El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-18
Letter From
Vienna

| Dear Mother-Your letters of the 4th
and I'd were received this a. m. Am
glad 10 hear that you are still well
and are so pleased with my work in
Europe. | also received the paper con-
tanning my letter. also three more pa
pers. You can not imagine how much
pleasure it gives me to read these pa
pers in English and also from my
home, for awhile after reading them |
can imagine that / am home. My work
| is still hard but it is all pleasant. When
you can once make yourself realize that
| am trying to take land l may say
| have done so successfully and with
honor SO far the same course that Pad
erewski and GabrilowitZ, also Hamburg
| never began until they were already
| great as concert pianists. then you can
| understand that il is hard as / must do
this and practice not more than four
hours at most per day.
1 am glad that Leschetizky is so
strict and that he has said for me not
to practice more than this even with
the pieces. etudes. etc. that l have to
study. for if he had not, then / am
afraid l would do too much work and
harm myself more than l should do
good.
Zadora was up today and played
quite a program for me also impro-
vised a Sonata which was elegant
Herr Prochaska. director of the Music
Verein's orchestra, will conduct his
new symphony tomorrow night and as
we are friends of his of course we want
to hear him and his new symphony.
He will leave soon for Warsaw ON a
concert engagement.
Last Thursday Frau Josa Hedlicka-
Loscher gave a concert at the Bosom
dorfer Saal which was great success.
she is the best pupi. of Sofie Menter.
After the concert friend of mine who
is very intimate friend of the pianist
took me back to the artists room and
introduced me toher. She seemed very
pleased to meet me and asked me to
come to see her week from tomor
row and said she would play quite
great deal for me if / wanted her to.
She will go to America next year as
she has finished five concert tours of
Europe.
The weather in Vienna at preset is
far from being pleasant, raining. hail
ing. showing and freezing all the time.
Since Christmas day it has been very
cold without the exception of a single
day.
There will be Wednesday Eve must
cal at LeschetiZky's home on next
Wednesday and as all of his pupils are
invited ana as L nave special invita-
ton from Madame LeschetiZky of
course | will go. These musicals are
about as near perfect as musicals can
be, for before a person can play he
must have taken so long and be so
sure of his piece that not the slightest
mistake or pedal spassage will be
wrong. Should a person make a mis-
take there is no telling what the pro-
lessor would do as he is so precise that
he naturally wants everyone else to be.
Mark Hamburg. pupil of the pro-
lessor will give a concert here on Feb
ruary IA. so he is bound to be success
fui for when the professor prepares
concert repertoire it must be good. /
met him at Clotilde Kleebergs recital
and he certainly is a jolly smart fell
low.
The weather has been so bad that
my pictures cannot be taken for a
week or so yet. as it needs a good light
to take a good picture.
By this time the carnival is over.
but / am sure Ell Paso has been very
successful for all of her undertakings !
prove so.
Well | will close for this time with |
much love, Your devoted son. |
Abby De Aviratt.