Word: baermann
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attended by a large audience, not one of whom could fail to appreciate the excellent programme presented. The first overture (The Naiads) was suggestive of the poetry of the composition, and in this the excellence of the violins was especially noticeable. In the concerto of Beethoven, - cadenzas by Carl Baermann, - Prof. Baermann, though showing great facility of execution yet lacked nothing in beauty of expression. The new symphony in C minor by Frederic H. Cowen, performed for the first time, was somewhat bombastic, the noticeable "noise" being very inappropriate for the allegro. The whole composition was somewhat unsatisfactory and rather...
...fifth and last of the present season's series of symphony concerts, under the auspices of the Harvard Musical Association, was given at the Boston Museum yesterday afternoon, under the direction of Mr. Carl Zerrahn, the soloist of the day being Herr Carl Baermann, pianist...
...concerts have been especially good the past term. Prof. Baermann honored us by giving at Wellesley his first concert in America. His programme was delightful, chosen from the works of Beethoven, Chopin and Rheinberger. I never enjoyed piano music so intensely, especially the Chopin selections, which were rendered with all the exquisite feeling which the Polish composer has woven into his music, and with none of the sentimentality which some people think is the only interpretation of Chopin...
After Prof. Baermann's concert we had one by the Beethoven String Quartette and Mr. Sherwood. They gave one of Beethoven's finest quartettes and a quintette by Raff, "The Miller's Pretty Daughter," which you may have heard. Our last concert was a song recital by Jules Jordan...