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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 13 april, 2013
Skrivet av: Claes-Göran Magnusson skrivet 2009-11-05, 12:50
Strakosch, Maurice, pianist and impresario; b. Gross-Seelo witz, Moravia, 1825; d. Paris, Oct. 9, 1887. He studied with Sechter at the Vienna Cons.; traveled as a pianist in Europe; came to America in 1848, settling in N. Y. as a teacher; from 1856 he was active mainly as an impresario. He was the brother-in-law of Adelina Patti, and managed her concerts. He gave his first season of Italian opera in N. Y. in 1857, and in 1859 took his company to Chicago; then went to Europe. His opera Giovanna di Napoli was brought out in N. Y. ; he also wrote salon pieces for piano; publ. Ten Commandments of Music for the Perfection of the Voice (posthumous; 1896) and Souvenirs d'un Impresario (Paris, 2nd ed., 1887). After his departure from America, his brother, Max Strakosch (1834-92), carried on the management of his enterprises. [Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians (1900)]