Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860)
Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) (written work, Book)
| Listening experiences | 1426843794193: My father, Frederick Halle...was organist of the p... 1426844063320: Often was I lulled to sleep, when a baby, by the d... 1426844423738: I have only learned in later years that my babyhoo... 1426867299626: In course of time I was cured of the measles, but ... 1426867473041: It became an amusement to them [Charles parents] a... 1426870208047: In August 1828, my father took me to Cassel, a dri... 1426870645012: [Louis Spohr] insisted upon my giving a concert in... 1427124060123: Hagen was visited every season by a travelling tro... 1427124354563: Few concert-givers visited our town, which offered... 1427124595393: So, until the age of fifteen, I continued this mos... 1427128280641: It was in Darmstadt also that I first heard a real... 1427128625141: I received an invitation to dinner from the banker... 1427193028070: For some months I hardly ever left my rooms, and o... 1427193805346: His [Chopin's] public appearances were few and far... 1427194289463: One day, long after I had emerged from my retireme... 1427195098003: In spite of his declining physical strength, the c... 1427195277640: The last time I saw him [Chopin] was in England ; ... 1427195363078: I had the pleasure afterwards to welcome him [Cho... 1427195583685: A few days after having made the acquaintance of C... 1427216215328: At an orchestral concert given by him and conduct... 1427216492110: It may serve to characterise the state of musical ... 1427216827077: With Thalberg there came a new sensation in the sa... 1427216985938: The Parisian artistic and literary society, at tha... 1427218053266: During this time of labour I was visited one day, ... 1427226612166: The next Sunday evening I presented myself at the... 1427227295940: I was happy to meet a man [Stephen Heller] whose w... 1427228164732: My circumstances were gradually improving, thanks ... 1427228597457: I had brought with me, after an excursion to Germa... 1427306090471: [Paganini] invited me to visit him, an invitation ... 1427306369967: On one never-to-be-forgotten occasion, after I had... 1427373268550: [A]t the time when he [Berlioz] scored Weber's 'In... 1427376261167: [O]n December 5, 1837, I went with him to the Hote... 1427376645595: Of his perfect command over the orchestra, Berlioz... 1427376806996: This absolute command over the orchestra I had alr... 1427377429403: It was in the year 1840 that I overcame my scruple... 1427383935626: [A]t Hiller's house, where we usually met, I becam... 1427384393866: Mendelssohn's playing was not exactly that of a ' ... 1427384489066: He [Mendelsohnn] was also a great organist, and I ... 1427384862507: The greatest treat, however, was to sit with him a... 1427385418826: It is well known that when he [Mendelssohn] revive... 1427386104563: On a renewed visit to Frankfort in the autumn of 1... 1427390075008: Musical afternoons became gradually more and more ... 1427390967971: Ingres was passionately fond of music a passion sh... 1427391418371: In 1845 I made my first acquaintance with England,... 1427395332010: The directors of the Philharmonic Society had deci... 1427395637709: I had brought a few letters of introduction with m... 1427400569817: One evening, returning on foot from a late party, ... 1427401576006: And so I played at the Conservatoire [Concerts du ... 1427402564358: One scene I witnessed characterises another side o... 1427403873436: On another occasion, at a concert given for the be... 1427404068051: A choral society of amateurs had been formed in Pa... 1427404451322: Two concerts had been given when the Revolution br... 1427405203657: I saw several times at my friend Leo's house, was... 1427451529353: In his [Chevalier de Bunsen, the Prussian Ambassa... 1427451806030: Moscheles had often been at my house in Paris, eve... 1427453513060: Often I was fetched from my house even as late as ... 1427453670449: On its [a sonata] completion, Moscheles gave a gr... 1427456085583: Not long after my arrival in Manchester I had occa... 1427456243069: At the next concert I was engaged to play the E f... 1427456325783: During the same month of August Chopin came, play... 1427456450338: In the winter of 1848-49 I ventured upon a series ... 1427456648370: The summer season of '49 I spent in London, where ... 1427469809309: On my return to Manchester after the summer season... 1427470093093: During the winter of 1849-50 I proposed to Ernst t... 1427470981972: A clergyman of middle age appeared one day at my h... 1427471871517: [T]here came in the winter of 1855 the offer to co... 1427473210289: In the winter 1852-53 the number of subscribers to... 1427473322896: Molique had a horror of cats, but, strange to say,... 1427473623222: During my annual sojourns in London I made the acq... 1427473913308: Thackeray and Dickens had a certain liking for mus... 1427474573501: In 1856 Manchester began to prepare for the ' Art ... 1427475504371: When the exhibition closed its doors in October, 1... 1427792323954: Beethoven's symphony in C major headed the first p... 1427795665968: One performance of the first-named of these operas... 1427795942429: Another unrehearsed effect enlivened one of the pe... 1427796487907: On January 25, 1860, the work [Gluck's Iphigenie e... 1427796822408: Lord Dudley, that munificent patron of the arts, a... 1427797634923: A great love for it I [Charles E. Halle] do indeed... 1427799957891: Seven years ago he [Sir Charles Halle] led such an... 1427800746440: [W]hen the first notes of his band peal through th... 1427800916495: Last night a wet, splashy February evening every s... 1427812239235: Dear Sir [Sir Charles Halle], Having had the pleas... 1427816831052: Another most amusing adventure was also connected ... 1427817642673: Here [Kensington] on Sunday afternoons in summer, ... 