Maude V. White - in the beginning of the 1900's

from Friends and Memories, page 373:

I wrote the incidental music for The Medicine Man, a play by Mr. Traill and Robert Hichens, which was produced at the Lyceum, and I saw a good deal of Sir Henry during that time. His kindness and courtesy were unfailing, and it was a real pleasure to have anything to do with him. But oh, what agonies it is to write incidental music for a play! At every instant the orchestra was stopped and some one would say, even if they were playing pianissimo -

“We can’t hear ourselves speak. Please take out all the wind instruments and put mutes on the …   more >>

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Maude V. White, Friends and Memories (London, 1914), p. 373. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1452342667168 accessed: 29 March, 2024

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Maude V. White
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1855-1937

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Incidental music for The Medicine Man
written by Maude V. White

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Date/Time in the beginning of the 1900's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:31:07 +0000
Approved on Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:20:58 +0100