Wilhelm Ganz in Queen's Hall - the 1900's

from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 273:

Very few years later public interest was at last aroused by Sir Henry Wood's and Mr. Thomas Beecham's performances of Strauss's works at the Queen's Hall, and at the first performance of Ein Heldenleben, which I attended, the hall was packed. A young Strauss enthusiast, who was sitting next to me, said, " I was in the Rocky Mountains when I read that Heldenleben was to be given in London, so I packed up and came straight back."

cite as

Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 273. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436445738562 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Queen's Hall

Listeners

Wilhelm Ganz
Accompanyist, Composer, Conducting, Teacher
1833-1914

Listening to

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Ein Heldenleben
written by Richard Strauss
performed by Henry Wood

Experience Information

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

Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:42:18 +0100
Approved on Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:57:38 +0000