William Beatty-Kingston in Vienna - mid 19th Century
from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 10:
The latter days of the dirty old Conservatoire were also those of my residence in Vienna, where I contracted a close friendship with Hellmesberger the elder […] It was at his particular request that I took to " dropping in" upon the afternoon orchestral "practices" of the Conservatoire pupils, which took place twice or thrice a week under his personal direction. No musician could fail to be deeply interested by these exercises, in which the foremost rank was assigned to sight-reading.
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William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 10. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444161608841 accessed: 26 December, 2024
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hide composersOrchestral practice | performed by Conservatoire students |
Experience Information
Date/Time | mid 19th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:00:09 +0100
Approved on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:49:06 +0000