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Searched for performance (1325 results found)

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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

  • 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. ...

  • 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 ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-03-02

    ... -Liechen insists on a sign of courtesy. I perform pieces by Scarlatti. ...

  • 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 ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-09-19

    ... graphs and performance"; pp. 7‒8 (Brünauer): Oct 6: "Bach Suite in E major, new, with Urlinien"; Oct 13: "I write all layers of the Allemande in ink!!"; Nov 17: "Sarabande, new"; Dec 29: "Polonaise new; I guide his pencil in the sketch of the graph; Jan 6 ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-10-03

    ... second movements from Op. 101 and the second movement from Op. 90. He plays to me the first movement from Op. 101; he is happy about a certain agreement in the performances, but I do not find this agreement so clear as he. ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-10-05

    ... Troilus and Cressida; a few things about the performance on additional pages. The audience remained entirely unmoved; only the words "whore" and "filth" made a visible impression. ...

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