Charlotte Moscheles in Paris - in the middle of 1839

from Recent Music and Musicians, page 259:

Can you understand how people can set such horrors to music? The one writes about the plague; the other worse. I am no saint but organ playing and church music are out of place in a theatre. And when the graves open, and the dead nuns rise, I can't help shuddering.

cite as

Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 259. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430903585194 accessed: 19 April, 2024

location of experience: Paris

Listeners

Listening to

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Guido et Ginevra
written by Jacques Fromental Halévy
Robert le Diable
written by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer

Experience Information

Date/Time in the middle of 1839
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Wed, 06 May 2015 10:13:05 +0100