When you think of superstar musicians, who comes to mind? Elvis? The Beatles? Jim Morrison? What if I told you that the first ever musical superstar was a classical pianist named Franz Liszt... During concerts in the 1840s crowds of women would try to steal his clothes, cut off his hair, fight over broken piano strings, secret his coffee dregs and wore portraits of him to the concerts. How did this all start? Why was he so popular? Join us this week as discuss the life of Franz Liszt and his charisma at the piano.
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