Word: cowen
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...poetry of the composition, and in this the excellence of the violins was especially noticeable. In the concerto of Beethoven, - cadenzas by Carl Baermann, - Prof. Baermann, though showing great facility of execution yet lacked nothing in beauty of expression. The new symphony in C minor by Frederic H. Cowen, performed for the first time, was somewhat bombastic, the noticeable "noise" being very inappropriate for the allegro. The whole composition was somewhat unsatisfactory and rather tiresome; it departed a trifle from the classical cadre. The fantasy (Don Juan) rendered by Prof. Baermann, is in itself one of the best of Liszt...