A Musician's Narrative
A Musician's Narrative (written work, Memoir/autobiography)
| Listening experiences | 1431095156754: During a recent revival of The Beggar's Opera I wa... 1431095371478: And the first orchestral music I can clearly recol... 1431095811176: My initiation into the ever-fascinating realm of O... 1431096070376: Of a somewhat later date is the recollection of a ... 1431096468026: Good reel players still existed in numbers, and I ... 1431097204957: In the case of The Nameless Lassie, its composer i... 1431097376626: Recently I heard this melody well performed by the... 1431097908241: Keen musicians and busy men, the surreptitious ple... 1431098435313: Shift the scene to the Princess's Theatre, with Ch... 1431098861002: The first music I heard in Germany was the overtur... 1431099148016: It is a charming place, and Alick, I think, will b... 1431099489893: During my first year, our house, like Caliban's Is... 1431099811515: The conditions under which I began my musical educ... 1431100198087: With three schoolfellows a quartet of violins was ... 1431100547967: In the month of August one does not expect to hear... 1431100769720: One the whole–with notable exceptions–the singing ... 1431101718227: Few lads can have had such exceptional chances of ... 1431102091646: A performance of Fidelio is unforgettable because ... 1431102321549: In the winter of '61 I was present at an admirable... 1431102558848: During the last month of my stay (1862) I saw Offe... 1431102910674: On field-days when such works as the Symphonie Fan... 1431103390990: Another uncomfortable experience was mine when Lis... 1431103561620: The last and newest orchestral works I heard were ... 1431111955661: At the Monday "Pops" there were chances of hearing... 1431112171006: At the Promenade Concerts in Covent Garden (bearin... 1431112539109: The prevailing taste then catered for may have bee... 1431112888227: I was present at one of the last performances of B... 1431113161827: With all these melodious and attractive young wome... 1431113659729: Opera in English kept fighting gallantly for exist... 1431114037396: About this time I was drafted into the stage band ... 1431114833785: As with very few exceptions all the violinists in ... 1431115247271: At the same festival Sullivan conducted his cantat... 1431115513572: The only occasions upon which I saw Sterndale Benn... 1431116348521: At one of these concerts Joachim, after finishing ... 1431116847103: At the Opera (the old house in Rue Lepeletier) I h... 1431117137909: Meyerbeer's L'Africaine (another revival) afforded... 1431117359205: To my collection of operas were added Halécy's ple... 1431118000657: Another time, keeping a promise to play a solo at ... 1431119256291: The astounding impression made upon me on hearing ... 1431119942203: The chief exponent of a different school of pianis... 1431121169320: On our homeward way Niecks and I could not resist ... 1431458830180: An engagement as conductor of the Glasgow Choral U... 1431462707649: The same scrupulous care was given to Cherubini's ... 1431463048347: On our way to Florence the first music I heard in ... 1431463380030: On the first afternoon of possession, I laid mysel... 1431463750606: Popular attention was, as ever, concentrated solel... 1431463815744: Church music was in a deplorably bad state. I list... 1431464004213: In the evenings, amusement and instruction were so... 1431469593713: How diverting to watch Dr. Dulcamara (straight fro... 1431976323529: Similar social enjoyments were mine in the hospita... 1431976691560: So Buonamici contented himself with a numerous but... 1431977126270: And I was called to Darmstadt, Colomba having been... 1431977638559: It may be that I was unfortunate in my search, nor... 1431977834413: The joy of living in such beautiful surroundings w... 1431978311343: The course of the Sulamite's true love was not run... 1431978636296: Sarasota's approval and acceptance of my Violin Co... 1431978958811: A very much more cultured musician than some of th... 1431979230596: Don Pablo, ever ready to encourage the young, gave... 1431979549553: My early acquaintance with the opera at Sondershau... 1431979739997: In a weak tenor voice, but with dramatic effect an... 1431979895943: I heard two operas of his which were running at th... 1431980362624: Harris was kindly assisting me to pass to the stag... 1432072079264: At the Leeds Festival in October of the same year ... 1432072543020: The determination to honour the old master was car... 1432072821671: We had the pleasure of hearing him play frequently... 1432073269414: While he was playing en famille to us one night, M... 1432073409387: Presently an elderly, well-nourished Hungarian lad... 1432073746803: The programme consisted of the following works: Go... 1432074097591: St. Elizabeth attracted a large audience, includin... 1432074377784: One morning, long before breakfast, we met in the ... 1432074656878: A commission to write an Ode for the Crystal Palac... 1432075059954: At the San Carlo (Naples) I witnessed the last of ... 1432075353706: Occupying the O.P. box with his son H. B. and my f... 1432110500003: I took advantage of a much-needed leave of absence... 1432114857348: The sixth concert of the first season introduced m... 1432115192743: When the famous Peter Ilitsch came to conduct his ... 1432115357854: Eight months later I had the gratification of intr... 1432115671230: Virtuosity and musicianship not being necessarily ... 1432116773772: It was at the suggestion of a mutual friend, the l... 1432117080138: "Safe as a house," the performance was an exceptio... 1432117800008: We celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the R.... 1432118108376: In connexion with a rehearsal of the Overture by t... 1432118687524: I paid occasional summer visits to New Brighton wh... 1432119059462: There was no lack of ardour either on the part of ... 1432119290452: Halifax had been musically active for some years, ... 1432119365559: The Montreal Symphony Orchestra did good service a... 1432119495703: At "Bonnie Hamilton" (Ontario) the larger Chicago ... 1432119781583: The second section of the tour ended in Montreal, ... 1432120479002: On the first evening the only work by a foreign co... 1432120722678: The "Granary of the West" and "Baby" of the cycle ... 1432122141185: There were moments when I experienced the sensatio... 1432123111934: The great Elizabethan, Restoration, and later peri... 1432123443757: It was not easy to be off with the old love as som... 1432123900059: The utterance might have bene made with less confi... 1432124153686: Seated opposite to him at supper after the concert... 1432124395858: I had to conduct a full orchestra on one occasion ... 1432124683719: Even more touching, because personally nearer to u... 1432124806222: One weedy little man, well over forty, treated me ... 1432125222868: The profound impression made upon a crowded congre... |
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| published in | 1927 |
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| includes | excerpt from 'A Musician's Narrative' pp. 142-143 (72 words) |
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