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What Ignace Jan Paderewski was thinking as he sat on the terrace of his villa at Morges, above Lake Geneva, Switzerland, one evening last week, is not a matter of record. He might have been thinking of his U. S. tour, scheduled to begin on Oct. 22, or he might simply have been reviewing with an after-dinner pleasure the events of that day. He had spent part of the morning discussing with a gardener the construction of a new hothouse and later, satisfied that the new house would be the equal of the others in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chalet de Riond Bosson | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

Appendicitis is not a casual matter for a man of 69. Before the attack had reached its height or the doctor made his diagnosis Paderewski must have known what it was. His case was serious, yet the amazing sequence of that evening was not the hurried drive down the dark road through the park and on to Lausanne, not the operation, or his quick recovery, but his own refusal to change his plans. He was confident that he would be out of it safely in a short time, and in a shorter time than anyone dared hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chalet de Riond Bosson | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...Because Paderewski is the most widely beloved of living musicians, his sailing date for the 1929-30 season is the most eagerly watched. But most of the world's musicians were last week in transit or on the verge of transit. Important was the arrival in the U. S. of Arturo Toscanini to conduct the first concerts of the New York Philharmonic-symphony. With him came wife and pet dog Piciu. Daughters Wanda and Wally come soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chalet de Riond Bosson | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

Died. Dr. Hinko Hinkovitch. of Bel- grade, a founder of modern Jugoslavia, wartime propagandist with Pianist Ignaz Jan Paderewski against the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; at Zagreb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

...Francisco was founded in 1872 as a club for artists, dramatists, musicians, authors and persons appreciative of the arts. Among the membership of 2000 are David S. Jordan, Lieutenant-General Hunter Liggett, John Masefield, Edwin Markham, E. H. Sothern, William Howard Taft, David Warfield, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Ignace Paderewski. Honorary members include Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden: Sir Hubert Brand. Rear Admiral, British Navy; Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. On the Russian River, near Monte Rio, is located Bohemian Grove, where Bohemians gather each summer. On the August Saturday night nearest the full moon they give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Revived Rails | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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