Virginia Woolf in London - 16 July, 1938
from The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.5, 1936-41, page 156:
Last night at the Robsons. Old French woman in skimpy black; beautiful eyes, playing Beethoven & looking round like Mitz at Juliette: their faces playing: voluptuous absorption & sorrow & exaltation. Lovely brown swollen cello...
cite as
Virginia Woolf, and Anne Olivier Bell and Andrew McNeillie (ed.), The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.5, 1936-41, volume 5 (Harmondsworth, 1985), p. 156. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1449059521554 accessed: 26 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Beethoven |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 16 July, 1938 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:32:01 +0000
Approved on Sun, 20 Dec 2015 09:40:40 +0000