Felix Mendelssohn in London - the 1840's
from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 195:
Another incident, haud obliviscari took place that evening. He [Mendelsohnn] made me play a Bach prelude to him, with cold perspiration running down my back and in such an agony of nervousness as I have never since been called upon to fight against — I was only nine years old and extremely sensitive — and, when my terrible ordeal had come to an end, patted my head, kissed me between the eyes, and said: "Little fellow, you were born a musician, and will play the piano some day." I doubt whether that night there was another so happy… more >>
William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 195. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447705841130 accessed: 13 October, 2024
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prelude
written by Bach |
performed by William Beatty-Kingston |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1840's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |