To some of you guys, this place may be interesting. As an example of the kind of stuff in it, the following link:
http://www.petruschka-klavierfestiva...0&lang=2&pdt=4
I knew Debussy had been present at the Firebird premiere and that, according to someone, while listening to the orchestra, he had smirked (not sure if this is the correct word), though the only one who could have known the meaning of his smile was Debussy himself!
Trying to know if he had heard the Sacre played by an orchestra, I googled with the string 'Debussy Firebird' and found the above link. However, I cannot find out if he did (he and Stravinsky played on the piano an unfinished version a year before the premiere; the former played the bass). What he did hear was the Petrushka premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet. In that page, you will see page one of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments full score autograph.
I think it would not be a bad idea that of a thread where people with facilities for doing so would post autographs from the great masters of music. I, for example, have several of them from the B minor Mass but, unfortunately, do not have a scanner (not by Anna Magdalena but by Bach himself).
http://www.petruschka-klavierfestiva...0&lang=2&pdt=4
I knew Debussy had been present at the Firebird premiere and that, according to someone, while listening to the orchestra, he had smirked (not sure if this is the correct word), though the only one who could have known the meaning of his smile was Debussy himself!
Trying to know if he had heard the Sacre played by an orchestra, I googled with the string 'Debussy Firebird' and found the above link. However, I cannot find out if he did (he and Stravinsky played on the piano an unfinished version a year before the premiere; the former played the bass). What he did hear was the Petrushka premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet. In that page, you will see page one of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments full score autograph.
I think it would not be a bad idea that of a thread where people with facilities for doing so would post autographs from the great masters of music. I, for example, have several of them from the B minor Mass but, unfortunately, do not have a scanner (not by Anna Magdalena but by Bach himself).
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