Charles Martin Loeffler - 1907
from Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte., page 306:
How will the German Dr. affect you and Mr. Schirmer next Tuesday? [The first American performance of Richard Strauss’s Salome at the Metropolitan Opera House, January 27, 1907] Please tell me all about it after the première. I hope to hear it later too; then I shall probably enjoy my staying with you much more than the opera. I have misgivings! Dr. Heitzel played to me some of the important scenes. They may be theatrically effective – beautiful they are not.
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Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte (ed.), Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte. (New York, 1979), p. 306. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424772279947 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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Salome
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Dr. Heitzel |
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| Date/Time | 1907 |
| Medium | live |
Notes
Letter from Charles Martin Loeffler to Mrs. Grace M. Schirmer, January 17, 1907, Medfield, Mass.
Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:04:40 +0000
Approved on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:37:13 +0000