![]() Will Orlofsky end up being right about Franz? There is certainly more to him than meets the eye. Especially since Franz was directly influenced by Paganini (who was known as the Devil’s Violinist), and because he came from Hungary, which bordered Transylvania at the time. Prince Orlofsky suspects that such a mesmerizing performer could be a vampire. His fans were also known to wear his used coffee grounds in a bottle around their neck, or keep his cigarette butt in their locket. Liszt was really the first performer to become a rock star: he toured all over Europe, he played his own music as well as covers, and if he left a glove on his piano women would rush and cut it up between themselves. This was called “Lisztomania,” and preceeded Beatlemania. ![]() ![]() Something about the mood lighting of the candles and the mesmerizing, attractive performer seemed to infect the audience. The women could hardly contain themselves at his atmospheric concerts. At the time of Prince Orlofsky’s trip to Paris, Europe was head-over-heels for a concert pianist named Franz Liszt. ![]()
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