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 >>
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
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Ballade No. 2
written by Franz Liszt |
performed by Amy Fay |
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Date/Time | 21 May, 1873 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |