New-York tribune., 1886-08-01
DEATH OF FRANZ LISZT.
PIANIST, AUTHOR AND COMPOSER.
CAREER OF A REMARKABLE MAN-IlIs LIFE AND
HIS WORKS.
BAYREUTH, Aug. Liable Listz died at mid

night last night
Franz Liszt was born nt Rading. Oeienburr, in
! Hungary on october 22 1911. His father was Mag
var, his mother German, the mixture being
dstngushable In the artistic disposition Of their only
son. Adam List. the father although not a trained
musician mad sailcient taste and knowledge to recog
nze the OF his evnced at very early age
and to undertake his education in the rud-
merts of the art. so rapid the pro-
gress OF tho boy that at the age Of nine he
was able to play IN public at Esensiadt and
soon afterward Pressburg with such success that six
hungarian Dobemen guaranteed sufficient sum FOR the
cultivation OF such extraordinary talent during six
years. TIE family accordingly removed to Vienna.
where List continued his studios under saer the rival
OF Mozart, and CzerDy. a famous pianist OF the time.
Here Also his success was brilliant and instantaneous
ainOng the admirers OF the young yirtuoso being
Beethoven, who after OF LISTS strobe Oh
10 the platform and kissed him before the audience.
LsZt was OF the most constant as he doubt
the greatest OF the interpreters OF Beethoven, whose
works he held mp to general admiration when the
yiruosi o. the day stunned them abstruse and un-
popular. Lszrs father took hts son to Paris In ls23,
where the boy received private lessons from Recha
and Patr the fertile writer OF operas At COnr In the
salons and the public rooms the young musician
received with enthusiasm, his simple chldlsn ways
greatly adding to the impression produced by his mar
ve0us executive power. lie petit Ltz' as his name
pronounced became the pet Of arstocratc circles,
and few veterans who remembered young Mozarts
Paris sixty years before compared him to that
| infant phenomenon.
From Paris various concert tours arranged,
OF them IN 1924 being directed England. Here. as
every where. Liszrs reception brilliant. lie had to
pay before George " at ndsOr, and few days after
ward the KING at his concert In Drury Lane
Theatre he AOnored the young pianist with recall
After his third to England IN 1927 List lost his
father who died at Boulogne The blow 10 the boy was
/ but he aHOb
providing for his widowed mother With her, accord
mgy, hc settled in Paris which for number OF years
became hs home. These years we're OF the utmost I'M
poriance for his Intellectual deveopmeut For time
music thrown into tie background by the
powerful Impression which the young man received
the great lie witnessed. The excite
meut OF the July revolution roused enthusiasm ana
the proslic result struggle Died him with
commensurate disgust to sIch degree that he refused
to play before Louis Philippe and at casual meeting
trea ell the kins with marked rudeness. lilo was on
terms of familiar Intercourse with the leading spirits Of
the aee-glth victor Hugo AID AIRED de Mussei ana
BcrIoz. Tho Ab1c I.,mrnn.is wa, his spiritual guide
and George saudi was among his intimate friends \
tour To z-rand undertaken with her. the Countess
d'Acoult ana other kindred sprts. has been immortal
ized Dy the great novelist ia her ettrcs un Noy geu
In TIE meantime L,lt never lost si-ht OK hi- artistic
vocation. Every now aud then he emerged from his
voluntary retirement 10 show tn musical world that
tic promise ~ If. childhood laf been Wniuided by
his later years. Ihus when Thbers arrived 10 Paris
AMI proclaimed by one party the superior o. L'sht
left Geneva, where he Wa, staying, accepted
tcccngo. aud forced hs bttercst enemies 20 confess
j,,,S, M, ,,,fe Ii--f - h seui" on .uoAer occa-
.u - energy rJu-rd by the ucvs o. terrible iuuu
ia,on which hal land waste whole counties OF s native
Hungary. Immediately ue lourneNeI from NrIlc- IL
Vienna. several concerts and placed the result
prncely rum a: the disposal of 4e reief committee.
