Joseph Szigeti in Havana - in the middle of the 1900's

from With strings attached- Reminiscences and reflections, 2nd edition, enlarged, pages 204-205:

I have since had the experience in Havana of hearing some bombs go off in the middle of the Andante cantabile of Mozart’s D Major Concerto, and – later in the evening while walking along the grass-bordered Promenade – of being brushed (along with other promenaders) into the side streets by the unperturbed and- for such exigencies as theses- well-conditioned police of this beautiful and perhaps too eventful capital.
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Joseph Szigeti, With strings attached- Reminiscences and reflections, 2nd edition, enlarged (New York, 1967), p. 204-205. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433267261029 accessed: 26 December, 2024

location of experience: Havana

Listeners

Joseph Szigeti
Violinist
1892-1973

Listening to

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Mozart’s D Major Concerto
written by Mozart

Experience Information

Date/Time in the middle of the 1900's
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public

Originally submitted by tlisboa on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:47:41 +0100
Approved on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:33:11 +0000