Letters Of Franz Liszt, Volume 1,
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- I Am Simply Not Disposed, In Spite Of Much Prudent Advice, To Cut My Mass And Myself Altogether, All The Less So As My Friends And Countrymen Have On This Occasion Shown Themselves So Kind And Good To Me.

I therefore owe it to them to give them active proof that their confidence and sympathy in me are not wholly undeserved - and with God's help this shall be irrefragably proved!

For the rest I want to keep very quiet and private this time in Pest. Composers of my sort write, it is true, plenty of drum and trumpet parts, but by no means require the too common flourish of trumpets and drums, because they are striving after a higher aim, which is not to be attained by publicity.

"Auf baldiges Wiedersehen," ["To a speedy meeting"] dear friend - I leave here by the 9th August at latest. Meanwhile best thanks for your letter, - and

Ever yours,

F. Liszt

July 28th, 1856.

158. To Joachim Raff

[Raff (1822-82) lived, as is well known, for some years in Weimar (first of all as Liszt's secretary), and at that time joined the Liszt tendencies as a composer, afterwards going other ways.]

Dear Sir and Friend,

It is very pleasant to me to find from your letter that you have taken aright the recognition in my article on the "Sleeping Beauty," and see unequivocally in its attitude a fresh proof of the high estimation in which I hold your artistic powers, as well as of my readiness to be of use to you as far as my insight and loyalty in Art matters will permit me.

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