Bach MacDowell Beethoven Mendelssohn Brahms Mozart Chopin Schubert Grieg Schumann Handel Tschaikowsky Haydn Verdi Liszt Wagner Printed in U. S. A. [Illustration: Transcriber's note: First page of illustrations: 1-11 and 13] [Illustration: Transcriber's note: First page of illustrations: 12 and 14-21] Franz Liszt The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher This Book Was Made by ----------------------------------- Philadelphia Theodore Presser Co. 1712 Chestnut Str. COPYRIGHT 1921, BY THEO. PRESSER CO. British Copyright Secured [Illustration: No. 1 Cut the picture of Franz Liszt from the picture sheet. Paste in here. Write full name and dates beneath.] .................................... BORN .................................... DIED .................................... The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher This is the house in which was born a little boy who became a famous pianist and a great teacher. This house is in Raiding, in Hungary. [Illustration: No. 2 HOUSE IN WHICH FRANZ LISZT WAS BORN] Now-a-days there is a little tablet over the door, which tells us that Franz Liszt was born in this house, on the Twenty-second Day of October, 1811. [Illustration: No. 3 JOSEPH HAYDN] Do you remember that once upon a time Joseph Haydn lived as court musician in the Esterhazy family? He wore a tie wig and a wonderful bright uniform; for he was master of the music in that great house. Now, long after Joseph Haydn's time, Adam Liszt, father of Franz, lived with the Esterhazy's. He was the family steward, having charge of all the property. And, too, he loved music. So we may believe that he told his little boy, Franz, about the great master Haydn. For Adam Liszt was not only a lover of music but he gave his son his first lessons in piano playing. Liszt's mother was of German blood. She was born in lower Austria. [Illustration: No. 4 and No. 5 LISZT'S MOTHER AND FATHER]