| Show LISZT RUINED BY SUCCESS idolized piano virtuoso grew to live only for the admiration and adulation of women it Is only when we nye remember litzts profession that we cnn ann read the riddle lie he presents writes paul rosenfeld in the hie seyen seven arts from childhood up lip lie was tile idolized piano virtuoso lie he MIS ling petted and adored nil ills his life lie he was successful still froni from the lie beginning ginning ile was smothered all ills his life un under der the adulation showered upon him in every alif tal of europe showered upon jilin 1 3 I very tangible form by women of the lilg li hest society ills his was not a character profound or fine enough to right itself ile ho never nian managed aged to develop out d of that stage to contact with truly nourishing things on the contrary lie he became completely uprooted came to exist entirely in this modern capua came to love it and to crave tile the rose leaves and the clouds of perfume ills music Is largely hirgelt an aspiration toward it an attempt to perpetuate about him tile admiration and adulation t alie il e plowing eyes and half t alie e li heaving caving bosoms it is A a mechanism for pro procuring curing for himself the pascha power lie desired indeed beside liszt chopin seems a veritable anchorite ch true liszt interested himself hlin self in music for another reason if it served to procure him the particular place in the sun that he craved it furnished him also with a most engaging pastime he interested himself in music as one might interest oneself in a sport that becomes more engaging as one becomes more proficient in it he studied its rules its technique its tricks with what keenness he mas his compositions show but that interest was only minor the othor other was waa tte tle major |
