 He wrote on 23 December 1829 that his schedule was so full of lessons that each day, from half-past eight in the morning till 10 at night, he had scarcely breathing time.Most of Liszt's students of this period were amateurs, but there were also some who made a professional career.An example of the former is Valérie Boissier, the later Comtesse de Gasparin.