 | Michael Kelly, Theodore Edward Hook - Actors - 1826 - 384 pages
...affection. He said that Linley was a true genius; and he felt that, had he lived, he would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world. After...often said that his taste lay in that art, rather thari in music. He was a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of fine fair hair,... | |
 | 1847 - 488 pages
...lived he would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world. After supper the younger branches of our host had a dance, and Mozart joined...enthusiast in dancing, and often said that his taste lay rather in that than music. " He was a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...lived he would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world. After supper the younger branches of our host had a dance, and Mozart joined them. Madame Mozart told me that great as his genins was, he was an enthusiast in dancing, and often said that his taste lay rather in that than... | |
 | Edward Holmes - Austria - 1854 - 400 pages
...affection. He said that Linley was a true genius, and he felt that, had he lived, he would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world. After...his taste lay in that art rather than in music. " He was a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of fine fair hair, of which he was... | |
 | Ludwig Nohl - Composers - 1880 - 436 pages
...affection. He said that Linley was a true genius, and he felt that, had he lived, he would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world. After...that, great as his genius was, he was an enthusiast at dancing, and often said, that his taste lay in that art rather than in music. He was a remarkably... | |
 | George Grove - Music - 1880 - 778 pages
...dancing, for which Vienna afforded ample opportunities. — This too Kelly mentions (i. 226), ' Mme. Mozart told me that great as his genius was, he was...his taste lay in that art, rather than in music.' He was particularly fond of masked balls, and had quite a talent for masquerading in character, as he... | |
 | George Grove - Music - 1880 - 866 pages
...was dancing, for which Vienna afforded ample opportunities. This too Kelly mentions (i. 226), ' Mine. Mozart told me that great as his genius was, he was...his taste lay in that art, rather than in music.' He was particularly fond of masked balls, and had quite a talent for masquerading in character, as he... | |
 | Ludwig Nohl - Composers - 1880 - 438 pages
...would have been one of the greatest arnaments of the musical world. After supper the young branehes of our host had a dance and Mozart joined them. Madame...that, great as his genius was, he was an enthusiast at dancing, and often said, that his taste lay in that art rather than in music. He was a remarkably... | |
 | George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland - Music - 1907 - 942 pages
...opportunities. Ibis, too, Kelly mentions (i. 226) : ' Mme. Mozart told me that great as his genius was, he *as an enthusiast in dancing, and often said that his taste lay in that art, rather than in music." He was particularly fond of masked balls, and had quite a talent for masquerading in character, as he... | |
 | Carl Engel - Musicians - 1921 - 572 pages
...Constance Weber, a german lady of whom he was passionately fond, and by whom he had three children. — After supper the young branches of our host had a...that his taste lay in that art rather than in music." — Would that he had been a dancer, too, and could have earned the salaries of a Vestris, d'Auberval... | |
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Madame Mozart told me, that great as his genius was, he was an enthusiast in dancing, and often said that his taste lay in that art, rather than in music. He was a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of fine fair hair, of which... 
