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Lisztomania
This year marks the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt, that demon of the keyboard who made women swoon, men gape and rivals jealous. Superstar, ladies' man: Happy 200th Franz Liszt. He was the world's first musical superstar, a bigger-than-life personality with a wild mane of hair who seated adoring women around his piano onstage and had his own "mania" cult long before the Beatles. He was the world's first musical superstar, a bigger-than-life personality with a wild mane of hair who seated adoring women around his piano on stage and had his own "mania" cult long before the Beatles.
Liszt, the grand man of Hungarian music, was born in the then-Hungarian, now Austrian, village of Doborjan, on Oct 22, 1811. He was an extraordinary personality, was a 19th century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianistand teacher, pointing forward, not only by developing piano technique.Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the 19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist, contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin. As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony Liszt, the grand man of Hungarian music, was born in the then-Hungarian, now Austrian, village of Doborjan, on Oct 22, 1811. He was an extraordinary personality, was a 19th century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianistand teacher, pointing forward, not only by developing piano technique. Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the 19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist, contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin.
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Lisztomania
This year marks the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt, that demon of the keyboard who made women swoon, men gape and rivals jealous. Superstar, ladies' man: Happy 200th Franz Liszt. He was the world's first musical superstar, a bigger-than-life personality with a wild mane of hair who seated adoring women around his piano onstage and had his own "mania" cult long before the Beatles. He was the world's first musical superstar, a bigger-than-life personality with a wild mane of hair who seated adoring women around his piano on stage and had his own "mania" cult long before the Beatles.
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