Hermann Klein in London - between 1870 and 1871
from Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, pages 25-26:
The terrors of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871) drove to London large numbers of refugees, many of them celebrities connected with the leading musical and dramatic institutions of Paris...Then it was that I went to Covent Garden and heard for the first time Adelina Patti, Pauline Lucca, Scalchi, Tamberlik, Mario, Bettini, Faure, Cotogni, Tagliafico; or, at Her Majesty's, Christine Nilsson, Tietjens, Trebelli, Marimon, Lima di Murska, Mongini, Gardoni, Capoul, Wachtel, Agnesi, Eota, Santley, Foli, Carl Formes. Then it was that in the concert-room I listened to… more >>
Hermann Klein, Thirty Years of Musical Life in London (New York, 1903), p. 25-26. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438947752503 accessed: 27 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersVarious artists | performed by Carl Somes, Carlotta Piatti, Christine Nilsson, Lima de Murska, Clara Schumann, Theresa Tietjens, Joseph Joachim, Henri Vieuxtemps |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 1870 and 1871 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Many artists fled to London during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871