No Innocent Victim - Wontt Back Down

As promised, Liszt arrived in Budapest on February 11th. He was simultaneously involved in the affairs of the Music Academy and took part in the preparation for a concert with Wagner. Liszt was ready to sacrifice the important premiere of The Bells of Strasbourg Cathedral. He wrote to Carolina Wittgenstein: “It seems to me that he (Wagner. - M.Z.) no longer insists on providing him 5,000 forints of net income, which was the initial condition for his concert here. But in general, it is likely that if choirs are excluded from the program, then the income will reach this amount ... As for me, I will very willingly refuse to perform the “Bells” in this concert. In contrast to Wagner’s very friendly and tactful idea, I want to propose replacing this number with another, more financially profitable: with my ten senile fingers, I will play an Es-dur Beethoven concert again. ”