Alter Bridge - Watch Your Words

Of course, one teacher could not give students a comprehensive education. As a child, Ferenc had no idea about history, geography, or the natural sciences. By his own admission, he learned from Rohrer only to read, write and count. He had to get further knowledge exclusively by self-education. Moreover, there was no question of any classes in the Hungarian language then. And the point here is not only that the teacher himself did not know him. Most of the country's population preferred to speak German. The Adam List family was no exception. In childhood, France, as the parents fondly called Ferenc, wrote and read only "in the language of Schiller and Goethe." Subsequently, Liszt will regret all his life that he does not speak Hungarian ...