![]() In his 20s and 30s, he had a history of high-profile affairs with married noblewomen, which added to his allure. Young Franz Liszt had quite the reputation as a heartbreaker. Franz Liszt’s Scandalous Love Affairs Portrait de Marie de Flavigny Agoult, comtesse d’Agoult by Henri Lehmann, 1839, via Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris ![]() So just what was it that made Franz Liszt so magnetic to so many at this time in history? Here are 4 reasons why Liszt was so adored by his fans.ġ. No longer relying on wealthy patrons, Romantic poets and artists had to build a following to survive in the arts. In the romantic music era, the modern celebrity was starting to take shape. “And what is the real cause of this phenomenon?… A physician whose speciality is the disorders of women and with whom I conversed as to the magic which our Liszt exercises on his public, smiled mysteriously and told many things of magnetism, galvanism, electricity, of contagion in an overheated hall.”Īnecdotes aplenty tell us Franz Liszt had reached meteoric stardom. Articulating the craze in 1844, Heinrich Hein penned the term “Lisztomania.” He described it as a contagion in medical terms: Packed crowds stole cuttings of his hair, his coffee dregs - even his cigar butts.Ĭoncert halls were pandemonium. Before there was “merch,” there were women pasting Liszt’s likeness onto their brooches and cameos. Women reportedly fought over handkerchiefs Liszt had used, or crafted his broken piano strings into bracelets. Liszt had a habit of making female fans do some crazy things. ![]() Wherever he went, Franz Liszt inspired delirium in starstruck fans - mostly women. The glamorous pianist toured the breadth of Europe. Quite rightly, Franz Liszt has been called the world’s first rock star. Franz Liszt and Lisztomania Portrait of Franz Liszt by Ary Scheffer, via The British Museum, London ![]()
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