 | George Smart, Hugh Bertram Cox, C. L. E. Cox - Musicians - 1907 - 384 pages
...in Vienna in I860 (DM). what subject shall I play ? " Meanwhile he was touching the instrument thus to which I answered, " Upon that." On which theme...having noticed his present of the score of his "Battle Symphony.1" His nephew regretted that his uncle had no one to explain to him the profitable engagement... | |
 | Alexander Wheelock Thayer - Composers - 1921 - 392 pages
...playing he appeared greatly agitated. No one could be more agreeable than he was — plenty of jokes. We all wrote to him by turns, but he can hear a little...his present of the score of his "Battle Symphony." His nephew regretted that his uncle had no one to explain to him the profitable engagement offered... | |
 | Oscar George Theodore Sonneck - Music - 1967 - 278 pages
...observing in French to me, "Upon what subject shall I play?" Meanwhile he was touching the instrument thus: to which I answered, "Upon that." On which theme he...his present of the score of his "Battle Symphony." His nephew regretted that his uncle had no one to explain to him the profitable engagement offered... | |
 | Alexander Wheelock Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1967 - 550 pages
...minutes in a most extraordinary manner, sometimes very fortissimo, but full of genius. When he arose at the conclusion of his playing he appeared greatly...his present of the score of his 'Battle Symphony.' His nephew regretted that his uncle had no one to explain to him the prof1table engagement offered... | |
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On which theme he played for about twenty minutes in a most extraordinary manner, sometimes very fortissimo, but full of genius. When he rose at the conclusion of his playing he appeared greatly agitated. No one could be more agreeable than he was —... 