Amy Fay et al. in Weimar - 21 May, 1873

from Music-Study in Germany: The Classic Memoir of the Romantic Era, pages 216-217:

To-day being my birthday, I thought I must go to Liszt by way of celebration. I wasn't really ready to play to him, but I took his second Ballade with me, and thought I'd ask him some questions about some hard places in it. He insisted upon my playing it... So I sat down, expecting he would take my head off, but, strange to say, he seemed to be delighted with my playing, and said that I had "quite touched him." Think of that from Liszt, and when I was playing his own composition! When I went out he accompanied me to the door, took my hand in both of his and said, "To-day you've covered …   more >>

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Amy Fay, Music-Study in Germany: The Classic Memoir of the Romantic Era (2011), p. 216-217. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424797669063 accessed: 3 December, 2024

location of experience: Weimar

Listeners

Amy Fay
Pianist
1844-1928
Franz Liszt
Franciscan Tertiary, Composer, Conducting, Pianist […]
1811-1886

Listening to

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Ballade No. 2
written by Franz Liszt
performed by Amy Fay

Experience Information

Date/Time 21 May, 1873
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:07:49 +0000
Approved on Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:47:15 +0100