Harcourt Algeranoff in New York - May, 1922
from My Years With Pavlova, page 61:
Even in New York the World of Art was still our only recreation. We heard Kreisler, whose tours, like ours, were managed by Sol Hurok. I couldn’t help wondering why such a brilliant violinist at the height of his career still played works like Liebeslied, which seemed so hackneyed.
“You have no soul,” was the only answer I had from Muriel Stuart when I protested. I suppose he played it for the same reason that … more >>
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Harcourt Algeranoff, My Years With Pavlova (London, 1957), p. 61. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1456511825496 accessed: 15 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Carmen
written by Georges Bizet |
performed by Geraldine Farrar |
Liebeslied
written by Fritz Kreisler |
performed by Fritz Kreisler |
Sally
written by Jerome Kern |
Experience Information
Date/Time | May, 1922 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:37:41 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:52:16 +0100