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Lisztomania - Franz Liszt’s killer charm

Recently I’m very interested in Franz Liszt ’s life, his music and his musical talent and while reading about his life story, I found that his popularity was even much more than I had imagined ! His killer charm made so many ladies crazy, to the point that they created a word for it, it was called “ Lisztomania “ which had never happened before at such an intensity. In fact, it was so intense, that people thought it was some kind of disease, a “ fever “, and they had people who suffered from this “fever “ go to the doctor to see what it was and how to “cure “ it. And the funny thing is they couldn’t figure out why this “ fever “ was only caused by one person - Franz Liszt . What is Lisztomania ? Here is the link for the explanation about Lisztomania , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania_(phenomenon) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Franz_Liszt “ Lisztomania or Liszt fever is a term used to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward Franz Liszt during his perfor...