D'Albert

The broad flowing motive of the shepherd's pipe is the incarnation of peace and pure nature, the musical transition from the Prelude to act I is one, of the best things, that D'Albert ever did, and the peasant scenes, the trio of the three mocking village lasses are of the most enlivening freshness.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

Liszt commended the work in warm terms: “You must bestir yourself,” he warned D'Albert, “if you do not wish to be outdone by our young American.”

The World's Great Men of Music Brower, Harriette 1922

The old master received him kindly and asked D'Albert, who was present, to play the second pianoforte.

Edward MacDowell Porte, John F 1922

“You must bestir yourself,” he warned D'Albert, “if you do not wish to be outdone by our young American”; and he praised the boldness and originality of certain passages in the music, especially their harmonic treatment.

Edward MacDowell Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939 1908

D'Albert, "if you do not wish to be outdone by our young American"; and he praised the boldness and originality of certain passages in the music, especially their harmonic treatment.

Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908

D'Albert, who was present, was asked to accompany the orchestral part of the concerto on a second piano.

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

Liszt commended the work in warm terms: "You must bestir yourself," he warned D'Albert, "if you do not wish to be outdone by our young American."

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

D'Albert plays Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms as no one else on this globe -- and he matches Paderewski in his merciless abuse of the keyboard.

Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890

Two years after his second marriage D'Albert died.

The Children's Pilgrimage L. T. Meade 1884

With money in his purse, and secure in a small yearly property for at least some years to come, D'Albert came to England.

The Children's Pilgrimage L. T. Meade 1884