Kiss - Under The Rose

In Milan, meanwhile, Liszt's real persecution began because of his harsh criticism of the state of Italian music. When the “Letter VII” from the “Travel Letters of the Bachelor of Music”, already quoted by us, was published in the Revue et Gazette Musical de Paris, on May 27, 1838, the Milanese felt offended by the disrespectful comment about their pride - La Scala. Pages from publications such as Il Figaro, Il Pirata, Il Corriere dei Teatri were full of calls to "declare war on Franz Liszt." On July 20, the musician published an open letter in which he was forced to justify himself and assure the Milanese that he had no intention of offending or humiliating anyone. This did not help: when a few months later Liszt decided to organize a concert in Milan, he had to abandon this plan - they did not want to listen to him ...