... that Franz Liszt's female admirers would fight over his cigar stubs and coffee dregs as souvenirs?
Source: "The behaviour of his audiences has been compared to the mass hysteria associated with revivalist meetings or 20th-century rock stars, and prompted Heine to identify the phenomenon as ‘Lisztomania’. Female admirers sought souvenirs in the form of hair clippings, cigar stubs and the dregs from his coffee cups." Eckhardt, Maria; Mueller, Rena Charnin; Walker, Alan (2001). "§8: The Glanzzeit, 1839–47". Liszt, Franz [Ferenc]. Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48265. ISBN978-1-56159-263-0.
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