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Difference between revisions of "Schilsky"
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ABENDUNTERHALTUNG. A man named Schilsky, whom it was no exaggeration to | ABENDUNTERHALTUNG. A man named Schilsky, whom it was no exaggeration to | ||
call their finest, very finest violinist was to play Vieuxtemps' | call their finest, very finest violinist was to play Vieuxtemps' | ||
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he, Dove, could confidently assert, would effect a revolution in human | he, Dove, could confidently assert, would effect a revolution in human | ||
thought, but of which, just at the minute, he was unable to remember | thought, but of which, just at the minute, he was unable to remember | ||
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Revision as of 06:36, 25 February 2011
Fictional composer and violinist from the 1908 novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson (a pseudonym for Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson).
"But his particular interest centred upon that evening's
ABENDUNTERHALTUNG. A man named Schilsky, whom it was no exaggeration to call their finest, very finest violinist was to play Vieuxtemps' Concerto in D. Dove all but smacked his lips as he spoke of it. In reply to a query from Maurice, he declared with vehemence that this Schilsky was a genius. Although so great a violinist, he could play almost every other instrument with case; his memory had become a by-word; his compositions were already famous. At the present moment, he was said to be at work upon a symphonic poem, having for its base a new and extraordinary book, half poetry, half philosophy, a book which he, Dove, could confidently assert, would effect a revolution in human thought, but of which, just at the minute, he was unable to remember the name."
