Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky - 19th Century
from Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte., page 260:
In his chamber music Mozart fascinates me by his purity and distinction of style and his exquisite handling of the parts. Here, too, there are things that bring tears to our eyes. I shall mention only the adagio of the G-minor String Quintet. No one else has ever known how to interpret so beautifully and exquisitely in music the feeling of resignation and inconsolable sorrow. Every time Laub played the adagio I had to hide in the farthest corner of the concert-room so that others would not see how much this music affected me.
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. 260. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424696916509 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
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Experience Information
| Date/Time | 19th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in public |
Notes
Letter from Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck, an admirer of Tchaikovsky who granted him an annuity for thirteen years, Clarens, March 28, 1878.