Robert Schumann in Holland - at the end of 1853

from Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte., page 163:

How I wish I could listen to your beautiful playing again! Was it all a dream - our tour in Holland last winter, your brilliant reception everywhere, particularly at Rotterdam, and the torches carried in our honour. You played the E-flat Concerto, Beethoven’s sonatas in C major and F minor, Chopin’s studies, Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, and my new Konzertstück in D in such glorious fashion.

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Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte (ed.), Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte. (New York, 1979), p. 163. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424691738393 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Holland

Listeners

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Lieder ohne Worte
written by Fanny Mendelssohn

Experience Information

Date/Time at the end of 1853
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public

Notes

Letter from Robert Schumann to Clara Schumann, Endenich, September 14, 1854.


Originally submitted by verafonte on Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:42:18 +0000
Approved on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:05:57 +0000