~. nAi tne TX. % o. ir.'s@s as ana y 'g
IN - IA 4 a
T ,,,t,' ic e[Uot,s n'. exalted tle., 9, The .s,s
and the autes Of Tie true arst ~ dstn-u -Ari from
Tie mere YruOsn. luat tnr -AAl.u" oFHtinus oIrG 10
Ic after we're not to h- taste be proved sufficiently
when ut the height OF hi. uupArAecI success Ae re-
tired from tur coucrrtr"om aud accepted the
post or chnpei-na-ter and conductor a ia" modest
CONT OF Weiuar Here he gathered around him null-
Der Of youus auA gifted musicians, ahi founded the
name Tor A. a compo-er also List now developed a
power which h' cary work nai H,rSe.y f1Te, ,1.
shAdowcd These, almost eNclh'iNey Niltten iof .nn
S. % s5,s%s @a' 4 %''1"%:ss s;s :ss. S. Ts
inat as wagner REMARKS Is1t dd at the piano what
w,Is- ot the gr,At masters. nc prepared himself lot
or -iua creation The opera ut Nrimer under LAsLts
written regardless of Immediate success. aud therefore
/ had Ette chance OF hearing else" hcrr. >chuDetts
/ Bcr.io1s Benvcnuto Cclllni." and wagners ioh~n
grin law ine Snt Hnasr L,.It "usSf' W n' "e'I@i i
i PIT. urc,ctrd Man with the r. i. OF ci.izen hip;
/ Tie Hungarian mobiles gave him swort of honor; the
King Oi Prussia made hlm m"inbrr oi thr otI'r OF
Merit; the faculty At kougs1er- created aim Doctor
/ II Music: the Grand Duke ot -axc-Neimlr appointed
nIu cnAmncrlAu: he decorated Will tho
Ir.i,u u Hon. r. A,I IN l-Gl raised TO cOmmhndcr
ON Aprl 2j l~j. he received the clerical tonsure III
tie chapel OF tie vatican and came also -
! Inr A,.c liz til many foolish things. which w@ro
the more remars.ne because they were done IN The
shadow oi tue sanctuary. l. WAS a simple
enough cryumf lance tl ei 10 h' I'oIu ON VI
true vocation. when he went To live ~ Rome oue o
is oAtvc- twho became cardinal invited ann To stay
~ the Vatican. The reception he met WIN tHe's MA'
sufficient induce him to tr1uspose his iungar'n lahP
soIies into hscruc key and u convert them
into grand overture Tor his ecccs,tical career lie
wished rank no longer pianist. cut - person
n,t riht and iet Visiting cards worried thus:
/ reached tho PAsquln slaiutc and AccOrtuEly there
was seen on the walls OF Rome group OF pretty girls,
their hair all disArveled running th Ns!tlnS e'd-
/ V,t!cau" To ruin tho Abhs in PUs tho
Nm,h's eyes, Antouel had Ieconrce simply 10 rui'u'"
| 1lr Poue Who WAS never fond OF iA-L oven AZ a
the vatican lie went to the Dcmucrns AT Monte Mario
| but Ia II short while the monks there dee''neu
the honor Of having IN their 40 noVie ,,,.s Im,
Louis XIV. OF the piano. Lslt was srot by ignorance
and pride AMI believed hIuses 10 Os more 'na" i''
whereas except a. the plano. he was ess nan "oma'
Lskrs WORKS consist OF " "FantAs's' tTy'ne, EI,'
/ "Dyinla Commedla.' grand symphohies' '"o Wv"
| oratoros bic Heliige EHIbeth ana "Chrls-
of literature rs well OF art lie published The LIE OF
Chopin I'm ls5e5l AMI ESSAYS op the "Iannhausrr ahi
"Ioh-ngrln" OF Wagner, AMI ia -p9 "l~seFtAlon 81
! " BohsuIiaus and Their Music IN Hungary HIS
| vocal compositions have itte reputation AS Tor
his instrumental music. he preferred playing other
Two practically retired from puOlc, appearing "AS
Oh great occasions.
THEODORE Il sITGREAvEs