Lisztomania: why did women go gaga for 19th century pianist Franz Liszt?
- Written by Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
In 1844, Berlin was struck by a cultural fever critics labelled Lisztomania.
The German poet Heinrich Heine coined the term after witnessing the almost delirious reception that greeted Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt in concert halls across Europe.
One widely circulated drawing from the 1840s crystallises the image. Women swoon or...
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