The 31st Lower Rhine Music Festival
© Robert W. Eshbach, 2019 The 31st Lower Rhine Music Festival Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should …
Category Archives: 1 Biographical Posts — RWE
Cliffs of Fall
The pontoon bridge at Düsseldorf Steel engraving by Emil Höfer (1845) Cliffs of Fall O the mind, mind has mountains; …
The Kaffeter
© Robert W. Eshbach 2017 The Kaffeter In 1843, the three Arnim sisters, Maximiliane, Armgart, and Gisela, together with Caroline and …
Baptism / Taufe
© Robert W. Eshbach 2015 Baptism / Taufe Ägidienkirche (Lutheran), Hanover Bombed 8-9 October, 1943 Since 1952 a memorial for victims …
The Wittgensteins
Previous Post in Series: First Gewandhaus Concert. Pauline Viardot-Garcia __________ The Wittgensteins Hermann Christian Wittgenstein (1802-1878) [1] Emancipated Jews did …
Vienna
VIENNA Joseph Joachim, an early daguerreotype Joachim initially took up residence with his grandfather Isaac Figdor in Leopoldstadt, the district …
Pest
PEST His sister’s songs, and the dances of local gypsies and street musicians, are said to have been Joachim’s first …
Joseph Joachim
JOSEPH JOACHIM * 28 June 1831 Kittsee (Kopčany/Köpcsény) Hungary (now Austria) † 15 August 1907 Berlin Violinist, Composer, Conductor, and …
“A Very Agitated Evening”
© Robert W. Eshbach, 2014 “A Very Agitated Evening” [1] On June 9, 1848, Liszt arrived unexpectedly at the Schumanns’ home …
Study with Joseph Böhm
Previous Post in Series: Hauser and Hellmesberger __________ Study With Joseph Böhm [i] Photo: Emil Rabending, k. k. Hof-Photograph, Vienna …
Joseph Joachim 