Ignatz Moscheles in Switzerland - in the middle of 1852

from Recent Music and Musicians, page 370:

We arrived late in the evening at Tetschen, hungry and tired to death, and ordered supper in our room; but oh, misery! the sound of a piano suddenly breaks upon us! Just imagine, only a thin door between me and Weber's 'Invitation a la Valse,' strummed by an unpracticed hand, and drawled out (to quote Mendelssohn) as 'a slow Presto.'
cite as

Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 370. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432136152766 accessed: 20 April, 2024

location of experience: Switzerland

Listeners

Ignatz Moscheles
Head of Leigzig Conservertoir, Composer, Conducting, Musician […]
1794-1870

Listening to

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Invitation a la Valse
written by Carl Maria von Weber

Experience Information

Date/Time in the middle of 1852
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by mallen on Wed, 20 May 2015 16:35:52 +0100