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Diary entry for 1925-04-18
... : Liebeslieder Waltzes, Weingarten and Meller at the piano, Preuß very good, Mrs. Botstieber not bad, the soprano ? and Manowarda do quite well – but fault was to be found in the selection, and the performance lacked the last finesse. ...
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Diary entry for 1925-09-24
... address. Freed up room in the bookcase for the folders for culture, etc. On the radio: Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini; Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G major; Beethoven, Violin Concerto, performed by Georg Steiner – quite valiant; Brahms, Fourth Symphony ...
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Diary entry for 1925-10-11
... performing forces of the State Opera. The work is thoroughly delightful: not high art, but nonetheless art – the connection between the motives is especially skillful. The coloratura passages were for the most part a failure: singers have not learned to make ...
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Diary entry for 1925-11-24
... the finest things, but he is lacking that depth, and consequently the possibility of using his available gifts to the advantage of the art-work. One can scarcely imagine anything more abominable than his performance of the sonata, with which he ...
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Diary entry for 1926-10-25
... , better than one is otherwise used to hearing the piano played; yet it is again shown that virtuosi who live only for technical accomplishment fail technically to perform Beethoven's diminutions! Schubert's D minor: van den Berg excellent, even though he ...
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Diary entry for 1926-10-30
... -Liechen prepared a lovely meal; we enjoy ourselves. A bit of music making which, however, strains me because I feel that – apart from Mozio – the listeners do not adequately understand the performance. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-11-06
... , so that he does not need my help at the moment; I do not wish to jolt his wife from her uninhibitedness, all the more as no success in the direction of my way of performing resulted in the few hours. I promise to write again. ...
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Diary entry for 1927-02-16
... ; he reports on performances of his Mass. After teatime we collect the fringe for the lampshade: 11 shillings. The shade is new!! From Mrs. Michelson (letter from New York): asks for lessons in the summer or in September. Miss Violin from 7 until 9 ...
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Diary entry for 1927-03-02
... -Liechen insists on a sign of courtesy. I perform pieces by Scarlatti. ...
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Diary entry for 1927-04-26
... and Vrieslander will receive no copies. From Albersheim (letter): thanks me for my personal interest, reports about his illness. Entries in Chopin's Nocturne, Op. 9 (concerning performance). Work on Brahms's Cello Sonata in E minor: Remarks on the ...