{"product_id":"26446-zerrahn-carl-autograph-musical-quotation-signed-boston-1873","title":"Zerrahn, Carl. (1826–1909) Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, Boston, 1873","description":"\u003cp\u003eAMQS: an upbeat and two bars on a hand-drawn staff, treble clef, one flat, common tim\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003ee, marked \"Adagio\" with a pedal mark and hairpin dynamics, signed \"Carl Zerrahn\" with a large flourish and dated \"Boston \/ Feb. 24th\/1873.\" Light toning, otherwise clean. 7.5 x 5 inches; 19 x 12.5 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eBorn in Malchow, Mecklenburg, Zerrahn came to America in 1848 as first flautist of the Germania Musical Society and settled in Boston, where he conducted the Handel and Haydn Society for over forty years (1854–1895), building its reputation as the country's foremost oratorio chorus. He also led the Harvard Musical Association concerts (1865–1882) and the Worcester Music Festival for some thirty years, and trained the vast choruses for Patrick Gilmore's Peace Jubilees of 1869 and 1872. The year before this quotation, he had directed a chorus of some 20,000 voices at the World's Peace Jubilee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62894815510687,"sku":"26446","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Zerrahn_AMQS_26446a.jpg?v=1792685881","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26446-zerrahn-carl-autograph-musical-quotation-signed-boston-1873","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}