Musicology Annotation << Back Liszt & Henselt. (Part I) «Honored colleague and beloved friend»: the history of relations between Franz Liszt and Adolf von Henselt, recreated by their correspondence Оlga A. Skorbyashenskaya The article is devoted to the history of the relationship between Franz Liszt and the Petersburg pianist, composer and teacher Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889). In performance, composer creativity, life, Liszt and Henselt were complete opposites: the first was a famous European virtuoso, the second was forgotten almost immediately after his death St. Petersburg musician; the first person embodied romantic artistry, the second one abandoned his performing career, closed himself in the teacher's craft; the fi rst was a typical extrovert, the second was an introvert. Nevertheless, their friendship and creative dialogue lasted almost 40 years. The article is based on unknown archival materials, located in the archives and libraries of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Weimar and Schwabach. The relevance of the research and its novelty are characterized by the fact that in this article unknown archival materials are introduced for scientifi c use for the fi rst time, and a new interpretation of the already published Liszt and Henselt letters is given. The aim of the research is to give a comparative portrait of two outstanding European Romantics who determined the development of the 19th century pianism, having studied their epistolary, and also musical manuscripts containing sketches of the second part of Henselt's Concerto in F minor op. 16 and his Etude in D Major op. 2 No. 9. Keywords: European Romanticism, St. Petersburg Piano School, unknown archival materials, Franz Liszt, Adolf von Henselt. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.07.2018.080 Contacts: E-mail: olgaskorby@mail.ru Pp. 28-38.