Alan Walker - Franz Liszt, Vol. 2: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861

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Copyright 1989 by Alan Walker
Maps copyright 1989 by David Lindroth

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Musical examples drawn by Paul Courtenay.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
(Revised for vol. 2)
Walker, Alan [date]
Franz Liszt.
Includes bibliographies.
Contents: v. 1. The virtuoso years, 18111847
v. 2. The Weimar Years, 18481861.
1. Liszt, Franz, 18111886. 2. ComposersBiography.
I. Title.
ML 410. L 7 W 27 1983 780.924 [B] 82-47821
eISBN: 978-0-307-83044-9

FRONTISPIECE
Franz Liszt, an oil portrait by Wilhelm Kaulbach (1856).

v3.1

To Lisztians across the world,
wherever they may be, these volumes
are affectionately dedicated.

The character of Carolyne Iwanowska ~ her childhood in the Ukraine ~ her relationship with her mother and father ~ her marriage to Prince Nicholas von Sayn-Wittgenstein ~ the death of her father, Peter Iwanowsky ~ Carolyne inherits a fortune ~ the chteau Woronince ~ Liszt meets Carolyne in Kiev, February 1847 ~ he visits her in Woronince ~ he is introduced to her daughter, Princess Marie, and her husband, Prince Nicholas.

Chronicles of an adventure ~ a winter journey ~ a sojourn in St. Petersburg ~ she hears the music of Berlioz ~ growing love for Liszt ~ Carolyne and Liszt meet again in Odessa, July 1847 ~ Liszt gives his farewell concert in Elisabetgrad, September 1847 ~ the lovers of Woronince ~ Glanes de Woronince ~ Liszt sets out for Weimar ~ Carolyne leaves for Kiev to sell her estates ~ farewell to the Ukraine ~ Liszt and Carolyne are re-united at Kryzanowicz.

The seeds of the 48 revolutions ~ the awakening of Hungarian nationalism ~ Szchenyi, Kossuth, and Batthyny ~ the Hungarian war of independence ~ the evacuation of Pest ~ the victories of General Artr Grgey ~ the Hungarian Declaration of Independence ~ Pest re-taken ~ the Russian intervention, June 1849 ~ the surrender at Vilgos ~ Batthyny executed ~ Kossuth goes into exile ~ Liszt and Carolyne travel to Vienna and Eisenstadt ~ a visit to Father Albach ~ Liszts attitude to the war of independence ~ Heines poem against Liszt, Im Oktober 1849 ~ Funrailles, October 1849 ~ Liszt and Carolyne take up residence in Weimar.

A history of the Altenburg ~ the ownership of the house ~ a description of its interior ~ the household staff ~ Liszts domestic routine ~ social life at the Altenburg ~ Carolynes difficulties with the Weimar Court ~ her liaison with Liszt criticized ~ Liszt in trouble with the law: The Weimarers are all donkeys ~ the Altenburg becomes a Mecca for modern music.

Weimar in the time of Grand Duke Carl August ~ the Athens of the North ~ Goethe and Schiller ~ Liszts first visit to Weimar, November 1841 ~ he becomes Weimars Kapellmeister in Extraordinary, November 1842 ~ his fledgling attempts at conducting ~ the poor state of the Weimar orchestra and opera house ~ Liszts struggles with the bureaucracy ~ his relations with Hereditary Grand Duke Carl Alexander.

Liszt and Wagner ~ Wagner and the Dresden insurrection, May 1849 ~ Liszt performs Tannhuser and takes up Wagners cause ~ the Goethe Festival, August 1849 ~ the Herder Festival, August 1850 ~ Liszt gives the world premire of Wagners Lohengrin ~ he proposes a Goethe Foundation in Weimar ~ Wagners critique of that idea ~ Hans Christian Andersen visits Weimar ~ Liszt and the black-cloaked witch ~ Liszt on the Weimar podium.

