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Break for a Girl. Eileen has not forgotten how she got her start. Years ago, when she was in a Perth convent, a priest brought Composer-Pianist Percy Grainger to hear her play. Grainger, in turn, fetched the great German Pianist Wilhelm Back-haus, who was touring Australia. When Backhaus said that she must go to Leipzig to study, the miners passed the hat to send her. Now Eileen is looking around for another talented Australian girl who needs help. Says she: "This is a man's world, and a girl needs every break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Encore in Australia | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...Kewaskum, Wis., 98 villagers marched to the polls to vote for county supervisor, heard that Candidate Emil Backhaus was dead, that Candidate M. W. Rosenheimer had withdrawn from the race. The vote: Emil Backhaus, 64; M. W. Rosenheimer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1936 | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

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