The only son (1839–1859) of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Scarce ALS in French, signed “D. Liszt,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 5.75, October 3, 1857. Untranslated handwritten letter from Daniel Liszt to his childhood friend, Marie de Wittgenstein, the daughter of Princess Caroline de Sayn-Wittgenstein. In very fine condition.
This letter dates to the year that Daniel Liszt, the only son of Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, moved to Vienna to study law under the watch of his uncle, Eduard Liszt. The move had been agreed upon by Daniel and his famous father after the former had been awarded his baccalaureate and won the national prix d'honneur while studying at the Lycée Bonaparte in Paris.
However, by 1859, Daniel, who had never had a strong physique, was already ill with consumption. He arrived for a late summer holiday in Berlin with his sister Cosima and her husband, Liszt's former pupil Hans von Bülow, but weakened quickly over the following months. Fortunately, Liszt arrived in time to be with Daniel in his last days and could grieve together with his daughter. The death, exacerbated by the 1862 death of his daughter, Blandine, was a massive blow to Liszt, who, in recent years, had grown much closer to his son.
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