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:it would not perhaps be going too far were he to be described as being the greatest living musician.... Himself the pupil of [[Beethoven]], the father-in-law of Herr von Bülow and [[Richard Wagner]], the preceptor of [[Rubenstein]] and Sophie Menter, his is the link between the music of the past and the music of the future.<ref name=atweimar>"Franz Liszt at Weimar," ''The New York Times,'' July 3, 1885, p. 2</ref>

:it would not perhaps be going too far were he to be described as being the greatest living musician.... Himself the pupil of [[Beethoven]], the father-in-law of Herr von Bülow and [[Richard Wagner]], the preceptor of [[Rubenstein]] and Sophie Menter, his is the link between the music of the past and the music of the future.<ref name=atweimar>"Franz Liszt at Weimar," ''The New York Times,'' July 3, 1885, p. 2</ref>

Liszt's career as a pianist coincided with the rise of music played for the public as a commercial enterprise. His performances were fabulously successful, and in the 1840s the word "Lisztomania" was coined to describe the public reaction. The analogies with modern celebrity are strong; Richard Schickel wrote that "before Sinatra at the Paramount there had been, of course, Lisztomania in Europe.<ref>Schickel, Richard (1985) ''Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity''</ref>. A 1985 movie by [[Ken Russell]] entitled ''Lisztomania'' played on the similarities, with real-life rock star [[Roger Daltrey]] (lead singer of [[The Who]]) playing the role of Liszt.  

Liszt's career as a pianist coincided with the rise of music played for the public as a commercial enterprise. His performances were fabulously successful, and in the 1840s the word "Lisztomania" was coined to describe the public reaction. The analogies with modern celebrity are strong; Richard Schickel wrote that "before Sinatra at the Paramount there had been, of course, Lisztomania in Europe.<ref>Schickel, Richard (1985) ''Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity''</ref> A 1985 movie by [[Ken Russell]] entitled ''Lisztomania'' played on the similarities, with real-life rock star [[Roger Daltrey]] (lead singer of [[The Who]]) playing the role of Liszt.  

Liszt was a romantic in two senses. He was an exponent of the musical style known as [[Romantic period (music)|romanticism]]. He was also a man about whom it was said that "as long as he lived, women fluttered around him as moths about a candle."

Liszt was a romantic in two senses. He was an exponent of the musical style known as [[Romantic period (music)|romanticism]]. He was also a man about whom it was said that "as long as he lived, women fluttered around him as moths about a candle."