Her name finds a place in the biographies of Mozart, who, at her musical receptions, used to take part with her in duets of her own composition.
The numerous printed duets for 2 violins are only arrangements from his other works.
Duets followed, of the kind usually left to boarding-school misses, and rescued from the schoolroom by Mme.
Bargeton complimented him, regretting that she had no opportunity of playing duets with such a musician; and naturally, during an interview of her own seeking, he received the passport, which he could not have obtained if he had asked for it.
His only season of pleasure was at the end of the day, when a reunion took place; for then Mary would lay aside her coldness, and sing duets with him and talk in the old familiar way.
The visitor proved to be a young gentleman named Theed, aged about twenty-one, who was devoted to music and sometimes sang duets with her.
Sometimes when he and Mary sang duets together, and when he seemed so grateful for her graciousness, I thought what a splendid couple they would make.
We hear of his playing them not only with his pupils, but with Osborne, with Moscheles himself, and with Liszt, who told me that Chopin was fond of playing with him the duets of Moscheles and Hummel.
Speaking of playingduets reminds me of Schubert, who, Gutmann informed me, was a favourite of Chopin's.
He plays duets [fait de la musique] with a great lady of this country, Lady Murray, one of my sexagenarian pupils in London, to whom I have also promised a visit in her beautiful mansion.
TWO DUETS From "Arion," an unpublished Masque I He.
Duets written for the pianoforte are either for two performers on two separate instruments or for two performers on the same instrument, when they are termed "duets a quatre mains.
Instrumental duets are written either for two different instruments, such as Mozart's duets for violin and piano, or for two similar instruments.
These duets were regarded in their time as masterpieces, and numerous copies were made of them.
These duets are of various types, and of various lengths.
Steffani seems to have written these duets as music master of the Court ladies, and several were composed for the Electress of Brandenburg, Sophia Dorothea.
The final scenes of Alessandro constitute a veritable opera finale, 2 duets and a trio running into a chorus.
But Atalanta and Poro furnish us also with duets of an alluring freedom and uncommon artistry.
The Paris Conservatoire alone possesses six volumes of manuscript duets by Steffani.
Twenty-two Italian Duets and two Trios with harpsichord and violoncello (32).
Afterwards I am going to playduets with Eleanor Bent.
If he could find some one to play duets with him, he would have the volume of sound for which his ear longed.
There was nothing to be distressed about in the fact that Richard played duetswith Eleanor Bent, who was a bright, pretty girl.
There was no mother in Waltonville who would not have been pleased to see her daughter playing duets with Richard Lister.
The duets had been an afterthought, suggested by the new piano.
He plays duets with her on a beautiful new piano that dear knows where she got, and her mother sits by watching them.
During this time he was by no means idle, for he composed some of his finest works, notably the six duets for violins, which he prefaced by these words: "This book is the fruit of leisure afforded me by misfortune.
It is said that young Spohr showed his talents remarkably early, and was able to sing duets with his mother when only four years of age.
Here the lovers solaced themselves with duets on the guitar, and the violinist attained a proficiency, on that instrument, equal to the expression of the tenderest passion.
In 1876 came the bright genial Quartett in B flat, then followed a series of songs, duets and pianoforte pieces, then a couple of motets for mixed chorus and orchestra.
You're forgetting those duets you are to try with Ingpen.
Ingpen and the boy had begun to play easy fragments of duets together.
Next the sisters sang together, some of those earnest, quiet, deep-drawn duets of Abbate Steffani'e.
I had a pretty fair tenor voice then: it had never had any cultivation, but it was beginning to improve, and I used to sing, with Lauretta, numbers of those tender Italian duets whose name is legion.
We were singing one of those duets one day; the time of her departure was at hand-- "Senza di te, ben mio!
How she had to work and thrum at these duets and sonatas in the Street, before they appeared in public in the Square!
It has been said that our honest and dear old friend used to perform on the flute in private; Glorvina insisted upon having duets with him, and Lady O'Dowd would rise and artlessly quit the room when the young couple were so engaged.
Fanny and Matilda sang duets together, Mamma playing the piano, and the other two sisters sitting with their arms round each other's waists and listening affectionately.
Nobody saw the poor girls drumming at the duets in private.
These duetswere for the afternoon; she almost never used her eyes in the evening.
Among them is a group of four and eight-hand works for two pianos, as well as duets for a single instrument.
She has composed a grand duet and a number of solos for piano, also numerous vocal duets and songs.
Virginie du Verger was the author of three duets for violin and piano, besides a piano sonata and some études.
They had duets together, Italian and English, and the lady then sang 'The Three Fishers,' Kingsley being looked on as the personal property of Trinidad and as one of themselves.
The ladies filled the sitting rooms; their pianos and their duets pierced the walls of my bedroom, and only ceased an hour after midnight.
Well, when I was playing duets with Gabrielle--I must tell you that I began by detesting him because he will make fun of everybody.
When I playedduets with Gabrielle he used to come and listen to us.
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