>Giovanni: >This is miles out of topic, but I thought first to ask this group. >It's about Mahler: two weeks before his symphony n. 7 would be >performed >for the first time, Mahler closed himself in a Hotel's room and passed >the time examining the orchestration. It was in 1906, in Prague, and the >hotel was called Modr� Hvezda (Blue Star). I'm looking for that hotel, >it's address, even if it's not a hotel anymore. Can anobody give a clue? > >Me: >I checked in the 1904-1906 volume of de La Grange's biography, which is >probably the best day-by-day source, and there's no reference. Grove's >lists the premiere of the 7th as being in Prague on 19 September 1908, >not 1906. And the 1907-1911 de la Grange volume hasn't been published >yet. > >ng
My reference is one of Milan Kundera's writings. I can't assure you weather it is or not an exact date, but the hotel's name should be: This is what I'm trying to find. Giovanni Andreani _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
