Concert audience in Ferrara - 1808
from My Musical Life, page 351:
At Ferrara both he and his violin met with a different reception. A singer had failed him, and he had induced a danseuse who had a pretty voice to come to the rescue. Some graceless fellow in the audience hissed her singing, which caused PAGANINI to take a revenge little suited to the occasion. In his last solo he imitated the cries of … more >>
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Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 351. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1437823700026 accessed: 10 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersperformance of 'Unspecified' | performed by Unnamed female singer, 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 12:28:20 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:14:51 +0100