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Searched for piano in Diaries (682 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1916-12-24

    ... also to give vent to my own sense of well-being, which came over me when, finding my brother-in-law looking well, I was able again to feel free of immediate worries. I also volunteered a few pieces on the upright piano. ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-08-18

    ... more readily than many a facility in proud palaces. For second (third?) breakfast, we have milk with a magnificent cake. I play a little on a truly excellent piano, for the first time in the course of the summer. The price-list, which hangs on the wall ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-08-24

    ... jacket, the desire was formally expressed. We agreed to come in the company of her sister. At around 6:30 the teacher comes to return the bill; while here, she inquires as to whether I paid the piano tuner, since this amount should be deducted and put on ...

  • Diary entry for 1929-10-16

    ... , giving two week's notice. To the arch-cast-iron-manufacturer (postcard from Lie-Liechen): asks urgently about the piano lamp. At 12:45 Albersheim appears: he is, to use a pejorative expression, as if "cut out for marriage," shows signs of decrepitude that ...

  • Diary entry for 1912-06-30

    ... lady not only wished to damage me but even to add ridicule. I refused her request, and she had to appear at the usual time. Acceptance of a new pupil, Felix Hupka, who first turned to d’Albert, and only came to me (for theory and piano playing) after ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-05-31

    ... Theory of Harmony only in a roundabout way via a pupil of Violin's, Miss Fluß – I nonetheless yielded and played a bit of Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, and Brahms on an upright piano while perspiring heavily. How much my hosts themselves may have perspired ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-11-30

    ... play the Mozart Requiem as a piano duet, and we succeed in playing through almost the entire work without an audience; only during the last sections did a niece of hers arrive, but we were not disturbed by her. Mrs. Mendl did not turn up; we learned all ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-02-18

    ... train home. Even a child delights in expressing the illusion that he can read, write, and play the piano – better, of course, than a grown-up. In the course of his life, this illusion unfortunately remains forever true in every respect: he can do ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-05-27

    ... 27. Antwort von Botstiber, der mich nunmehr an dem von mir bestimmten Tag erwartet. Im Archiv den Cappi-Diabelli-Nachdruck v. op. 111 Sonate pour le Piano-Forte composée et très respectueusement dediée à Son Altesse Impériale Monseigneur l ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-12-23

    ... support mother, younger brother ..., and niece by giving piano lessons ...." (DLA 69.930/10, September 25, 1922). u. konnte hier wieder jenes gewisse Etwas finden, das ihr dem Inhalt nach zwar immer fremd geblieben, sie aber allezeit mit schönstem Glück ...

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