Joseph Szigeti in Isle of Man - in the beginning of the 1900's
from With strings attached- Reminiscences and reflections, 2nd edition, enlarged, page 180:
And when, soon afterwards, the strike having been called off, I joined the other holiday-makers in a rowboat trip to the dreadnought, almost spilling into the sea while transferring to the rope ladder, about the first thing I saw on deck was—an upright piano. Prominently displayed on this was a cardboard sign painted by one of the sailors and reading PLEASE GIVE US A TUNE! Soon the warship resounded with music-hall songs, clog-dance tunes, and ballads, contributed by eager if not very skillful hands. Boatloads full of merrymakers kept playing back and forth, sight-seeing parties guided by … more >>
cite as
Joseph Szigeti, With strings attached- Reminiscences and reflections, 2nd edition, enlarged (New York, 1967), p. 180. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433265752847 accessed: 19 September, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersballads | |
clog-dance tunes | |
music-hall songs |
Experience Information
Date/Time | in the beginning of the 1900's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:22:33 +0100
Approved on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:36:54 +0000