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• The Second Week of the Concert Season
  ..."Concert by [[Vera Timanova|Madame V. Timanova]] with the participation of Mr [[Ferdinand Laub|F. Laub]]" which took place on 7/19 March 1873 in the Smal ...name="note6"/> and Mr Nikolsky <ref name="note7"/> also left the company. Mr Melnikov has a powerful and handsome baritone voice, which he knows how to
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• Autobiographical Account of a Tour Abroad in the Year 1888
  ...Philharmonic Society, as well as with an over-enthusiastic concert agent (Mr N.), who puts him in an embarrassing situation .../>, who stated that he was perfectly willing to cover for [[Ippolit Altani|Mr Altani]] during the latter's absence and also to rehearse the difficult sco
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• The First Week of the Concert Season
  ...d [[Fitzenhagen]], the pianist Decrescenzio, and an orchestra conducted by Mr [[Nikolay Rubinstein|N. G. Rubinstein]]", which took place in the Hall of t ...necessary that he should first prove himself to be one. For at the moment Mr Decrescenzio comes across as an inexperienced and rather clumsy pupil from
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• Two Quartet Matinées and the Seventh Symphony Concert of the Musical Society. The Italian Opera. A Musical-Bibliographical Curiosity
  ...ndly gripping (all the more so when played with such pathos and passion by Mr [[Laub]]) <ref name="note4"/>, impressed the listeners especially and was r ...tion of this concert was the [[Moscow]] début of two soloists: the cellist Mr Vorobyev and the singer Madame Nevedomskaya-du Nord.
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• The Kiev Opera. The Fourth Symphony Concert
  ...ersburg]] <ref name="note8"/>. It is only from the start of this year that Mr [[Setov]] has also become an impresario at the [[Kiev]] Municipal Theatre, ...name="note16"/>, Sokolov <ref name="note17"/>, and Andreyevsky. Moreover, Mr [[Setov]] has engaged Madame [[Menshikova]] <ref name="note18"/> as a guest
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• The Last Weeks of the Concert Season
  ...ikolsky with the participation of Madame [[Aleksandra Krutikova]] (mezzo), Mr Stepan Demidov (bass) and an orchestra conducted by the composer Leonid Mal ...dy his part properly. And yet [[Mozart]] would have been worth the effort, Mr Demidov!
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• The Start of the Concert Season
  ...produced a strong impression on an audience which is accustomed to hearing Mr [[Laub]]'s amazing performances, then that should be sufficient in itself t I cannot speak so approvingly of Mr Bezekirsky's talent for composition. His violin concerto, which he himself
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• Diaries (April 1891)
  ...stess were very agreeable. I went with [[Damrosch]] and Mr ''Hyde'' to see Mr ''Carnegie'' <ref name="note13"/>. The latter, is rich, possessing 30 milli ...regarding the telegram to [[Washington]]. I was home at 3 o'clock awaiting Mr ''[[William von Sachs|William de Sachs]]'' <ref name="note25"/>, a very lik
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• The Third and Fourth Symphony Concerts of the Russian Musical Society. The Italian Opera
  ...hoose such ridiculous nonsense in order to display his virtuoso skills. If Mr [[Fitzenhagen]] thought that the public prefers music of the so-called ligh ...ect been spoilt by listening constantly just to works of good quality. Now Mr [[Fitzenhagen]] is a virtuoso of such genuine talent and earnestness that h
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• The Second Symphony Concert. Madame Patti's Benefit (1874)
  ...правда, что в ночи...»), translated into French in 1862 with the help of [[Turgenev]]), all sung by Madame Iskritskaya; ...ere he cannot avoid being compared with such a master of his profession as Mr [[Laub]].
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• The Italian Opera: "L'Africaine". "Il Trovatore". Mr Demidov's Benefit. Entertainments at the "Slavyansky Bazaar". Musical Chronicler of "The Citizen"
  '''''The Italian Opera: "L'Africaine". "Il Trovatore". Mr Demidov's Benefit. Entertainments at the "Slavyansky Bazaar". Musical Chron The tenor M. Bolis reminds me a lot of the former [[Moscow]] singer Mr [[Setov]] <ref name="note6"/>, both in the timbre of his voice and in the w
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• Musical Chronicle. "Don Giovanni" and "Zora" on the Italian Stage. The Fifth Concert of the Russian Musical Society
  ...rture to ''Richard III'', some choruses by Mr [[Cui]], a cello concerto by Mr [[Fitzenhagen]], and [[Schumann]]'s Second Symphony. Together with the Thir Mr [[Cui]] enjoys a considerable reputation, especially in [[Saint Petersburg]
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• The Second and Third Weeks of the Concert Season
  ...d musical soirée to raise funds in aid of governesses <ref name="note4"/>. Mr [[Brodsky]] gave a magnificent account of a concerto by Vieuxtemps, and eli As was to be expected, the audience which [[Anton Rubinstein|Mr Rubinstein]] drew to his concert in [[Moscow]] was as numerous as those whi
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• The Last Days of N. G. Rubinstein's Life
  ...ently he wanted to keep on hoping. He was visited by [[Ivan Turgenev|I. S. Turgenev]] and many figures from the music world of [[Paris]]. That was very comfort ...], [[Lalo]], and most of the leading representatives of French music. Mr [[Turgenev]] has offered to take care of the transport of the coffin to Russia.
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• Letter 1710
  ...ently he wanted to keep on hoping. He was visited by [[Ivan Turgenev|I. S. Turgenev]] and many figures from the music world of [[Paris]]. That was very comfort ...], [[Lalo]], and most of the leading representatives of French music. Mr [[Turgenev]] has offered to take care of the transport of the coffin to Russia.
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• A Frank Discussion with the Reader. The Russian Musical Society. The Italian Opera
  ...ellow-citizens flocked to the concerts of the self-styled "Russian" singer Mr Slavyansky <ref name="note3"/>. ...d exclusively written works for his own instrument. In his cello concertos Mr [[Davydov]] has always adhered to long-established traditions, and, being a
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• Richard Wagner
  ...ublic. Besides, what does it mean to have an aptitude for drama? Evidently Mr Levenson is a Wagnerian and he probably considers Wagner to be a great mast ...". Quoted by Abram Gozenpud in {{und|И. С. Тургенев. Исследование}} [I. S. Turgenev. A Study] (1994), p. 48. Also in Bernandt, G. {{und|С. И. Танеев}}
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• Letter 535
  ...al aspects of the concert, he recommends me to get in touch with a certain Mr ''Giacomelli'' — I have already written to him and am awaiting his reply ...hen just throw away the enclosed letter. But if not, then please call on [[Turgenev]] and hand him this letter <ref name="note4"/>.
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• Letter 3830
  ...mportant engagements for next year, and I predict that within 2 or 3 years Mr [[Sapelnikov]] will be terribly famous, and will look at us all with disdai ...n operetta of hers, which she composed twenty years ago to a libretto by [[Turgenev]] <ref name="note4"/>. The cast featured her two daughters, as well as her
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• The Second Symphony Concert. Madame Patti's Benefit (1872)
  ...binstein]]. The only fault one could find with it was [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Mr Rubinstein]]'s decision to have the two trumpet fanfares which interrupt th ...r still by the excellent accompaniment of the orchestra under the baton of Mr Laub. [[Moscow]] can certainly pride itself on having such splendid perform
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