Note 36 — APPENDIX E.

The case of Liszt is somewhat apart from the others. The earliest form of his name appears to be Listhius, which Dr. Kuhač claims with some plausibility as Slavonic (naše gore list). But as early as 1747 the Magyarised form appears in the person of Canon Johann Liszt; and there can be little doubt that by the time of the great pianist’s birth the family had become thoroughly Hungarian. There are, of course, many Hungarian families in which Magyar and Slavonic strains are united, and in the music of Liszt the Magyar element unquestionably predominates.