 | Francis Hueffer - 1881 - 130 pages
...experienced from this extraordinary man " Liszt soon afterwards witnessed a performance of ' Bienzi ' at Dresden, on which he had almost to insist ; and...very day when my personal danger became a certainty I saw Liszt conducting a rehearsal of my ' Tunnhaiiser,' and was astonished at recognizing my second... | |
 | Richard Wagner - 1889 - 376 pages
...be struck with wonder, nay, delight, by the treatment I experienced from this extraordinary man. " This happened at a time when it became more and more...very day when my personal danger became a certainty, I saw Liszt conduct a rehearsal of my Tann/uiuser, and was astonished at recognizing my secondself... | |
 | International Musical Society - 1911 - 592 pages
...man. At Weimar I saw him for the last time, when I was resting for a few days in Thuringia, uncertain whether the threatening prosecution would compel me...very day when my personal danger became a certainty, I saw Liszt conducting a rehearsal of my Tannhäuser, and was astonished at recognising my second self... | |
 | Raphaël Ledos de Beaufort - 1887 - 248 pages
...energy in opening a hopeful refuge to my art. He ceased his wanderings, settled down in the small and modest Weimar, and took up the conductor's baton, after having been at home so long in the splendor of .the greatest cities of Europe. At Weimar I saw him for the last time, when I rested a... | |
 | 1886 - 848 pages
...Weimar (1849) I saw him for the last time when I was resting for a few days in Thuringia, uncertain whether the threatening prosecution would compel me...continue my flight from Germany. The very day when mv personal danger became a certainty, I saw Liszt conducting a rehearsal of my " Tanrihäuser, " and... | |
 | 1886 - 840 pages
...Weimar (1849) I saw him for the last time when I was resting for a few days in Thuringia, uncertain whether the threatening prosecution would compel me...continue my flight from Germany. The very day when mv personal danger became a certainty, I saw Liszt conducting a rehearsal of my "Tannhauser," and was... | |
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This happened at a time when it became more and more evident that my dramatic works would have no outward success. But just when the case seemed desperate Liszt succeeded by his own energy in opening a hopeful refuge to my art. He ceased his wanderings,... 