How did Hungarian magnates support Franz Liszt’s musical education?

After Franz Liszt gave his first public concert at age nine in Sopron and Pozsony, his performance deeply impressed local Hungarian magnates. Recognizing his exceptional talent, these patrons provided the necessary funding to support his musical education for the next six years.12

This financial backing allowed Liszt’s father, Ádám Liszt, to obtain a leave of absence from his professional duties and relocate the family to Vienna. There, the young prodigy was able to study piano with Carl Czerny—a former pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven—and composition with Antonio Salieri, the musical director at the Viennese court.2