These letters of Franz Liszt are a part of the Dumbarton Oaks
Collection bequeathed to Harvard University by Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss in 1969. Written during the last sixteen years of Liszt's
life, they are addressed to the Baroness Olga von Meyendorff, who
shared his interests, though not always his views, in a broad field
of disciplines--music, philosophy, theology, politics,
literature--as well as his concern for persons both prominent and
familial.
The translation by William R. Tyler, who from 1969 to 1977 was
Director of Dumbarton Oaks, is provided with notes and an
Introduction by Edward N. Waters, widely recognized authority on
Liszt and formerly Chief of the Music Division of the Library of
Congress.
Composed with warmth and humor, and not infrequently with some
asperity, the letters reveal Liszt to have been an ardent,
generous, and modest man, loyal and devoted to family and friends,
pupils and colleagues alike.
Though it was first intended to publish the letters in their
original French as well as in translation, the cost of such a
publication proved to be prohibitive. However, copies of the
letters, or, when necessary, the letters themselves may be
consulted by qualified readers at Dumbarton Oaks.
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