Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin, Liszt ya karanta sosai don shawo kan rashin ilimin ilimi, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya haɗu da yawancin manyan marubuta da masu zane-zane na zamaninsa, gami da Victor Hugo, Alphonse de Lamartine da Heinrich Heine. Bai hada komai ba a cikin wadannan shekarun. Duk da haka, juyin juya halin Yuli
na 1830 ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi don zana Symphony na juyin juya hali bisa ga abubuwan da suka faru na "ranaku uku masu daraja", kuma ya fi sha'awar abubuwan da ke kewaye da shi. Ya sadu da Hector Berlioz a ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1830, kwana ɗaya kafin farkon "Symphonie fantastique". Waƙar Berlioz ta yi tasiri sosai a kan Liszt, musamman ma daga baya lokacin da yake rubutu don ƙungiyar makaɗa. Har ila yau, ya gaji daga Berlioz halin kirki na yawancin ayyukansa.