Concert audience in Leghorn, Italy - 1808
from My Musical Life, page 350:
In 1808 he obtained from the GRAND DUCHESS leave to travel. His fame had preceded him. Leghorn, where seven years before he had forfeited his famous Stradivarius and won a Guarnerius, received him with open arms, although his appearance was marked by an amusing contretemps. He came on to the stage limping, having run a nail into his heel. … more >>
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Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 350. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437823433827 accessed: 14 November, 2024
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Listening to
hide composersperformance of 'unspecified' | performed by Paganini |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1808 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:23:54 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:15:27 +0100