February 28, 2025Open Access

Adoring Female Fans? Reframing Franz Liszt’s Relationships with Women through the Lens of the Salon

Key Points

Liszt's relationships with women enhanced his musical career, creating a significant cultural impact through their participation.
Key evidence shows that female fans significantly influenced Liszt's work and public persona during the 1830s and 1840s.
This analysis examines Liszt's engagements in salons, highlighting their role as spaces for intellectual discourse and emotional connection.
Understanding these dynamics enriches the narrative of Liszt's life, implying a need for broader perspectives on artist-fan relationships.

Abstract

This article explores the relationship of the well-known classical composer Franz Liszt and women. During his European tours of the 1830s and 1840s, audiences were enthralled by Liszt’s charisma and dramatic musicianship, which initiated a wave of Liszt fever. Women, especially, were enthralled by Liszt’s performances and later played a central role in the development of his career. With Liszt’s participation in various salons, his relationships with women as interlocutors, friends or intellectual equals are further portrayed.

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Jungmin Kim (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5f0dad7bf08b1eae1ade https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v14i1.8904