William Beatty-Kingston in London

from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 194:

From that moment — although I only saw and heard him [Mendelssohn] once again, in the organ-loft of St. Paul's, when the rapidity of his pedal-playing well-nigh unsettled my reason — he became my idol and ideal, and remained so for years. It is certainly not too much to say that I worshipped him dans mon for intérieur with all the ardour that was in me.

cite as

William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 194. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447705588958 accessed: 3 December, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

William Beatty-Kingston
journalist, Librettist, memoirist, Translation
1837-1900

Experience Information

Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:26:30 +0000
Approved on Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:40:44 +0000