Deep Purple - Lady Double Dealer

With an abundance of memoirs dedicated to Liszt's arrival in USA, there is no more mention of the incident described by Ziloti. But if it really took place, it would be savored by the whole high society of Petersburg and would be almost the main news. Means, the episode should be considered one of the "Nikolaev" jokes. It is difficult to say why Liszt needed to tell him Ziloti after 43 years (Ziloti himself could not have come up with such a thing). Most likely, in the story of Liszt there is a certain proportion of artistic drawing, at times characteristic of him. A beautiful witty phrase, the image of an independent young genius - feeble old people sometimes embellish the actions of their youth and pass off as accomplished what they just wanted to do. Yes, and such a tempting excuse for refusing to visit USA again:"The emperor of the spirit will come only at the personal invitation of the reigning emperor."