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Voice and violin: sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T.L. Phipson, 1898
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1when it was all over, we enjoyed our frugal supper very much indeed.
3At the eight o'clock concert, having no evening costume, I went on, as in the afternoon, in morning dress; but the cut of my coat happening to be very similar to that of the dark blue tunics of the artillery-men, barring the stripes and medals, it appears to have passed muster very well, for the notices in the newspapers did not allude to the circumstance, whilst they gave most flattering accounts of the double concert.¹
5¹ Perhaps I may be permitted to quote the following lines from The Evening News, 5th September 1892: "There were crowded audiences at the concerts on the South Parade Pier on Saturday. Here the principal attraction was Dr. T. L. Phipson, President of the Bohemian Orchestral Society, London, whose masterly playing of the violin carried his hearers by storm. He was several times encored. Madame Agnes Larkom, the popular soprano, and Mr. Henry Pope, basso, were the vocalists, and their songs were warmly applauded. The string band of the Royal Marine Artillery also performed."
7I have a collection of a large number of similar notices from various London newspapers and musical journals, which I sometimes refer to when I feel low-spirited.
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