in The Great Exhibition - 1851

from My Musical Life, pages 11-12:

I remember perfectly well falling into a kind of dream as I leant over the painted iron balcony and looked down on this splendid vista. The silverbell-like tones of an Erard it was the 1000 guinea piano pierced through the human hum, and noise of splashing waters, but it was a long way off. Suddenly, in the adjoining gallery, the large organ broke out with a blare of trumpets that…   more >>

cite as

Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 11-12. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437637327937 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: The Great Exhibition

Listening to

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Wedding March
written by Felix Mendelssohn

Experience Information

Date/Time 1851
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:42:08 +0100
Approved on Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:59:27 +0100