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Some online resources for 19th-century Berlin

Topography of Berlin Concert Life Interactive map of Berlin of locations of institutions and concert halls. Part of the digital Archive of Concert Life of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung. Berlin’s train stations A series of articles published on the blog Hydrachos Potsdamer Platz: A Journey through Time includes photographs of other historic places in … Read more

The Joachim tradition at the Gewandhaus

Joachim and the Gewandhaus: a sixty-year symbiosis Among the lore of this historic institution is Joachim’s debut as a twelve-year-old at the Gewandhaus in 1843. (Robert Eshbach has documented this event on his website). The Gewandhaus’s conductor Felix Mendelssohn and concertmaster Ferdinand David oversaw Joachim’s development as the child prodigy went through his teenage years. … Read more

Directory of Musicians who performed in Berlin in 1907

A B C D E F G H I J A B Adams-Buell, Robert (1883-) P (11.2.1907) Martin Krause student from Milwaukee Adler, Clarence (1886-1969) P (28.9.1907) student of Godowsky, Reisenauer eventual teacher of Aaron Copland Music Sack Alda, Frances (1879-1952) Soprano (1.11.1907) Memoir: Men Women and Tenors NY Phil 10.3.1912 Avani-Carreras, Maria (1872-1966) P … Read more

You can look it up (online sources)

Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Edited by Theodore Baker. Second Ed. New York: Schirmer, 1905. Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Edited by Alfred Remy. Third Ed. New York: Schirmer, 1919. Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Fourth Edition. New York: Schirmer, 1940. Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Edited by Nicolas Slonimsky. Fifth Edition. New York: Schirmer, … Read more

Based in Berlin in 1907

Directory of musicians in Berlin in 1907 <a href=””>Abell, Arthur M. (1868-1958) critic</a> <figure id=”attachment_1687″ aria-describedby=”caption-attachment-1687″ style=”width: 190px”><a href=”http://sannapederson.oucreate.com/blog/?attachment_id=1687″ rel=”attachment wp-att-1687″><img src=”https://i1.wp.com/sannapederson.oucreate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Arthur-M-Abell-190×300.jpg?resize=190%2C300″ alt=”” width=”190″ height=”300″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ /></a><figcaption id=”caption-attachment-1687″>Arthur M. Abell</figcaption></figure>Abell was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893-1918. Studied violin with Halir. Author of<em> Talks With Great Composers: Candid Conversations with Brahms, Puccini, Strauss and … Read more

Too many concerts by dilettantes?

In answer to the question of why there were too many concerts in Berlin (the topic of my previous post), some critics blamed the women pianists who only put on concerts in order to get “certified” as having braved Berlin before returning home to become a piano teacher. To test the validity of this theory/assumption, … Read more