Pauer, Ernst. (1826 - 1905). Autograph Letter. A very interesting letter from the celebrated Austrian pianist and composer, student of Mozart's son (F.X.W. Mozart), Simon Sechter and Franz Lachner.
4 pages. 25.9.1864. Addressed to "My dear Sir" [pencil annotation at foot notes that it is to Charles Kensington Salaman (1814 - 1901)]. A remarkable letter, in part: "The desire to play before the most intelligent & most musical Society and audience of England must be very great for every artist, but just as great must be an artist's wish to show himself in his best light. You have allowed Ms. Halle, Mad. Davison, Miss Zimermann & several others to play entire Concertos! I need not tell you that I am equally anxious to perform an entire Concerto, & as I have played this Winter in the Philharmonic Concerts in Vienna, in the Gurzenich at Cologne, Beethoven's Concerto in E flat to the entire satisfaction of all Musicians present, I beg to name & to propose this concerto for my performance..."
Pauer moved to London in 1851 and from the outset, his playing was highly admired there. In London, he developed a series of concerts, with copious programme notes, that illustrated the development of keyboard music from 1600 to modern times; in later years he lectured on this and many other topics. For five years, he was on the staff of the National Training School for Music (1859–64) and was later recruited in 1876 as principal Piano Professor in the newly-formed Royal College of Music, he was also associated with the Music Faculty at University of Cambridge. His son, Max von Pauer (1866-1945), was also a world-renowned pianist.
4 pages. 25.9.1864. Addressed to "My dear Sir" [pencil annotation at foot notes that it is to Charles Kensington Salaman (1814 - 1901)]. A remarkable letter, in part: "The desire to play before the most intelligent & most musical Society and audience of England must be very great for every artist, but just as great must be an artist's wish to show himself in his best light. You have allowed Ms. Halle, Mad. Davison, Miss Zimermann & several others to play entire Concertos! I need not tell you that I am equally anxious to perform an entire Concerto, & as I have played this Winter in the Philharmonic Concerts in Vienna, in the Gurzenich at Cologne, Beethoven's Concerto in E flat to the entire satisfaction of all Musicians present, I beg to name & to propose this concerto for my performance..."
Pauer moved to London in 1851 and from the outset, his playing was highly admired there. In London, he developed a series of concerts, with copious programme notes, that illustrated the development of keyboard music from 1600 to modern times; in later years he lectured on this and many other topics. For five years, he was on the staff of the National Training School for Music (1859–64) and was later recruited in 1876 as principal Piano Professor in the newly-formed Royal College of Music, he was also associated with the Music Faculty at University of Cambridge. His son, Max von Pauer (1866-1945), was also a world-renowned pianist.
Pauer, Ernst. (1826 - 1905). Autograph Letter. A very interesting letter from the celebrated Austrian pianist and composer, student of Mozart's son (F.X.W. Mozart), Simon Sechter and Franz Lachner.
4 pages. 25.9.1864. Addressed to "My dear Sir" [pencil annotation at foot notes that it is to Charles Kensington Salaman (1814 - 1901)]. A remarkable letter, in part: "The desire to play before the most intelligent & most musical Society and audience of England must be very great for every artist, but just as great must be an artist's wish to show himself in his best light. You have allowed Ms. Halle, Mad. Davison, Miss Zimermann & several others to play entire Concertos! I need not tell you that I am equally anxious to perform an entire Concerto, & as I have played this Winter in the Philharmonic Concerts in Vienna, in the Gurzenich at Cologne, Beethoven's Concerto in E flat to the entire satisfaction of all Musicians present, I beg to name & to propose this concerto for my performance..."
Pauer moved to London in 1851 and from the outset, his playing was highly admired there. In London, he developed a series of concerts, with copious programme notes, that illustrated the development of keyboard music from 1600 to modern times; in later years he lectured on this and many other topics. For five years, he was on the staff of the National Training School for Music (1859–64) and was later recruited in 1876 as principal Piano Professor in the newly-formed Royal College of Music, he was also associated with the Music Faculty at University of Cambridge. His son, Max von Pauer (1866-1945), was also a world-renowned pianist.
4 pages. 25.9.1864. Addressed to "My dear Sir" [pencil annotation at foot notes that it is to Charles Kensington Salaman (1814 - 1901)]. A remarkable letter, in part: "The desire to play before the most intelligent & most musical Society and audience of England must be very great for every artist, but just as great must be an artist's wish to show himself in his best light. You have allowed Ms. Halle, Mad. Davison, Miss Zimermann & several others to play entire Concertos! I need not tell you that I am equally anxious to perform an entire Concerto, & as I have played this Winter in the Philharmonic Concerts in Vienna, in the Gurzenich at Cologne, Beethoven's Concerto in E flat to the entire satisfaction of all Musicians present, I beg to name & to propose this concerto for my performance..."
Pauer moved to London in 1851 and from the outset, his playing was highly admired there. In London, he developed a series of concerts, with copious programme notes, that illustrated the development of keyboard music from 1600 to modern times; in later years he lectured on this and many other topics. For five years, he was on the staff of the National Training School for Music (1859–64) and was later recruited in 1876 as principal Piano Professor in the newly-formed Royal College of Music, he was also associated with the Music Faculty at University of Cambridge. His son, Max von Pauer (1866-1945), was also a world-renowned pianist.