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In 1885 the New York Times wrote that

In 1885 the New York Times wrote that

: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.