Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’
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Charles Villiers Stanford found it necessary to play dumb on a visit to snowy Leipzig.
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When violinist Joseph Joachim proposed a toast to the world’s greatest composer, he was cut off in mid flow.
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Composer Johannes Brahms disliked the adulation sometimes heaped on him by fans, and found quite imaginative ways to avoid it.
By Lluïsa Vidal (1876–1918), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford recalls the very different receptions given by British and German audiences to a little bit of Brahms.