1427828012465: [I]n the quiet of his study, the room he [Sir Char... 1427828438153: In 1880 my father brought out a work at his orches... 1427828668886: The following year, 1881, my father took his band ... 1427828977230: I went to Manchester for the first performance of ... 1427829060504: At the end of one of his [Sir Charles Halle] conce... 1427829294703: Another gift my father possessed, and which never ... 1427829542676: Once, when about to go on the platform to play the... 1428829925621: Carl Mangold, the violinist, and I have become int... 1428830036998: The 'cellist, Wilhelm Mangold, who has no piano at... 1428831408651: I practise harder and harder, and have bought some... 1428856242671: My life here is exceedingly pleasant ; it is quite... 1428856536083: The Court Orchestra, which contains from sixty to ... 1428862548164: The day after Kalkbrenner's return I went to see h... 1428862933530: Next day I went to Osborne [George Alexander Osbor... 1428864230714: The same evening I went to dine with Baron Eichtha... 1428865265881: I have now heard him [Liszt] twice : at the rehear... 1428915633563: [L]ast Wednesday he [Sir Charles Halle] played a C... 1428916140908: Above all give me news of your work, dear Heller..... 1428917040472: Sivori was here lately, at the Free Trade Hall, bu... 1428917172953: Sainton played a fortnight ago at the Concert Hall... 1428917779781: I [Mr John Ella] saw the L.'s in Paris, en route f... 1428918613168: [T]he new choral society, of which I had laid the ... 1428918879449: Yesterday I [Sir Charles Halle] first rehearsed wi... 1428919119260: There were a great many people yesterday, in a cha... 1428919463054: I have been at Baden since yesterday... I spent n... 1428933766192: I assisted at the rehearsal of a grand concert, wh... 1428933960015: Yesterday s concert was a great success, and I [St... 1429007281046: The journey from Manchester to London never seemed... 1429010327455: I have at this moment (10 p.m.) arrived from Winds... 1429011927278: We were hardly there [back in their room at Windso... 1429012883840: The Princess was most amiable and kept me till nea... 1429013457101: One thing I [Sir William Fairbairn ] however know,... 1429016870766: At the station I got into the midst of a regiment ... 1429018030044: [A]t five o'clock I received the message that the ... 1429096129044: When one comes away from a fine performance of an ... 1429177943763: I have been twice with the Queen and Princess, and... 1429178540655: Yesterday morning at nine o'clock I had the rehear... 1429179285505: So I have at last played in Vienna, and may say th... 1429179526585: The Huddersfield Festival was really a great succe... 1429179741385: Yesterday I went to Birmingham to hear a rehearsal... 1429179869162: Since I wrote last I have been to Birmingham and h... 1429180172339: I have to deal with a committee that makes many m... 1429180351004: Yesterday's concert began at the equally stupid ho... 1429181397048: 'Parsifal,' yesterday, made a very deep impression... 1429182457283: Great things are said here of Saint-Saens' Symphon... 1429192766834: In the afternoon we saw a good many things, and at... 1430077453874: Rehearsal at the Concert Hall in the evening. Hayd... 1430078174559: Molique arrived towards four o'clock and accompani... 1430079013844: To-day's concert, the third, was not quite so well... 1430079724342: Finished reading Marschner's ' Vampire.' The work ... 1430079918628: The last day of the year ; a day on which there wa... 1430080973751: At 11 looked up Mr. Gunton to talk over the perfor... 1430250778404: Left Leeds at 7.20 and arrived at Greenheys toward... 1430250889689: Dinner at Mrs. Grundy's, where I met Professor Sco... 1430251284601: In the evening [I had a ] choral rehearsal at the ... 1430252601104: At 3 o'clock I dined with the Charles Souchays, an... 1430253311696: In the evening choral and orchestral rehearsal of ... 1430255036032: The performance of the 'Elijah' this evening was i... 1430255876765: The public quite as numerous, but very intelligent... 1430256193639: Worked at the analysis of Schumann's trio for the ... 1430256432892: The St. Cecilia [concert] was not well attended, m... 1430257242304: Thursday, the 22nd, the day of our first concert..... 1432549988902: The concert yesterday, our fifth, was fuller than ... 1432550344120: The concert on Saturday was again crowded; the pla... 1432551460528: Friday morning we left for Ballarat...The concert ... 1432551770570: To-day is a good day for practice, and I must say ... 1432551951993: Mr. Wilson called at twelve o'clock with a little ... 1432552568667: The concert on Saturday was perhaps the most succe... 1432553524389: Shortly after we had to dress to drive to Governme... 1432553767793: In spite of the pouring rain, the concert last nig... 1432554445348: Both the last concerts in Sydney, on Friday and Sa... 1432554931157: The two concerts have gone off well, but without i... 1432759197037: The concert in the evening was again very full. It... 1432760056097: The ' Emperor ' Concerto made a great impression l... 1432760180759: The Beethoven Concerto on Thursday evening had an ... 1432760363658: Yesterday I had a rehearsal of Beethoven's C Minor... 1432760533751: [O]ur farewell concert in the evening...went off s... 1432760733953: To-day at 11 o'clock the Mayor received us in the ... 1432760809154: Yesterday evening we dined with Lord and Lady Kint... 1432760969231: The first concert here was a great surprise to us.... 1432761177621: In the evening we went to hear the Cathedral choir... 1432761859718: I [Sir Charles] wrote to you from Cape Town, where... 1432761990637: Saturday evening the concert took place in a very ... 1432762447065: The tickets were only 2s. and Is., but the very fi... 1432980734055: The celebrated critic A. Schindler thus wrote of m... |
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