RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Calloway <ifoufo AT yahoo.com>]

--- Todd Morman <tmorman AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Oh, I dunno. Listz gave up his performing career in
> the 1840s, and his
> virtuoso over-the-top shows were heavily hyped and
> famous for women swooning
> and throwing things. I'd say he should get the first
> pop star thing before
> Strauss the younger.

ok, i'll give it up for that. i think you've to me.
afterall, listz did smash pianos as he played them.
albeit, they weren't made all that well. but even with
a more fragile piano, i think he'd have to have been
pretty theatrical in a sensational way to destroy
pianos simply by playing them.

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