Ethel Waters in Metro Government - early 20th Century
from His Eye Is On the Sparrow, pages 171,172:
As almost always happens after some ordeal I've been through, I soon got a little belly-laugh relief. For example, the Louisville theater we played in on the way home had a three-piece orchestra that had delusions of grandeur at every performance. They opened the show by playing such high-brow pieces as "Poet and Peasant" and the "Overture" to William Tell. But they had one bad handicap besides their lack of talent. It was very drafty in their pit, and their sheet music was always blowing off the piano stand. When that happened the drummer would carry on with William Tell all by himself, … more >>
Charles Samuels and Ethel Waters, His Eye Is On the Sparrow (1950), p. 171,172. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429790274398 accessed: 22 December, 2024
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William Tell Overture
written by Rossini |
performed by anonymous theatre orchestra |
Poet and Peasant | performed by anonymous theatre orchestra |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |