Ignatz Moscheles in London - between 1830 and 1831
from Recent Music and Musicians, page 163:
What musical follies are daily perpetrated, for one shilling a head, in the Egyptian Hall! Michael Boai, a German, who hits his chin with his fists, producing thereby sounds in which a tune is discernible and variations thereon, and an Englishman who pretends he can produce two tones at once by humming like a clarionet and muttering a bass tone simultaneously. What rubbish all this! Equally ineffective is a band of Russian horn music, each member having a reed-pipe capable of producing but one note, which, in the performance of pieces, he brought in
with unerring precision.
cite as
Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 163. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429696492190 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersRussian horn music | |
vocal music
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Michael Boai |
vocal music |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 1830 and 1831 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:54:52 +0100