Haydn Meets Liszt

Did you know. . . that it is likely that Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) met Franz Liszt's father, Adám Liszt (1776-1827)? According to a letter by F. Liszt dated June 5, 1885, Liszt says: "My father told me several times about his contacts with Haydn and the daily [card] parties--I forget which games--he played with him." Adám Liszt was a young cellist in Haydn's orchestra at Eisenstadt. Both Adám Liszt and Joseph Haydn were servants of Prince Nicholas II Esterházy. For perspective, in 1795, when Haydn, then 63, returned from London to resume conducting the court orchestra, Adám Liszt was only 19. (Sources: Alan Walker, Franz Liszt--(Vol 1.) The Virtuoso Years 1811-1847, (1990) p. 38-39. Also see, "Lisztiana with Three Unpublished Letters," Musical Quarterly, Vol. XLVII, No.4, (October) 1961, p.474