My Musical Life

My Musical Life (written work, Book)

Listening experiences

author	Hugh Reginald Haweis
published in	1898
publisher	Longmans, Green and Co.

includes

excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 528 (151 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 491 (156 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 84-6 (534 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 616-7 (151 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 429 (127 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 533-4 (293 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 609-10 (218 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 66 (91 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 447 (116 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 356-7 (218 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 68 (118 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 382-3 (292 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 449 (48 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 24-6 (315 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 15 (85 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 451 (112 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 75-6 (164 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 44 (91 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 651-2 (242 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 343 (95 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 519-20 (132 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 83-4 (235 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 330 (85 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 28 (133 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 663-6 (719 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 424-5 (96 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 370 (111 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 81-3 (541 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 511 (253 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 11-12 (352 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 26-7 (384 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 351 (156 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 39 (214 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 615-6 (103 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 454 (82 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 347-8 (46 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 66-7 (178 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 118-9 (73 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 104-5 (181 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 12-13 (305 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 119 (45 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 395 (142 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 473 (108 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 349-50 (128 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 39-40 (104 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 65-6 (87 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 420-1 (101 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 344 (109 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 506-7 (185 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 652-4 (436 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 22-3 (224 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 618 (69 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 367-8 (121 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 74-5 (239 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 350 (127 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 331 (73 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 116-7 (345 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 478-9 (218 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 380 (229 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 16 (165 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 450-1 (83 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 472 (134 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 31 (90 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 490-1 (191 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 372-3 (195 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 177-8 (296 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 482-3 (105 words) excerpt from 'My Musical Life' pp. 430-1 (118 words)

