Hans Lüthy in Liverpool - the 1890's

from Bone of Contention: Life Story and Confessions, page 60:

[Mr. Lüthy] had in his house, in addition to a grand piano, one of those better-class American organs on which for his entertainment I would treat him to choral-sounding and mock fugal improvisations.  On the piano, when my small stock of Bach pieces was exhausted, I would improvise à la Bach or Handel and humbug him into believing that he was…   more >>

cite as

Cyril Scott, Bone of Contention: Life Story and Confessions (London, September, 1969), p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1467038075664 accessed: 9 December, 2024

location of experience: Liverpool

Listeners

Hans Lüthy
Cornbroker

Listening to

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Improvisation in the style of Bach or Handel performed by Cyril Scott

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1890's
Medium live
Listening Environment in private, indoors

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:34:35 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:22:46 +0100