I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand.
agony concert day
Clara Schumann
These are some quotes by German author Clara Schumann Musician, who lived between September 13, 1819 and May 20, 1896.
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