Who said that?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Which composer said this about which composer/pianist's playing of Beethoven Op 110 ?

"I couldn't begin to describe what happened to the great Beethovenian poem — above all, the Arioso and the Fugue, where the melody, penetrating the mystery of Death itself, climbs up to a blaze of light, affected me with an excess of enthusiasm such as I have never experienced since. It had greater intimacy and was more humanly moving than Liszt's performance...".

Hmm - I bet Alkan's involved in there somewhere, Edgey?

[Pabmusic]

No, 'twas the Igrigious Igor, I think. Whether or not he was right is quite another matter...

Quite so, it was Igor.

[Pabmusic]

... 'every afternoon' rather than 'every week', I think.

Let's have it in full :

'It was Mr Western's Custom every Afternoon, as soon as he was drunk, to hear his Daughter play on the Harpsichord: for he was a great Lover of Music, and perhaps, had he lived in Town, might have passed for a Connoisseur: for he always excepted against the finest Compositions of Mr Handel. He never relished any Music but what was light and airy; and indeed his most favourite tunes were Old Sir Simon the King, St George he was for England, Bobbing Joan, and some others.

His Daughter, though she was a perfect Mistress of Music, and would never willingly have played any but Handel's, was so devoted to her Father's Pleasure, that she learnt all those Tunes to oblige him. However, she would now and then endeavour to lead him into her own Taste; and when he required the Repetition of his Ballads, would answer with a "Nay, dear Sir," and would often beg him to suffer her to play something else.'

Tom Jones, of course....

Absolutely (sorry for the misquote - all done from memory!).

[Pabmusic]

He actually wrote, in the context of great praise for RVW's music, “You know, I’ve only one thing to say against this composer’s music: it is all just a little too much like a cow looking over a gate. None the less he is a very great composer and the more I hear the more I admire him.”

Good to see the full quote.

[Serial_Apologist]

I think S_A's quotation is older: possibly Elisabeth Lutyens in a more polite mood than when she said "I'll let you call me a 'woman composer' when you start calling Britten a 'Homosexual' one!"

But I suspect that there's a cunning twist in S_A's puzzle, and it's possibly a bloke: you didn't say it yourself on the relevant Thread, did you? That would be lovely!

It was indeed Ms Lutyens - way back in 1963, would you know...

[Serial_Apologist]

Which composer said this about which composer/pianist's playing of Beethoven Op 110 ?

"I couldn't begin to describe what happened to the great Beethovenian poem — above all, the Arioso and the Fugue, where the melody, penetrating the mystery of Death itself, climbs up to a blaze of light, affected me with an excess of enthusiasm such as I have never experienced since. It had greater intimacy and was more humanly moving than Liszt's performance...".

Wagner?

[EdgeleyRob]

Which composer said this about which composer/pianist's playing of Beethoven Op 110 ?

"I couldn't begin to describe what happened to the great Beethovenian poem — above all, the Arioso and the Fugue, where the melody, penetrating the mystery of Death itself, climbs up to a blaze of light, affected me with an excess of enthusiasm such as I have never experienced since. It had greater intimacy and was more humanly moving than Liszt's performance...".

Hmm - I bet Alkan's involved in there somewhere, Edgey?

Wagner?

Vincent d'Indy on Alkan's playing,must have been quite something to hear.

[Pabmusic]

..."Eighteenth century music sounds like a Pekingese peeing on a mink rug"...

No takers for this yet. Here's another from the same (the first word would have been drawn out in six precise syllables, all with a slight lisping tone):

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is".

[MrGongGong]

Still waiting on these two

“Life is too precious to spend it with important people.”

and (not the same person)

"Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening."

[EdgeleyRob]

No takers for this yet. Here's another from the same (the first word would have been drawn out in six precise syllables, all with a slight lisping tone):

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is".

The cheap music quote is Noel Coward,don't know the other

[Pabmusic]

The cheap music quote is Noel Coward,don't know the other

Spot on,ER. It's Coward, both quotes.

[Beef Oven!]

"But it was just there in my garden, already dead and I was peckish. Seemed a shame to let it go to waste"

[MrGongGong]

"But it was just there in my garden, already dead and I was peckish. Seemed a shame to let it go to waste"

Max

(I think it flew into his window whilst singing "Beach Baby"?)

[AmpH]

" All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff ..... " ?

[Beef Oven!]

Max

(I think it flew into his window whilst singing "Beach Baby"?)