Letters of Franz Liszt, vol 1, Paris to Rome | Page 7

Fedor von Milde in Weimar. June 3rd, 1857 185. Johann
von Herbeck. June 12th, 1857 186. Countess Rosalie Sauerma. June
22nd, 1857 187. Ludmilla Schestakoff in St. Petersburg. October 7th,
1857 188. Carl Haslinger. December 5th, 1857 189. Stein in
Sondershausen. December 6th, 1857 190. Alexander Ritter. December
7th, 1857 191. Max Seifriz in Lowenberg. December 24th, 1857 192.
Alexander Seroff. January 8th, 1858 193. Basil von Engelhardt.
January 8th, 1858 194. Felix Draseke. January Loth, 1858 195. Louis
Kohler. February 1st, 1858 196. L.A. Zellner. February 8th, 1858 197.
Peter Cornelius. February 19th, 1858 198. Dionys Pruckner. March 9th,
1858 199. Dr. Eduard Liszt March Loth, 1858 200. Fran Dr. Steche.
March 20th, 1858 201. L. A. Zellner. April 6th, 1858 202. Dr. Eduard
Liszt April 7th, 1858 203. Adolf Reubke in Hausneinsdorf. June 10th,
1858 204. Prince Constantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen. August
18th, 1858 205. Frau Rosa von Milde. August 25th, 1858 206. Dr.
Franz Brendel. November 2nd, 1858 207. Johann von Herbeck.
November 22nd, 1858 208. Felix Draseke. January 12th, 1859 209.
Heinrich Porges. March loth, 18379 210. Max Seifriz. March 22nd,
1859 211. Dr. Eduard Liszt April 5th, 1859 212. Music-Director N. N.
April 17th, 1859 213. Peter Cornelius. May 23rd, 1859 214. Dr. Franz
Brendel. May 23rd, 1859 215. Felix Draseke. July 19th, 1859 216.
Peter Cornelius. August 23rd, 1859 217. Dr. Franz Brendel. September
2nd, 1859 218. Louis Kohler. September 3rd, 1859 219. Dr. Franz
Brendel. September 8th, 1859 220. Johann von Herbeck. October 11th,
1859 221. Felix Draseke. October 20th, 1859 222. Heinrich Porges.
October 30th, 1859 223. Ingeborg Stark. November 2nd, 1859 224.
Johann von Herbeck. November 18th, 1859 225. Dr. Franz Brendel.

December 1st, 1859 226. Anton Rubinstein. December 3rd, 1859 227.
Dr. Franz Brendel. December 6th, 1859 228. Dr. Eduard Liszt
December 28th, 1859 229. Josef Dessauer. December 30th, 1859 230.
Wilkoszewski in Munich. January 15th, 1860 231. Johann von Herbeck.
January 26th, 1860 232. Dr. Franz Brendel. January 25th, 1860 233.
Friedrich Hebbel. February 5th, 1860 234. Dr. Franz Brendel. February,
1860 235. the same March or April, 1860 236. Louis Kohler. July 5th,
1860 237. Dr. Eduard Liszt July 9th, 1860 238. Ingeborg Stark.
Summer, 1860 239. Dr. Franz Brendel. August 9th, 1860 240. Princess
C. Sayn-Wittgenstein. September 14th, 1860 241. Dr. Franz Brendel.
September 20th, 1860 242. Dr. Eduard Liszt September 20th, 1860 243.
Hoffmann von Fallersleben. October 3oth, 1860 244. Franz Gotze.
November 4th, 1860 245. Dr. Franz Brendel. November 16th, 1860 246.
the same. December 2nd, 1860 247. C.F. Kahnt in Leipzig. December
2nd, 1860 248. the same. December 19th, 1860 249. Dr. Franz Brendel.
December 19th, 1860 250. Felix Draseke. December 3oth, 1860 251.
Dr. Franz Brendel. Beginning of January, 1861 252. the same. January
20th, 1861 253. the same. March 4th, 1861 254. Peter Cornelius. April
18th, 1861. 255. Hoffmann von Fallersleben. April 18th, 1861 256.
Peter Cornelius. July 12th, 1861 256A. the same. July 14th, 1861 257.
Alfred Dorffel. July 18th, 1861 258. Edmund Singer in Stuttgart.
August 17th, 1861 259. C.F. Kahnt. August 27th, 1861 260. Dr. Franz
Brendel. September 16th, 1861

THE LETTERS OF FRANZ LISZT, VOL. 1

1. To Carl Czerny in Vienna.
[Autograph in the possession of M. Alfred Bovet at Valentigney.-- The
addressee was Liszt's former teacher, the celebrated Viennese teacher
of music and composer of innumerable instructive works (1791-1857).]
My very dear Master,
When I think of all the immense obligations under which I am placed
towards you, and at the same time consider how long I have left you
without a sign of remembrance, I am perfectly ashamed and miserable,
and in despair of ever being forgiven by you! "Yes," I said to myself
with a deep feeling of bitterness, "I am an ungrateful fellow; I have
forgotten my benefactor, I have forgotten that good master to whom I

owe both my talent and my success."...At these words a tear starts to
my eyes, and I assure you that no repentant tear was ever more sincere!
Receive it as an expiation, and pardon me, for I cannot any longer bear
the idea that you have any ill-feeling towards me. You will pardon me,
my dear Master, won't you? Embrace me then...good! Now my heart is
light.
You have doubtless heard that I have been playing your admirable
works here with the greatest success, and all the glory ought to be given
to you. I intended to have played your variations on the "Pirate" the day
after tomorrow at a very brilliant concert that I was to have given at the
theater of H.R.H. Madame, who was to have been present as well as the
Duchess of Orleans; but man proposes and God disposes. I have
suddenly caught the measles, and have been obliged to say farewell