excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 66 (91 words)
excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 66 (91 words)
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Miss HARRIETT YOUNG, the author of several popular songs, was a brilliant amateur pianist. Her singing she had a light high soprano was even more esteemed; people were not musical enough to understand the merit of her playing. I remember hearing her in the MENDELSSOHN D minor trio at PROFESSOR, D'ALQUEN'S one night, and being much overcome by my feelings at the wild and magnificent close, I turned to a musician who was standing close to me and exclaimed, "'Tis like going up to heaven by a whirlwind!" He merely stared. |
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