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Franz Liszt (1811-1886):Piano Transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (S464/R128)I should be sorry to be the occasion of you losing a bet, but since you ask whether Beethoven's Ninth Symphonywas performed in Pest in 1840 I must reply 'No'. It is, moreover, not surprising that the performance of thisremarkable work in Pest should have suffered such delay. In 1840 the Ninth Symphony was considered anabsolute terror by most musicians and so-called connoisseurs of music, in Europe. It was tried out after a fashion,fragmentarily at first on some special occasion ...Liszt to Kalman von Simonffy. Vatican, 21st May 1865