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Eugene de Mirecourt was shocked at the 'lack of restraint, unnecessary vehemence and acerbity, and humour in poor taste' displayed in Berlioz's writings.
Berlioz said:
"...there are those who think me violent, scathing, supercilious in what I write. Fools! If I really spoke my mind, you would find the nettles you complain of a bed of roses compared with the gridiron on which I would roast you."
I love this man! :D
— Sep 02, 2024 11:46PM
Berlioz said:
"...there are those who think me violent, scathing, supercilious in what I write. Fools! If I really spoke my mind, you would find the nettles you complain of a bed of roses compared with the gridiron on which I would roast you."
I love this man! :D
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Berlioz addresses the "haters" at the close of his memoirs:
As for you, maniacs, morons, dogs, and bulls, and you, my Guildensterns and Rosencrantzes, my Iagos, my little Osrics, gadflies, crawling worms of every kind: farewell, my... friends. I scorn you, and hope not to die before I have forgotten you.
*drops mic*
— Oct 31, 2024 10:37PM
As for you, maniacs, morons, dogs, and bulls, and you, my Guildensterns and Rosencrantzes, my Iagos, my little Osrics, gadflies, crawling worms of every kind: farewell, my... friends. I scorn you, and hope not to die before I have forgotten you.
*drops mic*
Jonathan O'Neill
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I was beginning to wonder why there hadn't been a single mention of Chopin in nearly 500 pages until I came across Berlioz's thoughts on people's tendency to compare Chopin with Ernst, the latter of which he much prefers.
Chopin "pushed rhythmic freedom much too far [...] simply couldn't play in strict time [and] was strictly the virtuoso of the elegant salon, the intimate gathering."
Well, I found my answer!
— Oct 24, 2024 04:32AM
Chopin "pushed rhythmic freedom much too far [...] simply couldn't play in strict time [and] was strictly the virtuoso of the elegant salon, the intimate gathering."
Well, I found my answer!
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...if he spoke well, he drank likewise. That fatal cup set such tides of champagne flowing that all Liszt's eloquence was shipwrecked in it. Belloni [L's agent] and I were still reasoning with him in the street at two in the morning, and urging on him the advisability of waiting until daylight before engaging in single combat with pistols at two yards' range with a Bohemian who had drunk even better than he.
— Oct 13, 2024 04:30AM
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Count Michael Wielhorsky told me that he was one of an audience of fifty which in 1820 heard the Symphony in A [Beethoven's 7th] performed! The Viennese were busy going to Salieri's operas. Puny creatures! A giant had risen among them but they were happier with dwarves.
— Oct 09, 2024 03:56AM
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"... a splendid head, like an exasperated eagle..."
- Gautier on Berlioz (La musique)
— Oct 03, 2024 05:40AM
- Gautier on Berlioz (La musique)
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Does that great pianist Madame Clara Schumann have any rival in Germany who can properly be compared with her? I believe not.
This coming from Berlioz who was very good friends with one Franz Liszt. I have now heard a few accounts, including that of Brahms, that lead me to believe Clara might have been the greatest pianist of her time. [Cont.]
— Sep 13, 2024 01:42AM
This coming from Berlioz who was very good friends with one Franz Liszt. I have now heard a few accounts, including that of Brahms, that lead me to believe Clara might have been the greatest pianist of her time. [Cont.]
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The worthy man [Schott] gives the impression of having been, like the sleeping beauty, in a coma for the past hundred years. To all my questions he answered very slowly, interspersing his words with profound silences: 'I do not think... you can... give a concert... here... there is no... orchestra...there is no...audience...we haven't got any...money!
[Cont...]
— Sep 09, 2024 04:28AM
[Cont...]
Jonathan O'Neill
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A couple of unsolicited recommendations for your Thursday:
La belle voyageuse Op.2: No.4 Ballade Irlanda
Les nuits d'été Op.7: 2. La spectre de la rose
Anne Sofie Von Otter's renditions are from another planet. You can thank me later.
— Sep 04, 2024 04:46PM
La belle voyageuse Op.2: No.4 Ballade Irlanda
Les nuits d'été Op.7: 2. La spectre de la rose
Anne Sofie Von Otter's renditions are from another planet. You can thank me later.
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 210 of 744
I managed to carry through the arrangements for [the] benefit performance... Liszt and Chopin performed during an entr'acte**
** Playing a duet.
!!!! I could die right there and then, a happy man! Surely life peaks at witnessing Chopin-Liszt playing Four-hand! 😆
— Aug 27, 2024 11:13PM
** Playing a duet.
!!!! I could die right there and then, a happy man! Surely life peaks at witnessing Chopin-Liszt playing Four-hand! 😆
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Alexandra wrote: "Nice 😆"Right? 😁
I'm absolutely loving every second of this one! Berlioz was a double threat; phenomenal composer and writer both! He also seems to have come across just about every notable person of the 19th century so there are a lot of great anecdotes! :)
