Therefore, neither of them ever fully succumbed to evil, as original geniuses sometimes do. They consistently created refreshing, beautiful, and respectable works that were academically strong and classic. Both were equally noble and deserving of respect. Indeed, the absence of Meyerbeer and Berlioz this music season is lamentable, yet in an age when gold is stingily hiding itself, we should not disdainfully criticize the silver that circulates.
At this moment, music halls in Paris seem invaded by some invisible plague, with everyone chanting "Liszt," as if this name were some kind of prayer for salvation. Amusingly, those self-important music journalists willingly became missionaries for Liszt.