Liszt takes stock of his position ~ he conducts Beethovens Ninth at the Ballenstedt Festival ~ a visit to Braunschweig ~ the illnesses of Princess Carolyne ~ her treatments at Bad Eilsen ~ an encounter with Clara Schumann ~ Prince Nicholas visits Weimar ~ he and Carolyne draw up a property settlement ~ Carolynes dispute with Tsar Nicholas I ~ Princess Marie is confirmed in Weimar ~ Anna Liszt visits Weimar ~ Liszts piano compositions of the early Weimar years ~ he revises the pieces of his Glanzzeit ~ Liszt and the Piano Sonata in B minor and its dedication to Schumann ~ Liszt and the Weimar organists ~ he studies the music of J. S. Bach ~ Ad nos, ad salutarem undam ~ the first Berlioz week ~ more Wagner: Der fliegende Hollnder, Tannhuser, and Lohengrin ~ Liszt complains to Carl Alexander about his working conditions ~ the death of Carl Friedrich intervenes ~ Carl Alexander ascends the throne: The Word must now become the Deed.

Liszt and his pupils ~ the Altenburg eagles ~ Hans von Blow and his special relationship to Liszt ~ an account of Blows personality ~ Carl Tausig arrives in Weimar ~ his lessons with Liszt and his subsequent career ~ the boys: Karl Klindworth, Hans von Bronsart, William Mason, and Dionys Pruckner ~ an account of their masterclasses with Liszt ~ Masons diary ~ Cornelius takes up residence at the Altenburg ~ the twenty-one steps ~ Julius Reubke and Alexander Ritter ~ Ritters championship of the New Music.

Liszt meets Raff in Basel, 1845 ~ together in the Rhineland ~ Raff arrives in Weimar, January 1850 ~ he goes to jail for debt ~ Raffs claim to be Liszts collaborator ~ his correspondence with Kunigunde Heinrich ~ the Raff question today ~ William Mason on Tasso ~ Princess Carolyne on Raff.

Agns Street-Klindworth arrives in Weimar ~ La Maras account of her re-examined ~ her connection with Liszt ~ her family background and her role in the espionage network run by her father, Georg Klindworth ~ the uncensored letters of Liszt to Agns reveal his emotional attachment to her ~ their trysts in Cologne and Berlin, 1855 ~ Agnss relationship with Ferdinand Lassalle ~ they are trailed by the secret police ~ the death of their daughter, Fernande ~ Princess Carolyne and the aftermath of the Agns affair ~ Agns dies in Paris in 1906.

The Altenburg matines ~ the Society of Murls ~ Brahms at the Altenburg ~ Liszt visits Wagner in Zrich ~ the Karlsruhe festival ~ Liszt and the Murls visit Wagner in Basel ~ Wagner reads them the Nibelungen poem ~ Liszts sojourn in Paris ~ he is re-united with his three children ~ Liszts deepening relationship with Wagner ~ the latters impecunity ~ the nature of Liszts material and artistic help ~ Liszts attempts to secure Wagners amnesty ~ Hoffmann von Fallersleben takes up residence in Weimar ~ the Rotterdam Music Festival, 1854 ~ meetings with Anton Rubinstein ~ George Eliot at the Altenburg ~ her Three Months in Weimar ~ Liszt founds the Neu-Weimar-Verein ~ its constitution and its membership ~ the second Berlioz week, February 1855 ~ a banquet for Berlioz ~ deteriorating relations with Rubinstein ~ the thirty-third Lower Rhine Festival in Dsseldorf ~ another encounter with Clara Schumann ~ Liszt and America ~ the inauguration of the Merseburg organ, September 1855 ~ Liszt conducts in Brunswick ~ Liszt conducts in Berlin ~ his Thirteenth Psalm ~ the Berlin production of Tannhuser ~ lengthening shadows.

His rehearsal methods considered ~ comparison with other conductors ~ the low quality of European orchestras in general ~ the outcast profession of musician ~ Liszts reforms on the podium ~ he directs the Karlsruhe festival and attracts criticism ~ he replies with his Manifesto on conducting ~ Liszts conducting career reviewed ~ his failures in Leipzig and Dresden ~ Liszts legacy.