Lisztomania

English thumb|In The Concert Hall by Theodor Hosemann, 1842, caricatured Liszt and his fans. Etymology From en Liszt -o- -mania, en Franz Liszt Hungarian composer = 1 1811 1886. Coined as en de Lisztomanie by Heinrich Heine in 1844. Noun - en Q3427927 en historical A feverish enthusiasm for the music of Franz Liszt. en Liszt fever en 1996 Craig M. Wright Listening to Music 9780314067524 Lisztomania swept across Europe. Despite their obvious sensationalism, Liszt's concerts in the 1840s established the format of our modern-day piano recital. He was the first to play entire programs from memory (not reading from music). en Lisztomania (song) Lisztomania Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Phoenix (band) Phoenix 2009 A Lisztomania / Think less but see it grow / Like a ride, like a riot, oh / Not easily offended en 2011 Bunny Ultramod The Bold and The Terrible: How To Become a Superstar With Just an IPad, $60, and Two Weeks Bunny Ultramod 9781458086174 There's always been some of this about — classical pianist and composer Franz Liszt acquired fanatical followers, who stalked him and became so overbearing at his concerts that the phrase Lisztomania was invented to describe it. en 2011-10-22 How Franz Liszt Became The World's First Rock Star npr music https://www.npr.org/2011/10/22/141617637/how-franz-liszt-became-the-worlds-first-rock-star/ The cultural impact of Lisztomania continues to take various forms today. In 1975, Ken Russell directed a film called Lisztomania, starring The Who's Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt. https://web.archive.org/web/20260927012646/https://www.npr.org/2011/10/22/141617637/how-franz-liszt-became-the-worlds-first-rock-star 27 September 2026 en 2014 Jon Paxman A Chronology Of Western Classical Music 1600-2000 Omnibus Press 9781783231218 The poet Heinrich Heine dubbed this phenomenon 'Lisztomania'. Listening to the rampaging symphonic gestures of Mazeppa (1840) or the fireworks of the Paganini Études (1840), one can easily imagine the frenzied emotions of the Translations German: de Lisztomanie f See also en Beatlemania Further reading en Music