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Alfred Anderson (pianist)
Alfred Anderson (c. January 1848 – 22 March 1876) was an Australian pianist of Jewish extraction who had a promising career but died young. He married the soprano Ilma de Murska shortly before his death. History Anderson was the son of James Henri Anderson (1823 – 1 May 1879), an accomplished musician who styled himself "professor of music", and his wife Rachael Anderson (c. 1831 – 22 December 1877). J. H. Anderson had arrived in Launceston in 1842 and around 1846 moved to Hobart, where Alfred was born. The lad early showed promise of musical excellence: at age 5½ Tasmanian newspapers were hailing him as a "musical wonder", and such illustrious men as Sir William Denison and Colonel Butterworth as well as actual musical authorities, were extolling his virtues. His family moved to Melbourne, then to Geelong, and George Coppin hired him for stage performances. He continued to make progress, tutored by his father and by Charles S. Packer the Sydney conductor. In 1857 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilma De Murska
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Fannie Simonsen
Fanny Simonsen (née Françoise De Haes or Dehaes) (c. 1835 – 19 September 1896), also written Fannie Simonsen, was a French soprano singer who had a substantial career on the Australian stage, later a concert manager with her violinist husband Martin Simonsen (c. 1829 – 28 November 1899). Several daughters and one grand-daughter, Frances Alda, were first-rate singers. History Born Françoise De Haes or Dehaes, Fanny Simonsen was a French lyric soprano, who claimed aristocratic parentage and had studied under Manuel Garcia II. She had on occasion shared the Paris stage with Madame Carvalho, and played ''prima donna'' roles in Brussels and the great French provincial cities. She married the eminent Danish violinist Martin Simonsen, and for nine years restricted her appearances to the concert stage in Europe and California. The Simonsens arrived in Melbourne from Germany in August 1865 by the mail steamer ''Northam'' after a successful tour of China and India, and held a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
