Life and Liszt: The Recollections of a Concert Pianist

In this profound and scholarly study, Liszt's friend, favorite pupil, and secretary presents an intimate portrait of the composer's private and professional life. Its vibrant, richly textured prose recaptures a golden age of music during the 1870s and 80s, an era populated by giants of the keyboard and the podium, as well as scholars, writers, soldiers, and statesmen.