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Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
mistress of Liszt
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influence on Liszt’s career
- In Franz Liszt: Compositions at Weimar
…February 1847 Liszt met the princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein at Kiev and later spent some time at her estate in Poland. She quickly persuaded him to give up his career as a virtuoso and to concentrate on composition. He gave his final concert at Yelizavetgrad (Kirovograd) in September of that year.…
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