Lowell Mason in Leipzig - 20 February, 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, pages 43-44:
The next evening (20th February), I attended one of the cheap, eating, drinking, smoking, talking, sitting-round-the-table, wearing-hat, &c., &c., &c., Concerts. The Orchestra numbered about thirty performers. It was really a fine Orchestra, though it appeared feeble in strings, (having only four violins on a part,) after listening to the Gewandhaus band. Beethoven’s Sym. No. 7, was played, and also Weber’s Overture to Oberon — with other music, including a very excellent new overture (manuscript) by W. Herfuth. The contrast was really a very excellent… more >>
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 43-40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448279813455 accessed: 14 October, 2024
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Overture
written by W. Herfuth |
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Oberon Overture
written by Carl Maria von Weber |
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Symphony No. 7
written by Beethoven |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 20 February, 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |