Adoring Female Fans? Reframing Franz Liszt’s Relationships with Women through the Lens of the Salon
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v14i1.8904Keywords:
classical music, music, music history, LisztAbstract
This article explores the relationship of the well-known classical composer Franz Liszt and women. During his European tours of the 1830s and 1840s, audiences were enthralled by Liszt’s charisma and dramatic musicianship, which initiated a wave of Liszt fever. Women, especially, were enthralled by Liszt’s performances and later played a central role in the development of his career. With Liszt’s participation in various salons, his relationships with women as interlocutors, friends or intellectual equals are further portrayed.
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