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still more
intimate character, addressed to a lady friend, will be published later
on.]
The English edition is increased by four letters one to Peter Cornelius,
No. 256A in Vol. I., which is interesting in its reference to the
"Barbier"; and, in Vol. II., a kind letter of introduction which the
Master gave me for Madame Tardieu, in Brussels; one letter to Walter
Bache, and one to the London Philharmonic Society (Nos. 370A and
370B); one of these, it is true, is partially quoted in a footnote by La
Mara, but at this distance of time there is no reason why these letters
should not be inserted entire, and they will prove of rather particular
interest, both to my brother's friends, and also as having reference to
that never-to-be-forgotten episode--Liszt's last visit to England.
This visit, which took place in 1886, a few months before the Master's
death, was for the purpose of his being present at the performance of
his Oratorio of St. Elizabeth (see Letter 370 and subsequent letters).
More than forty years had elapsed since Liszt's previous visit to our
shores; times had changed, and the almost unknown, and wholly
unappreciated, had become the acknowledged King in a realm where
many were Princes. Some lines embodying in words England's
welcome to this king--headed by a design in which the Hungarian and
the English coats-of-arms unite above two clasped hands, and a few
bars of a leading theme from the St. Elizabeth--were written by me and
presented to Liszt with a basket of roses (emblematic of the rose
miracle in the Oratorio) tied with the Hungarian colors, on his entrance
into St. James's Hall on April 6th, 1886.
As a memento of that occasion it has been chosen as frontispiece to the
Second Volume.
Constance Bache
London, December 1893

TABLE OF LETTER CONTENTS (LETTER NUMBER,
FOLLOWED BY ADDRESSEE):

1. Carl Czerny in Vienna. December 23rd, 1828 2. De Mancy in Paris.
December 23rd, 1829 3. Carl Czerny. August 26th, 1830 4. Alphonse
Brot in Paris. Beginning of the 30th year 5. Pierre Wolff in Geneva.
May 2nd, 1832 6. Ferdinand Hiller. June 20th, 1833 7. Abbe de
Lamennais, La Chenaie. January 14th, 1835 8. Liszt's Mother 183- 9.
Abbe de Lamennais. May 28th, 1836 10. Lydie Pavy in Lyons. August
22nd, 1836 11. Abbe de Lamennais. December 18th, 1837 12.
Breitkopf and Hartel in Leipzig. April 5th, 1838 13. Robert Schumann
in Leipzig. May, 1838 14. The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in
Vienna. June 1st, 1815 15. Simon Lowy in Vienna. September 22nd,
1838 16. Pacini in Paris. September 30th, 1838 17. Breitkopf and
Hartel. January 3rd, 1839 18. Princess Christine Belgiojoso in Paris.
June 4th, 1839 19. Robert Schumann. June 5th, 1820 20. Breitkopf and
Hartel. June, 1839 21. The Beethoven Committee at Bonn. October 3rd,
1839 22. Count Leo Festetics in Pest. November 24th, 1839 23. Clara
Wieck. December 25th, 1839 24. Robert Schumann. March 27th, 1841
25. Franz von Schober in Vienna. April 3rd, 1840 26. Maurice
Schlesinger in Paris. May 14th, 1840 27. Franz von Schober. May or
June, 1840 28. the same. August 29th, 1840 29. Buloz in Paris. October
26th, 1840 30. Franz von Schober. December 5th, 1840 31. Breitkopf
and Hartel. May 7th, 1841 32. Simon Lowy. May 20th, 1841 33. Franz
von Schober. March 3rd, 1842 34. The Faculty of Philosophy at the
University of Konigsberg. March 18th, 1842 35. Freiherr von Spiegel
in Weimar. September 12th, 1842 36. Carl Filitsch2 or 1843 37. Franz
von Schober. March 4th, 1844 38. Franz Kroll. June 11th, 1844 39.
Freund. June 11th, 1844 40. Franz von Schober. March 3rd, 1845 41.
Franz Kroll in Glogau. March 26th, 1845 42. Abbe de Lamennais.
April 28th, 1845 43. Frederic Chopin. May 21st, 1845 44. George Sand.
May 21st, 1845 45. Abbe de Lamennais. June 1st, 1845 46. Gaetano
Belloni in Paris. July 23rd, 1845 47. Mme. Rondonneau in Sedan.
February 11th, 1846 48. Grillparzer 1846 (?) 49. Franz von Schober in
Weimar. April 11th, 1846 50. the same. May 28th, 1846 51. Alexander
Seroff. September 14th, 1847 52. Carl Haslinger in Vienna. December

19th, 1847 53. Baron von Dornis in Jena. March 6th, 1848 54. Franz
von Schober. April 22nd, 1848 55. Bernhard Cossmann in
Baden-Baden. September 18th, 1848 56. Carl Reinecke. March 25th,
1849 57. Count Sandor Teleky(?) May 5th, 1849 58. Belloni(?). May
14th, 1849 59. Carl Reinecke. May 30th, 1849 60. Robert Schumann.
June 5th, 1849 61. the same. July 27th, 1849 62. the same. August 1st,
1849 63. Carl Reinecke. September 7th, 1849 64. Breitkopf and Hartel.
January 14th, 1850 65. the same. February 24th, 1850 66. J. C. Lobe in
Leipzig. July 10th, 1850 67. Friedrich Wieck in Dresden. August 4th,
1850 68. Simon Lowy. August 5th, 1850 69. Mathilde Graumann.