Amy Fay in Berlin - December, 1873
from Music-Study in Germany: The Classic Memoir of the Romantic Era, pages 293-295:
Before definitely deciding to give up Kullak and come to him, Deppe insisted that I should hear one of his scholars play... [a] young lady pupil of whom he is very proud, named Fräulein Steiniger...
I was very much struck by her playing, which was remarkable, not so much for sentiment or poetry, of which she had little, but for the mastery she had over the instrument, and for the perfection with which she did everything. There was a clarity and limpidity about her trills and runs which surprised and delighted. Her left hand was as able as the right, and had a … more >>
Amy Fay, Music-Study in Germany: The Classic Memoir of the Romantic Era (2011), p. 293-295. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1425042469569 accessed: 9 November, 2024
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Prelude and Fugue
written by Bach |
performed by Fräulein Steiniger |
Quintette
written by Johann Nepomuk Hummel |
performed by Fräulein Steiniger |
Suite
written by Joachim Raff |
performed by Fräulein Steiniger |
Experience Information
Date/Time | December, 1873 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |