Maude V. White in Pesth, Hungary - in the beginning of the 1880's

from Friends and Memories, page 269:

But never, to my dying day, shall I forget the gipsies I heard that same night in Pesth. They came and played in the hall of the hotel where we had arranged to stay for two or three days. The landlord said to me, “Ah, you are in luck ! There is no such other ‘Zigeuner’ band in the whole country. When Liszt was here he kept them playing half through the night.” And so did I! I half-ruined myself over them. Never have I …   more >>

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Maude V. White, Friends and Memories (London, 1914), p. 269. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1452187482526 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Pesth, Hungary

Listeners

Maude V. White
Composer
1855-1937

Listening to

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Gipsy music

Experience Information

Date/Time in the beginning of the 1880's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:24:42 +0000
Approved on Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:00:00 +0100