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Paris, Marais District.
The morning sunlight slanted through the shutters, spilling over a desk piled with scores and books.
Sigismund Thalberg, draped in a casual light-colored robe, appeared somewhat fatigued.
His quality of sleep had been poor for a while, ever since he arrived in France in 1836, this period could almost be considered his most arduous days.
Last April, he held his first solo concert in Paris, followed by causing a sensation in Lyon and Brussels, but since the beginning of this year, when Liszt returned to Paris, the situation took a sharp turn.
This was not only reflected in a series of aggressive articles published by Liszt in the Music Bulletin, but also in the frequency of Liszt's personal concerts.
Who could have imagined that Liszt would hold an astounding twenty concerts in less than two months, while Talberg only held a mere two in the same period.
