Life of Liszt (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Life of Liszt This little work, which is rather an essay upon the personal and musical characteristics of Liszt than a biography of him, as its title indicates, hard ly needs more than an informal introduction to the public. It may safely be left to commend itself to readers upon its own merits. Unlike most of his other biographies, Dr. Nohl seems to have ad dressed himself to this with feelings of strong per sonal admiration and affection for his hero. It ap pears to be the universal testimony of those who have enjoyed Liszt's acquaintance, not merely his friendship, that he has inspired in them the strong est and most intimate feelings of personal attach ment to him by his own genial and generous nature. If at times, therefore, the biographer appears to rhapsodize, it is probably because his relations to Liszt make it difficult for him to avoid idealizing him. If this be so, fortunately there is compen sation in the re¿ection that no other musician of the present day, in every admirable quality of head and heart, so nearly approaches the ideal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.