Faust Symphony Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein, "Anything having to do with Goethe is dangerous for me to handle." However, the final catalyst for the symphony came in a two-month period between August and October 1854. This period coincided with a visit to Weimar by English novelist Mary Ann (Marian) Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot. Her consort George Henry Lewes was gathering information for his biography of Goethe. During visits to Liszt's residence, the Altenburg, Lewes and Eliot had several discussions with both him and Princess Carolyne about Goethe and his place in German literature. Once Liszt began writing,
Mary Ann Delafield DuBois Mary Ann Delafield DuBois Mary Ann Delafield DuBois (November 6, 1813 — October 27, 1888) was an American sculptor and philanthropist. In 1854 she was co-founder of New York's Nursery and Child's Hospital, and was the hospital's director. Mary Ann Delafield was born in London, the daughter of an American father, John Delafield, and his English wife, Mary Roberts Delafield. Her father, a banker, was in England during the War of 1812, and Mary Ann moved to New York City after her mother died in 1819. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1825. During the Panic of 1837, DuBois