Hugh Reginald Haweis in Villa d'Este, Tivoli - 1880

from My Musical Life, pages 663-6:

I had conceived, ever since I had studied the life and works of CHOPIN, the greatest desire to hear him played by LISZT: indeed, the numbers of those CHOPIN still living who have had this privilege must be very limited. I ventured to say, "CHOPIN always maintained that you were the most perfect exponent of his works. I cannot say how grateful I should be to hear, were it only a fugitive passage of …   more >>

cite as

Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898), p. 663-6. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438006506960 accessed: 3 December, 2024

location of experience: Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Listeners

Hugh Reginald Haweis
Cleric, Writer
1839-1901

Listening to

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op. 48
written by Chopin
performed by Franz Liszt
op. 37
written by Chopin
performed by Franz Liszt

Experience Information

Date/Time 1880
Medium live
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by sp327 on Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:15:07 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:16:13 +0100