Character | [34] |
| III. | The B-minor Sonata and Other Piano Pieces | [59] |
| IV. | At Rome, Weimar, Budapest | [78] |
| V. | As Composer | [103] |
| VI. | Mirrored by His Contemporaries | [201] |
| VII. | In the Footsteps of Liszt | [327] |
| VIII. | Liszt Pupils and Lisztiana | [353] |
| IX. | Modern Pianoforte Virtuosi | [418] |
| Instead of a Preface | [439] | |
| Index | [443] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Youthful Liszt | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Liszt's Birthplace, Raiding | [8] |
| Adam Liszt—Liszt's father | [12] |
| Anna Liszt—Liszt's mother | [12] |
| Daniel Liszt—Son of Liszt | [16] |
| Blandine Ollivier—Daughter of Liszt | [16] |
| Cosima von Bülow—Daughter of Liszt | [20] |
| Liszt, about 1850 | [36] |
| Liszt at the piano | [40] |
| The Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein | [50] |
| A Matinée at Liszt's | [66] |
| Countess Marie d'Agoult | [80] |
| Liszt in his atelier at Weimar | [100] |
| Pauline Apel—Liszt's Housekeeper at Weimar | [328] |
| Liszt and His Scholars, 1884 | [358] |
| Liszt's Hand | [404] |
| Last Picture of Liszt, 1886, Aged Seventy-five Years | [416] |
| The Final Liszt Circle at Weimar—Liszt at the Upper Window | [436] |