Virginia Woolf in London - 15 February, 1932

from The diary of Virginia Woolf, pages 77-78:

[...] to the Busch Quartet where I met Elena R. & reflected upon the transiency of human beauty, passion, & illusion; & so up to lunch.

cite as

Virginia Woolf, and Anne Olivier Bell and Andrew McNeillie (ed.), The diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 4 (Harmondsworth, ), p. 77-78. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446221716149 accessed: 23 December, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Virginia Woolf
Writer
1882-1941

Listening to

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Beethoven performed by Busch Quartet
Brahms performed by Rudolf Serkin, Busch Quartet
unspecified Dvořák String Quintet
written by Antonín Dvorák
performed by Busch Quartet

Experience Information

Date/Time 15 February, 1932
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Footnote gives details of the concert performance pieces.


Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:15:17 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 08:14:53 +0000