Paris concert hall: Not applauding between movements is historically absurd
mainThe Finnish music blogger Janne Koskinen has spotted an interesting innovation at the Centre de Musique de chambre de Paris. A notice in the programme states:
Applaud when you like
The 20th century fashion of not applauding between movements is historically absurd. Mozart never imposed silence.
Janne tells us that, on Friday night, there was applause between every movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Schumann’s Piano Trio No 1.
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