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It may seem that Liszt had completely abandoned musical and social activities by that time. However, it is not.On August 11, 1864, he went to Germany, in Karlsruhe, where the congress of the General German Musical Union was to take place. Liszt arrived on Tuesday, August 16, and joyfully met with Brundel and Richard Paul. Polina Viardot, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Eduard Lassen, Alexander Nikolaevich Serov, Karl Gille, Agnes Street-Klindworth also arrived in Karlsruhe. Liszt was again at the very center of musical life. In those days he performed a lot. From August 21 to 26, a festival took place in the building of the Court Opera, and List was actually his main character. He played the piano and conducted: Mephisto Waltz, h-moll Sonata, the symphonic poem Holiday Sounds, and the legend Saint Francis of Assisi. Sermon to the birds "..." Neue Zeitshrift für Müsik "in rooms from 2, 9, 16,September 23 and 30 and October 14, 1864 printed detailed reports on what happened at the end of summer in Karlsruhe.