William Beatty-Kingston in Cairo - February, 1876
from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 241:
I first met [Leonhard Emil] Bach at the Abddeen Palace in Cairo, where he and his fellow-traveller — for the nonce, Ole Bull — were the instrumental stars of a state concert given by Ismail Khedive, then in the zenith of his viceregal splendour. At that time (February, 1876) Bach was a mere stripling, and had but recently terminated his studies. His playing, however, struck me as uncommonly vigorous and intelligent; and he scored heavily in the diplomatic salons of the Egyptian capital, in which music held its own manfully … more >>
William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 241. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451908551252 accessed: 31 January, 2025
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Experience Information
Date/Time | February, 1876 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |