velvet-or

Updated: January 13, 2026

There must have been a hypnotic quality in his performances that transported his audience wherever the poet willed. Indeed the stories told wear an air of enthusiasm that borders on the exaggerated, on the fantastic. Crystalline pearls falling on red hot velvet-or did Scudo write this of Liszt? infinite nuance and the mingling of silvery bells, these are a few of the least exuberant notices.

James Huneker - Chopin : the Man and His Music