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]

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LISZT: THE REAL AND LEGENDARY

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