"Paderewski" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... could play and sing before he learnt to crawl: Piano, bones, or ophicleide—he played upon them all! Some talk of Paderewski, or of Dr Joachim— These artists meritorious are, but ...
— Lyra Frivola • A. D. Godley
... amidst howls of delight from the gallery. Applause at the Eckleton concerts was granted more for services in the playing-fields than merit as a musician. Kubelik or Paderewski would have been welcomed with a few polite handclaps. A man in the eleven or fifteen was certain of two ...
— The Head of Kay's • P. G. Wodehouse
... Patti, a Kubelik, a Paderewski, the reflective hearer is struck by the absolute sureness with which such artists arouse certain sensations in their auditors. Moreover, subsequent hearings will reveal the fact that this sensation is aroused always in the same place, and in the same manner. ...
— Style in Singing • W. E. Haslam
... the Imperial Opera. But he had no doubt that on a proper proletarian basis it would function with a far more beneficent activity. He pointed out that there was a strong facial resemblance between TROTSKY and M. PADEREWSKI, and between LENIN and BEETHOVEN. In reply to a question from Mr. Moody MacTear, Mr. Ploffskin said that he had been down a ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 21, 1919. • Various |
