Ignatz Moscheles in Birmingham - 28 August, 1846
from Recent Music and Musicians, pages 325-326:
We had a miscellaneous selection; the chief feature consisting of pieces from Beethoven and Spohr. The orchestral parts of a short recitative, the words of which had been printed in the books for the audience, were not forthcoming; we were all in a difficulty, but Mendelssohn came to the rescue. He quietly betook himself to an adjoining room, and there, while the preceding pieces of the programme were being played, he composed the recitative, scored it, and copied the parts, and these were admirably played, with the ink scarcely dry, at first sight, by the band the public knew nothing of what … more >>
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Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 325-326. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431697049159 accessed: 12 October, 2024
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music by Beethoven
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music by Mendelssohn
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
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music by Spohr
written by Louis Spohr |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 28 August, 1846 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 15 May 2015 14:37:29 +0100