Elisabet von Herzongenberg in Leipzig - January, 1883

from Impressions That Remained Memoirs, page 355:

Heinrich [von Herzogenberg's] 'Variations' gave me immense pleasure. The thing came to him in a good hour; the theme is beautiful, finely articulated, prolific, and the variations are, as they should be, independent growths that nevertheless depend on the theme. I can't put it properly but you will know what I mean. A true theme for variations has a…   more >>

cite as

Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, Impressions That Remained Memoirs (New York City, 1946), p. 355. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438250088967 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Leipzig

Listeners

Listening to

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Variations
written by Heinrich von Herzogenberg
performed by Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Paradise and the Peri
written by Robert Schumann

Experience Information

Date/Time January, 1883
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors

Notes

From a letter to Ethel Smyth from Heinrich von Herzogenberg's wife.


Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:54:49 +0100
Approved on Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:37:55 +0100