excerpt from 'Musings & memories of a musician' pp. 46 (95 words)
excerpt from 'Musings & memories of a musician' pp. 46 (95 words)
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A rather celebrated composer had asked Brahms to be allowed to play to him from the MS. his latest composition, a violin concerto. Brahms consented to hear it and seated himself near the piano. Mr. - played his work with great enthusiasm and force, the perspiration it was a very warm day streaming down his face. When he had finished, Brahms got up, approached the piano, took a sheet of the manuscript between his thumb and middle finger and, rubbing it between them, exclaimed, "I say, where do you buy your music paper? First rate! " |
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