Cite as

Hugh Reginald Haweis, My Musical Life (London, 1898). http://example/update-base/I%252525252520remember%252525252520perfectly%252525252520well%252525252520falling%252525252520into%252525252520a%252525252520kind%252525252520of%252525252520dream%252525252520as%252525252520I%252525252520leant%252525252520over%252525252520the%252525252520painted%252525252520iron%252525252520balcony%252525252520and%252525252520looked%252525252520down%252525252520on%252525252520this%252525252520splendid%252525252520vista.%252525252520The%252525252520silver-%252525252520bell-like%252525252520tones%252525252520of%252525252520an%252525252520Erard%252525252520it%252525252520was%252525252520the%2525252525201000%252525252520guinea%252525252520piano%252525252520pierced%252525252520through%252525252520the%252525252520human%252525252520hum%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520noise%252525252520of%252525252520splashing%252525252520waters%25252525252C%252525252520but%252525252520it%252525252520was%252525252520a%252525252520long%252525252520way%252525252520off.%252525252520Suddenly%25252525252C%252525252520in%252525252520the%252525252520adjoining%252525252520gallery%25252525252C%252525252520the%252525252520large%252525252520organ%252525252520broke%252525252520out%252525252520with%252525252520a%252525252520blare%252525252520of%252525252520trumpets%252525252520that%252525252520thrilled%252525252520and%252525252520riveted%252525252520me%252525252520with%252525252520an%252525252520inconceivable%252525252520emotion.%252525252520I%252525252520knew%252525252520not%252525252520then%252525252520what%252525252520those%252525252520opening%252525252520bars%252525252520were.%252525252520Evidently%252525252520something%252525252520martial%25252525252C%252525252520festal%25252525252C%252525252520jubilant%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520full%252525252520of%252525252520triumph.%252525252520I%252525252520listened%252525252520and%252525252520held%252525252520my%252525252520breath%252525252520to%252525252520hear%252525252520MENDELSSOHN%252525252527S%252525252520%252525252522%252525252520Wedding%252525252520March%252525252520%252525252522%252525252520for%252525252520the%252525252520first%252525252520time%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520not%252525252520know%252525252520it%252525252520%252525252521%252525252520To%252525252520hear%252525252520it%252525252520when%252525252520half%252525252520the%252525252520people%252525252520present%252525252520had%252525252520never%252525252520heard%252525252520of%252525252520MENDELSSOHN%25252525252C%252525252520three%252525252520years%252525252520after%252525252520his%252525252520death%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520when%252525252520not%252525252520one%252525252520in%252525252520a%252525252520hundred%252525252520could%252525252520have%252525252520told%252525252520me%252525252520what%252525252520was%252525252520being%252525252520played%252525252520that%252525252520is%252525252520an%252525252520experience%252525252520I%252525252520shall%252525252520never%252525252520forget.%252525252520As%252525252520successive%252525252520waves%252525252520of%252525252520fresh%252525252520inexhaustible%252525252520inspiration%252525252520flowed%252525252520on%25252525252C%252525252520vibrating%252525252520through%252525252520the%252525252520building%252525252520without%252525252520a%252525252520check%252525252520or%252525252520a%252525252520pause%25252525252C%252525252520the%252525252520peculiar%252525252520Mendelssohnian%252525252520spaces%252525252520of%252525252520cantabile%252525252520melody%252525252520alternating%252525252520as%252525252520they%252525252520do%252525252520in%252525252520that%252525252520march%252525252520with%252525252520the%252525252520passionate%252525252520and%252525252520almost%252525252520fierce%252525252520decision%252525252520of%252525252520the%252525252520chief%252525252520processional%252525252520theme%25252525252C%252525252520I%252525252520stood%252525252520riveted%25252525252C%252525252520bathed%252525252520in%252525252520the%252525252520sound%252525252520as%252525252520in%252525252520an%252525252520element.%252525252520I%252525252520felt%252525252520ready%252525252520to%252525252520melt%252525252520into%252525252520those%252525252520harmonious%252525252520yet%252525252520turbulent%252525252520waves%252525252520and%252525252520float%252525252520away%252525252520upon%252525252520the%252525252520tides%252525252520of%252525252520%252525252522%252525252520Music%252525252527s%252525252520golden%252525252520sea%252525252520setting%252525252520towards%252525252520Eternity.%252525252522%252525252520The%252525252520angel%252525252520of%252525252520TENNYSON%252525252527S%252525252520Vision%252525252520might%252525252520have%252525252520stood%252525252520by%252525252520me%252525252520whispering%25252525252C%252525252520%2525252525E2%252525252580%252525252598And%252525252520thou%252525252520listenest%252525252520the%252525252520lordly%252525252520music%252525252520flowing%252525252520from%252525252520the%252525252520illimitable%252525252520years%2525252525E2%252525252580%252525252599.%252525252520Someone%252525252520called%252525252520me%25252525252C%252525252520so%252525252520I%252525252520was%252525252520told%252525252520afterwards%25252525252C%252525252520but%252525252520I%252525252520did%252525252520not%252525252520hear.%252525252520They%252525252520supposed%252525252520that%252525252520I%252525252520was%252525252520following%25252525252C%252525252520they%252525252520went%252525252520on%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520were%252525252520soon%252525252520lost%252525252520in%252525252520the%252525252520crowd.%252525252520Presently%252525252520one%252525252520came%252525252520back%252525252520and%252525252520touched%252525252520me%25252525252C%252525252520but%252525252520I%252525252520did%252525252520not%252525252520feel.%252525252520I%252525252520could%252525252520not%252525252520be%252525252520roused%25252525252C%252525252520my%252525252520soul%252525252520was%252525252520living%252525252520apart%252525252520from%252525252520my%252525252520body.%252525252520When%252525252520the%252525252520music%252525252520ceased%252525252520the%252525252520spell%252525252520slowly%252525252520dissolved%25252525252C%252525252520and%252525252520I%252525252520was%252525252520led%252525252520away%252525252520still%252525252520half%252525252520in%252525252520dreamland.%252525252520For%252525252520long%252525252520years%252525252520afterwards%252525252520the%252525252520%252525252522%252525252520Wedding%252525252520March%2525252525E2%252525252580%25252525259D%252525252520which%252525252520is%252525252520now%252525252520considered%252525252520banale%252525252520and%252525252520clap%252525252520-trap%252525252520by%252525252520the%252525252520advanced%252525252520school%25252525252C%252525252520affected%252525252520me%252525252520strangely.%252525252520

Page data computed in 1,154 ms with 1,840,312 bytes allocated and 100 SPARQL queries executed.