The Last Time
Ádám died in 1827 in Boulogne-sur-Mer at the age of 50 when Franz was just 15 years old. They were staying at a retreat centre for Franz to rest efter a physician's ordination, but instead the father became fatally ill in typhoid fever, and was buried there. Franz composed a funeral piece in conjunction to his father's funeral service.
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The house in Raiding, birthplace of Franz Liszt.
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Maria Anna Lager, Adam's wife (portrait made by Julius Ludwig Sebbers between 1826 and 1837)
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“The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)