Antonio James Oury - the 1850's
from My Musical Life, page 44:
I had a good deal of orchestral practice at Brighton. The Symphony Society that met at the Pavilion, Brighton. was never very strong, but we blazed away at the principle overtures, "Der Freyschiitz," "Ma- saniello," "Figaro," "Dame Blanche," “Cheval de Bronze”; we shuffled through HAYDN'S symphonies, and scrambled over MOZART'S "Jupiter" and BEETHOVEN'S 8th, very much to our own satisfaction. I remember the disgust of OURY when an enterprising amateur let off a pistol behind the platform to reinforce the sudden explosion on the drum in the Surprise movement.
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Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 44. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437672626512 accessed: 6 December, 2024
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Symphony No. 8
written by Beethoven |
performed by Brighton Symphony Society, Hugh Reginald Haweis |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1850's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:30:26 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:35:55 +0100