Ignatz Moscheles in Gewandhaus - in the beginning of 1853

from Recent Music and Musicians, page 374:

Gade,conductor of the Gewandhaus Concerts, has produced his Symphony with an obligate part for the pianoforte; the instrumentation of the work is beautiful, but the addition of pianoforte a useless innovation, as the band drowns it.
cite as

Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 374. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432290281625 accessed: 18 April, 2024

location of experience: Gewandhaus

Listeners

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

Listening to

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a Gade symphony
written by Gade

Experience Information

Date/Time in the beginning of 1853
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 22 May 2015 11:24:41 +0100