Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End
by Franz Liszt
- Pages
- about 447
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Reading time
- 8.2 h at 250 wpm
From the opening
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by Franz Liszt; letters collected by La Mara and translated by
Constance Bache
We welcome thee, from southern sunnier clime,
To England's shore,
And stretch glad hands across the lapse of time
To the once more.
Full twice two decades swiftly have rolled by
Since thou wast here;
A meteor flashing through our northern sky
Thou didst appear.
Thy coming now we greet with pleasure keen,
And loyal heart,
Adding tradition of what thou hast been
To what thou art.
No laurel can we weave into the crown
Long years entwine,
Nor add one honour into the renown
Already thine:
Yet might these roses waft to thee a breath
Of memory,
Recalling thy fair Saint Elizabeth
Of Hungary
We welcome her, from out those days of old,
In song divine,
But thee we greet a thousand fold,
The song is thine!
[Presumably written by Constance Bache, this trite paean would
likely not have appealed to Liszt, who repeatedly affirmed his
humility.]
For the New Year I bring you nothing new; my soon ageing
attachment and friendship remain unalterably yours. Let me hope
that it will be granted to me to give you more proof of it from
year to year.
Since the beginning of October I have remained without news from
Germany. How are my friends Bronsart, Draseke, Damrosch,
Weissheimer? Give them my heartiest greetings, and let me see
some notices of the onward endeavors and experiences of these my
young friends, as also of the doings of the Redactions-Hohle
[Editorial den] and the details of the Euterpe concerts.
Please send the numbers of the paper, from October onwards, to me
at the address of the library Spithover-Monaldini, Piazza di
Spagna, Rome. Address your letter "Herrn Commandeur Liszt," Via
Felice 113.
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