The present research guide could not have been revised without the assistance of a number of individuals and organizations. Chief among them have been Liszt scholars and colleagues Ben Arnold, Luciano Chiappari, Rossana Dalmonte, James Deaville, Zsuzsanna Domokos, Serge Gut, Klára Hamburger, Keith Kinder, Jonathan Kregor, Christo Lelie, Günther Massenkeil, Pauline Pocknell, Michael Short, Charles Suttoni, Cornelia Szabó-Knotik, Gerhard J. Winkler, William Wright and the late Keith T. Johns, Rey M. Longyear, and Lennart Rabes. These men and women gave me copies of their publications or photocopied items in their collections, looked up uncommon items in libraries throughout Europe and the United States, or otherwise contributed to the present volume's contents. G. Henle Verlag supplied me with information about their Liszt sheet-music publications and sent me a copy of one volume otherwise unavailable at the time; the library of the University of Vienna supplied me a complete photocopy of another, otherwise unobtainable volume. A special word of thanks to Dr. Chiappari, Ms. Pocknell, and Mr. Wright, whose generosity enabled me to obtain copies of publications otherwise absolutely unavailable in the United States; and to Dr. Domokos, who helped me correlate and correct the Hungarian-language citations and entries that follow.

I would also like to thank Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for travel monies that enabled me to visit the Library of Congress; the libraries of Boston University, Harvard University, the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and the University of Chicago; the British Library, London; the library of the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, Budapest; and Hungary's National Széchényi Library. Thanks, too, to the directors and staffs of these institutions for their hospitality and encouragement.

The editors and staff at Routledge (previously Garland Publishing) deserve thanks and praise for their assistance and almost legendary patience. I am especially grateful to Richard Carlin for his many helpful suggestions, and to my copy editors Shannon McLachlan and Robert Sims.

I am, as always, grateful to my loving wife Sue for her many kindnesses and patience.

M.S.
22 October 2003

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