Liszt’s Remedy.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 12, 22 September 1909, Page 44

Liszt’s Remedy.

Wrapped in his dressing gown, and with feet encased in slippers, Franz Liszt was sitting comfortably one evening in his armchair, ready for work, and inviting inspiration. On the floor above, in the apartments of a banker, a noisy musical soiree was in progress. Polonaises had succeeded waltzes, and nocturnes had followed polonaises, when suddenly the door of the salon opener., and Liszt entered, still wrapped in his dressing-gown. The astonishment of the company may be imagined. With slow steps Liszt walked toward the pianc, and the young key-pounder who was sitting at it quickly left his place. Liszt sat down at the instrument, carelessly swept his fingers over the keys as if to prelude, and then, suddenly, he shut down the cover and put the key in his pocket. And immediately, with the same tranquil air with whieh he had entered, he went out and returned to his room, where he could work at his tn.se.