Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles - June, 1951
from Arnold Schoenberg Letters, pages 288-289:
My illness hitherto prevented my hearing your records of my violin concerto, also the fact that I had no suitable record-player. I once played it through on my very inadequate machine and even then received an amazing impression of your overpowering presentation of my music. But it is only now that I have heard it decently that I can fully and completely understand why everyone talks of you and your playing with such enthusiasm. It really sounds as if you had known the piece for 25 years, your rendering is so… more >>
Arnold Schoenberg, and Erwin Stein (ed.), Arnold Schoenberg Letters (1964), p. 288. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448990140345 accessed: 8 October, 2024
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Schoenberg's Violin Concerto
written by Arnold Schoenberg |
performed by Tibor Varga |
Experience Information
Date/Time | June, 1951 |
Medium | playback |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors |
Notes
Letter from Arnold Schoenberg to Tibor Varga, Los Angeles, 27 June 1951.