The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-23

of her beauty Tssso involved himssif IN
dangerous complications By becoming On.
amored Of the daughter Of the Duke OF Este
Schubert followed both presidents At once BY
falling head over ears In love with Count
Esterhaky's Youngest daughter. a girl only 1C
or IL years old. who could hardly be ex'
pected to return the composers affection.
Yet no continued to nurse his hope
less p~assion--hopeless In n double sense
both from tho child's extreme youth and from
her social position. which put marriage out ol
the question. Caroline. for that was her name,
was undeniably pretty. rs attractive MS her
lover was uncouth. She was ten. he was over
twenty. She was the dau ghter OF one Of tho
proudest houses IN Austria: he was OF hum
BILE extraction. without n penny In the world.
IL Schubert had deliberately planned for his
" sorrow an infatuation altogether desper-
ate. he could not have contrlved one superior
to this masterpiece OF folly. No love letters
are known to have passed between the pair.
and but few details OF tho seraphic amour are
extant. One characteristic anocdotc. however.
10 recounted. Forthe numerous compositions
which he wrote for his musical reunions with
his fair pupils tho maestro had penned dedi-
cations to every member OF tho family. Scarce
" an Estorhazy existed who had not a compost.
ton OF Schubert's inscribed to his or her honor.
Caroline alone OF the whole amily could not
boast OF the distinction. and one day she In
terrogated her silent lover on the point. What
is the reason" she asked. that /. alone OF
the whole house. have no composition dedi-
Gated TO me 2" ITO you." replied Schubert.
with q gallantry which even awkward men
can at times display. " to you is all my music
consecrated. Every bar Is written for you"
Tho more hopeless q passion. the moro docs It
commend itself to the minds OF q certain class
Of men. Schubert belonged to this category.
Precious to him were tho pangs which he en-
dured In consequence OF a passion that was
not to know ~reouital. Exquisite were the Joys
OF meditation and recollection which his COM
positions have immortalized. To his last hour
on earth tho image OF Caroline Esterhazy was
ever present in his mind to cheer him In his
lonely life and give him. II not the comfort Of
hope. at least the consolation Of delightful woe.
".
Franz List was ons OF George Sands Low.
ers. but It was not for her that he felt the great
passion OF his life. 1t was just after her return
from her ~sojourn In Venice with Alfred do
Musset that George Sand met List, who was
then about twenty years old. He seems to
have given her much the same sort OF afec-
tion which she experienced for him: there
was no depth Of romantic feeling in 1t: It was
simply the expression OF o caprlcious fancy
which either party was at liberty to drop.
Thu liaison formed on these terms. however.
lasted for three years. when It was dissolved
BY mutual consent. George Sand transferring
what she called her heart to Chopin. Tho next
lady Of whom List became enamored was the
Comtesse Adele ~Laprunarede. who afterward
became the Duchesse de Fleury. Nine. La.
prunarede had been married while very young
to an elderly man without talents. accomplish
ments. or sympathies with any Of her tastes.
The natural result OF vacuity at homo was to
make the Comteese sock recreation elsewhere.
and she haunted the salons where List
played. Ultimately her in!atuation for List
increased to such a point that she persuaded
her husband to invite him to spend the
winter with them at their chateau at Marlioz
in Switzerland. The old Count must be cred
tied with ne-blindness in thus throwing
his charming wife into the company OF the
man for whom she openly expressed her ad-
miration. Nevertheless. he did So. and for a
tho society 81 his Cleopatra. stayed at the
great passion. was yet to come: The. Com
tesse d,Agoult. known in the world Of letters
a woman Of thirty years OF age When she first
net nss,} hiszt; and the m m ii pa Of H one OF the q most moi
a tn @an u his ssi posit ,R nA IN the se arm nS:o snd s sss
herself was the mother OF three children:
S Ss9nsi f shnd With r.. 8 r shisfh St ,e hfs Rsit isii:
Ing in soft locks on her white shoulders. and
her eyes rejecting the finest blue Of the irma:
his iri.n aisAi to ~H her 1f %safon. 0 and oh from ~ tho Sn very ~
first moment she was strongly attracted to
The most ass'a ar tdtsst0 sttacS snSsS.'' J 5,nssns at this This
time; howeySr; the youngest Daughter OF ths
inoensistency =. which IS = overthsle ' essy 70
understand. the ,Comtesse forbade the COM
rAcallod. and. whom the first pnpnish NJ har
than ever. When the Paris season Of that year
now travel through other European countries
for the purpose OF giving concerts, To, his
to separa;e himself from her. The PIANIST &C.
cordinglyc cancelled his ENGAGEMENTS and re-
aaarter u the fet TOWN. n.I whsre sG the co IN ss% was
his assiduous~ visitor. such intercourse. hows
S sys5. ai %h sU seG s4s,s' 3 l tns d In sas.slias, Of and g
who. if she mado a false step, preferred to own
4. !. 1o1 the deGs Of She She G SSEid HT I'd t t. er fsss
&asa T. an nd family an'iS '% and w 20, WITH fSA? HIM.
the dseF fenis.s ais g.. f FIasiss9. ' g d hss @c.? Ssi
daughter from This suicidal step; to the Abbe
much influence over her mind: aud. as a last
resource. to the family lawyer. The Comtesse
de FlaviGny at last prevailed upon her daugh-
Paris for a time. until absence, should miti-
gate her passion. she consented. and both Ia
lax W 2 VIVA
LISTS share Of blame in the affair. No sooner
did he hear that the Comtesse d'Agoult had
gone to Basic than he followed her thither.
This the editor describes as a strange action
in a man who had been 80 very solie!tous to
g List inset has confessed. he forgot all
his feelings when he learned that she had
really gone. This action on his part rendered
The Comtesss d'ARoult. hearing that he was
In Basls. left her mother and went 70 the hotel
where he WAS staying. For the next ten years
she was his constant companion. The pair
were ostracized from the world OF fashion. hut
Liszt could not be debarred from the concert
platform. With the Comtesse ,d'Agoult he
journeyed from one city to another. teaching
we have. said. they lived together. at the end
Of which time Liszt separated from the
Comtesse on account OF her violent temper
which had made lie unsndurabis.
vi.
Rosslni began to write operas at the age OF
eighteen. and contrived to combine music and