Franz Liszt couldn't believe his ears. The fifteen-year-old girl seated next to him on the piano bench hadn't really said that, had she? She was only some Polish peasant girl who had been brought to him by an old friend who insisted the legendary composer hear the small girl play. Prepared to hear the choppy tones of a novice's etude, Liszt was astounded when the young pupil asked, "Bach or Beethoven, master, Schumann or Chopin?" Restraining his laughter, the old master glibly responded, "So you have a repertoire?" "Yes," the young girl replied. "Perhaps you would like to hear some Liszt?"
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