courbonne's

Updated: June 19, 2025

O'Meara and a pupil of Chopin's, had in 1847 played, accompanied on a second piano by her master, the latter's Concerto in E minor at a party of Madame de Courbonne's.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2

Notwithstanding Madame Girardin's subsequent remark that Chopin's playing at Madame de Courbonne's was quite an exception, her letter may mislead the reader into the belief that the great pianist was easily induced to sit down at the piano. A small circle of select auditors, whose real desire to hear him was beyond doubt, could alone determine him to approach the piano.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2