CHAPTER II.

DIVERTISSEMENTS HONGROIS.

The Power of Music--Its Origin and Influence--Relations to Nature--Bach, Mozart and Beethoven--Sources of their Inspiration--Autobiographical Sketch--Liszt as a Lad--His Voluntary Exile--Revival of the Home Feeling--His Love of Nature--Religious Feeling--The Gypsies--A Famous Visit to them--Picturesque Surroundings--Wild Dances--Talks with the Old Men--The Gypsy Hags--An Impromptu Orchestra and Wonderful Music--A Weird Night Scene--Salvator Rosa Effects--Grotesque Cavalcade--The Concert at the Inn--A Demoniac Symphony--Wild Revel in a Thunder Storm--Liszt’s Hungarian Music. 36-60