Volume 16 , Issue 28

1914, August 25, Musicians At the Front

A day or two before 25 August 1914, The Daily Telegraph stated that the eminent Russian composer and pianist, Rachmaninoff, had gone to the front. Among many other foreign musicians who had exchanged the music of peace for that of war were Chaliapin, the Russian singer, whose art, was shown in the last two seasons of Russian opera at Drury Lane, created furore.

There were two sons of Dr. Hans Richter; Siegfried Wagner; Paul Franz, the distinguished Parisian tenor; Kreisler, Dohnanyi, Ysaye, and his brother, and practically all of the male contingent of the Russian opera and ballet which delighted thousands in Sir Joseph Beecham's season.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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