Ignatz Moscheles in Leipzig - February, 1850
from Recent Music and Musicians, page 360:
We have heard Mendelssohn's ' Œdipus;' the deep pathos of the choral music, the 'ring of ancient days,' acted like magic on my senses, and I felt recalled to the classic times of Grecian poetry. The audience forgot to applaud, whether from ignorance or excess of delight, I cannot say.
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Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 360. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432119977584 accessed: 3 January, 2025
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Mendelssohn's Oedipus
written by Felix Mendelssohn |
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Date/Time | February, 1850 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Wed, 20 May 2015 12:06:17 +0100