Excerpt from LisztUp to the moment of his disappearance as a virtuoso Liszt had written little else than pianoforte music, and some very beautiful songs the novelty of their treatment was sufficient to ensure a cool reception, but a large number of them are now household words, while some, such as Lorelei, ' Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, ' Du bist wie eine Blume, ' are famous.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.