I hope this book will be reissued to celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Franz Liszt as this is the best book on a composer I have ever seen. For each year of his life there are documents and iconography of the period, a timeline and a comment Ernst Burger. It is a large-format book, which makes it easy to navigate and showcases the beautiful photo-portraits taken in the 1880s by Nadar: one really believes he Liszt in front of you. What charismatic! This beautiful book will enrich your approach to the music of Liszt.