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Carl Baermann, Jr., was born in Munich in 1839. He was a pupil on the pianoforte of Liszt and in composition, of Lachner. Since 1880 he has been a concert performer and a teacher in America, his permanent home being in Boston. He has been a life-long student of the works of Beethoven, and his influence both in the performance and in the concert teaching of Beethoven's great masterpieces has been of the highest artistic and educational significance. He was an intimate friend of the late Professor John Knowles Paine h.'69, the founder of the Department...
...College Library before his death. The signatures of the 581 contributors and the following address mounted in a handsomely bound volume, were presented to Professor Norton: "To Charles Eliot Norton from his students, associates, and friends in appreciation of his services to Harvard University; in admiration of his life-long devotion to high ideals in letters, art, and civic duty; in gratitude for his hospitality, friendship, and inspiration...
...LIFE-LONG DEVOTION TO HIGH IDEALS...
...LIFE-LONG DEVOTION TO HIGH IDEALS...
Throughout the book the official side of Roger Wolcott's life is subordinated to the human side, and the account of the growth of his power and influence is animated by the sympathy that comes from a life-long friendship and loyal regard. The successive steps in his brilliant career are described--his early entrance into public life, his services as Lieutenant- Governor and Governor and his great activity during the Spanish war--soon followed by his death when he was at the height of his career...