Word: steinert
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Dates: during 1892-1892
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...reader of established reputation in the great centres of culture in Europe. She is indorsed in this country by such men as Colonel Higginson, Mr. Nikisch and others, and there can be little doubt that her readings will be performances of high artistic merit. They take place at Steinert Hall on Tuesday and Friday of this week, 2.30 p. m. The tickets are $1 for each reading...
Those who heard the very entertaining lecture last evening on the forerunners of the pianoforte must have come away with a sense of gratitude and obligation towards the lecturer and Mr. Steinert. The performance certainly gave a great deal of interest and instruction, and the applause which followed Mr. Krehbiel from the stage showed that the audience appreciated not only the lecture in itself but the kindness of the lecturers as well. Very little of the thanks, however, goes where it is to a great extent due, namely to the organizations which arranged for the lecture. Had it not been...
...good sized audience assembled in Sanders Theatre, last night, to hear Mr. Krehbiel's lecture on the "Precursors of the Pianoforte." The lecture was very interesting, and with the illustrations on the various points by Mr. Steinert, very instructive. The lecturer was introduced by Prof. Paine...
...Steinert played on the chavichord, a number of selections from Bach. This instrument has contested the supremacy of the piano, down to our own century, down in fact to Beethoven's time, and may still be found in some German homes, in place of the piano. He also gave some improvisations on the spinet and the harpsichord which is exactly like the spinet in principle. Sounds are produced in these, by picking the strings with quills...
...lecture nor a concert, it combines the two elements in a way that should make it not only instructive, but very entertaining. The concert part of the program, moreover, is of a type which has probably never before been heard in Sanders Theatre. The old instruments which Mr. Steinert has, with a great deal of care brought together, form in themselves, a collection of no little interest, while an explanation of their use with actual examples added will give to the performance this evening, the character of an exceptional opportunity...