Salon97 - classical music with attitude » Franz Liszt http://www.salon97.org Classical music for the other 97% Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:33:56 +0000 en hourly 1 Top 4 Ways You Can Be Studly Like Liszt http://www.salon97.org/uncategorized/studly-like-liszt/ http://www.salon97.org/uncategorized/studly-like-liszt/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:47:15 +0000 Cariwyl Hebert http://www.salon97.org/?p=694

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Top 5 Ways You Can Be Like Franz Liszt,
the Ultimate Stud

Franz Liszt. Legendary virtuosic pianist. Fabulous composer, despite the current debate over whether his work was any good or not. And oh, how the women swooned. They threw their handkerchiefs at him in appreciation of his talent and physical beauty. This phenomenon is referred to as Lisztomania.

And now fast forward to the 21st century. French pop band Phoenix writes the song “Lisztomania.”

Oh, to be a stud like Liszt! YOU CAN BE.
Here’s how:

  1. Be an excellent pianist. (Yeah, that may be a lot to ask.)
  2. Write incredibly virtuosic works that others struggle to perform correctly. (A lofty task, I am well aware.)
  3. Have someone make a wide-release movie about you or write what will be come a very popular song about you. (Maybe??)
  4. Be a philanthropist. Franz Liszt taught over 400 students in a 40 year period and never charged for a lesson. And by the time he was in his mid-40s, Liszt started giving most of his performance earnings to numerous organizations he felt were worthy of his financial support.

    This one is easy! Contribute to Salon97 for our annual fundraiser to help keep our programming alive. We only ask for donations once per year! It’s easy to donate.

    ]]> http://www.salon97.org/uncategorized/studly-like-liszt/feed/ 0 Lisztomania http://www.salon97.org/uncategorized/lisztomania/ http://www.salon97.org/uncategorized/lisztomania/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:01:09 +0000 Cariwyl Hebert http://www.salon97.org/?p=348 DYK? The band Phoenix wrote Lisztomania in honor of composer Franz Liszt‘s studly awesomeness.

    That was yesterday’s weekly classical trivia text message. I thought it only apropos to follow up and post the video on our site!

    Here’s Lisztomania by Phoenix (yes, it was featured on Gossip Girl, too):

    And that isn’t where “Lisztomania” ends, either! In 1975, a film called Lisztomania was released. I haven’t seen it yet, but when I do I’ll post about it.

    Oh, and there’s also a Wikipedia page about Lisztomania aka Liszt Fever. Whoa! Talk about stud. People are still freaking out about Franz Liszt almost 170 years later!

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