What Is Lisztomania? Understanding the Origins of the Word In Context

In this week's video we're taking a closer look at the origins of the word "Lisztomania" and understanding how the word came to be. Do you know how it came to be associated with Franz Liszt? What's the difference between this and something like the "Beatlemania" of the 60s? And what does this word have to do with 19th century medicine? All of these topics and more to be discussed today!

Music Used
Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor - Liszt
Liebesliederwalzer Op. 52 no 6 - Brahms

Attributions and Citations

Hungarian Rhapsody no 2/Martha Goldstein/CC BY-SA 3.0
https://musopen.org/music/44101-hungarian-rhapsody-no-2-s-2442/

Liszt, Franz., Walker, Alan. Franz Liszt: The virtuoso years, 1811-1847. United States: Cornell University Press, 1987.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Franz_Liszt_The_virtuoso_years_1811_1847/lCw4cxHmpgYC?hl=en&gbpv=0

Gooley, Associate Professor of Music Dana., Gooley, Dana., Dana, Gooley. The Virtuoso Liszt. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Virtuoso_Liszt/koSQAjlxeOIC?hl=en&gbpv=0