Ignatz Moscheles in Germany - 1823

from Recent Music and Musicians, pages 56-57:

At this first hearing of 'Olympia' I found much that was grand and indicative of genius, without concealing from myself the weakness of many passages. Zelter, who delighted in opposing every modern 'eccentricity', as he called most of the innovations, declared that he could hear plenty of such noisy music outside the opera-house without going into it.
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Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 56-57. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429003429330 accessed: 9 October, 2024

location of experience: Germany

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Ignatz Moscheles
Head of Leigzig Conservertoir, Composer, Conducting, Musician […]
1794-1870

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Olympia
written by Gaspare Spontini

Experience Information

Date/Time 1823
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:23:49 +0100