Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-10-16
Tho Ladies Wednesday Music Club

At the meeting of the Ladies
Wednesday Music Club at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Spellings.
on the afternoon of October Sth,
among many delightful an en-
joyable features of entertainment
was the paper of Famous Plan
lists and Piano Teachers of the
10Th Century" rcat by Mrs. G.
w. Leete. which is given below
"A celebrated woman has truly
said, The at of singing is the
same, to whatever instrument it
applies" Side by side with the
great Violinists of the world
stand the great Pianists, whose
magic touch upon the ivory keys
produces voice that rings
through the distance of years,
making for them a memory that
Time does not efface.
Standing pre-eminently at the
head of the piano masters of the
10Th century is Ludwig Won
Beethoven. Perhaps you will
say Beethoven was a composer
True-yet in sketch of his life
we read, Beethoven, the great
est Of all modern musicians, he
who ushered in the new world
of modern thought at the begin
ming of the 10Th Century, in his
earlier years was a pianist by
profession. and it was as a plan
list that his reputation was first
made, and it was as a pianist
that he was regarded by his fell
low townsmen after he had shown
his power as composer. He
was born in Bonn, Austria, in
1870, and in 1927 died in Vienna,
where he lived and worked all
the mature years of his life.
Ernst Haberbier was a cosmo-
pOlitian musician famous as a
pianist, though he left an endur-
ing record as composer. He
was born in Kemgsberg in 1918,
and met with success as plan
ist in st. Petersburg, London
and Paris, where he created a
sensation He died in Norway
while playing at concert in
1869.
Stephen Heller was prominent
as a pianist in Paris, where he
lived from 1858 to 1888. He was
a Hungarian.
One of the most accomplished
pianists of his day was Adolphe
Henslet. Born in Bavaria in 1914.
In 1888 he received royal appoint
ment in ST. Petersburg, where
he spent many years Of his life,
he seldom ever appeared in
public on account of his great
nervousness, but was hailed by
Schumann as one of the greatest
of players.
Theodor Kullak was a pianist
of exceptional attainmens. Born
in Posen in 1918. Though show
lag great talent as musician, he
was at first made to study medi.
cine. In 1912 he studied in vi.
emma with Czerny, but settled in
Berlin where he conducted a ia.
nous school. II trained many
distinguished artists.
Carl Czerny, pianist and com.
poser, was born in Vienna in
1871 and died in 1857. Number.
ed among his pupils was the
great pianist and composer
Franz List.
Liszt was a Hungarian, born
in 1911. He entered a convent
in 1865 and died 1886. Love,
grief, peace and victory are the
phases said TO be represented in
tones by List.
Anton Rubenstein of Russia,
one of the greatest pianists of
the world, visited America in
1872 with great success. He had
a great gift of melody and
rhy tic charm, but was refused
a place in the school of Russian
composers because of his cosmo-
politanism.
Bernhard Staveuhagen, born
in Germany in 1862, was a favo-
rite pupil of Llszt, and accom-
panied him on all his tours, He
is undoubtedly one of the great.
est pupils of Liszt living. He
made several successful tours
through ermary, Austria,
France, Hungary, Holland, Eng
land and the United States in
1894 and 1895. lie is an intel
lectual pianist of very high
order
Paderewski, born in 1859, made
his debut in 1857, creating quite
sensation I'M Paris and London
Tie had several times visited the
United States.
Poland also gives 20 the must
cal world other great pianist
as for instance, Theodor LosChe
taxky, josef Holman, Karl Tau
six, Murtjtz Roscnthal and 9TH
crS Cecile Louise Chanuiuarde
aud was noted even a. "A child a.