1426844063320: Often was I lulled to sleep, when a baby, by the d... 1426866472178: 1426866679584: 1426868462112: 1427123680125: 1427124196474: 1427124354563: Few concert-givers visited our town, which offered... 1427126402007: 1427127227616: 1427128280641: It was in Darmstadt also that I first heard a real... 1427128469377: 1427128625141: I received an invitation to dinner from the banker... 1427193028070: For some months I hardly ever left my rooms, and o... 1427193333106: 1427193557013: 1427193805346: His [Chopin's] public appearances were few and far... 1427194945090: 1427195098003: In spite of his declining physical strength, the c... 1427195277640: The last time I saw him [Chopin] was in England ; ... 1427195363078: I had the pleasure afterwards to welcome him [Cho... 1427195583685: A few days after having made the acquaintance of C... 1427216215328: At an orchestral concert given by him and conduct... 1427216492110: It may serve to characterise the state of musical ... 1427216827077: With Thalberg there came a new sensation in the sa... 1427227295940: I was happy to meet a man [Stephen Heller] whose w... 1427228164732: My circumstances were gradually improving, thanks ... 1427306369967: On one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, after I had... 1427376261167: [O]n December 5, 1837, I went with him to the Hote... 1427376645595: Of his perfect command over the orchestra, Berlioz... 1427376806996: This absolute command over the orchestra I had alr... 1427377687003: 1427383935626: [A]t Hiller's house, where we usually met, I becam... 1427384393866: Mendelssohn's playing was not exactly that of a ' ... 1427384489066: He [Mendelsohnn] was also a great organist, and I ... 1427384862507: The greatest treat, however, was to sit with him a... 1427385243706: 1427385418826: It is well known that when he [Mendelssohn] revive... 1427386399619: 1427390075008: Musical afternoons became gradually more and more ... 1427390571624: 1427395332010: The directors of the Philharmonic Society had deci... 1427402033802: 1427402564358: One scene I witnessed characterises another side o... 1427404068051: A choral society of amateurs had been formed in Pa... 1427451806030: Moscheles had often been at my house in Paris, eve... 1427453513060: Often I was fetched from my house even as late as ... 1427453670449: On its [a sonata] completion, Moscheles gave a gr... 1427454661522: 1427456085583: Not long after my arrival in Manchester I had occa... 1427469809309: On my return to Manchester after the summer season... 1427470981972: A clergyman of middle age appeared one day at my h... 1427796822408: Lord Dudley, that munificent patron of the arts, a... 1427828977230: I went to Manchester for the first performance of ... 1428829255532: 1428830231762: 1428831408651: I practise harder and harder, and have bought some... 1428856536083: The Court Orchestra, which contains from sixty to ... 1428862548164: The day after Kalkbrenner's return I went to see h... 1428863903251: 1428864230714: The same evening I went to dine with Baron Eichtha... 1428865265881: I have now heard him [Liszt] twice : at the rehear... 1428916140908: Above all give me news of your work, dear Heller..... 1428916738669: 1428917040472: Sivori was here lately, at the Free Trade Hall, bu... 1428917172953: Sainton played a fortnight ago at the Concert Hall... 1428918613168: [T]he new choral society, of which I had laid the ... 1428918879449: Yesterday I [Sir Charles Halle] first rehearsed wi... 1428933766192: I assisted at the rehearsal of a grand concert, wh... 1429016870766: At the station I got into the midst of a regiment ... 1429179741385: Yesterday I went to Birmingham to hear a rehearsal... 1429179869162: Since I wrote last I have been to Birmingham and h... 1429181397048: 'Parsifal,' yesterday, made a very deep impression... 1429192655689: 1429192766834: In the afternoon we saw a good many things, and at... 1430077453874: Rehearsal at the Concert Hall in the evening. Hayd... 1430078174559: Molique arrived towards four o'clock and accompani... 1430079480801: 1430079724342: Finished reading Marschner's ' Vampire.' The work ... 1430080973751: At 11 looked up Mr. Gunton to talk over the perfor... 1430082769072: 1430251284601: In the evening [I had a ] choral rehearsal at the ... 1430253311696: In the evening choral and orchestral rehearsal of ... 1430255036032: The performance of the 'Elijah' this evening was i... 1430256193639: Worked at the analysis of Schumann's trio for the ... 1432551951993: Mr. Wilson called at twelve o'clock with a little ... 1432553524389: Shortly after we had to dress to drive to Governme... 1432760056097: The ' Emperor ' Concerto made a great impression l... 1432760180759: The Beethoven Concerto on Thursday evening had an ... 1432760363658: Yesterday I had a rehearsal of Beethoven's C Minor... 1432760733953: To-day at 11 o'clock the Mayor received us in the ... 1432760809154: Yesterday evening we dined with Lord and Lady Kint... 1432760969231: The first concert here was a great surprise to us.... 1432761177621: In the evening we went to hear the Cathedral choir... 1436195820165: | 