The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-27
NINE. BAILEY-APFELBECK
PIANISTE, THE
WORLDS MOST HIGHLY DEC
GRATED Artistic, MAKES MIN
NEAPOLIS HER HOME-COMEs
\oF DISTINGUISHED CATHOLIC
ANCESTRY. rC3

Madame Marie Louise Bailey-Apfel
beck, born in Nashville, Tennessee
las returned, after 25 years of uninter.
rupted success in Europe, to her native
land, to reside in Minneapolis.
The artistic is descended from an. old
American family. In her early youth,
Marie Louise Bailey showed great
musical talent and was sent to Europe
Her early studies we're made at the
Ieipsic Conservatory under the great
Master of the classical school, PROBES
or Karl Reinecke. Later she studied
or years with Professor Leschetizky::
he celebrated master of the modern
school, and through her many years of
friendship with him and with Brahms
1rieg and Grieg's sister Marion, Nine
3ailey-Apfelbeck has gained the great
st knowledge of her art, enabling nel
% train her pupils to a mastery per.
'ormance on the piano. She is one OF
he best representative of the Lesche
izky method, and every year mum.
yer of pupils from the United States
vent to Europe to study with her.
Now that she has taken up her resid-
nee in Minneapolis it is expected that
many students will use this oppor-
unity.
She has played under almost all the
great orchestra conductors, Oscar
Nedbal (Prague), in Lemberg and
Warschau (Soltys, Polish Phil
1armonie), Ferdinand Lowe (Vienne
"Knozert-Verein" orchestra), Oscar
Nedbal (Tonkunstler orchestra, Wen
na) DR.. Kunwald (Berlinder Phil
larmoniker), Reconsideration Max
Roger (Weimar), Hofkapellmeister
ziehrer Court orchestra Viennal
observation-disclosures Steinback phil
harmoniker Koln), Director Kossow
Pressburg (Hungaria) etc. She wa:
selected, to play the Grieg concerto
1T the Grieg Jubilee festival in Vienna
md she PLAYED the chief role in many
)ther celebrated music festivals. Dur
ing her residence in Europe she hal
played in over 400 concerts, mostly il
Tschecho-S lovakei, Poland, Switzer
and, Austria, Germany and Hungaria
With uninterrupted triumphs. Success
lfter success marked her name as tina
If one of the greatest pianistes o
europe.
No artistic has ever received highe
lonors and been more richly decorat
ed. She was the only lady artistic, wit
he exception of Lilli Lehman, to pos
sess the gold cross of Merit with tn
crown. She also received tn
Red Cross order, the gold cross @
honor of the Pope at Rome, the goldel
| Persian and the Saxon-C oburg- Goth
medal for Art and Science, and the civ.
cross of merit She has often playe
FOR different monarchs, from the Sha
IF Persia to the crown Princesses G
Sweden and Norway.
| AS an artistic of international r,
known, Madame Bailey-Apfelbeck hat
too, prominent social position in til
highest aristocratic circles of Europ'
She possesses a unique and interestin
necklace of so medals engraved wit
| the names of the distinguished pc
sons of the courts, where she has pla.
ed. Madame Bailey-Apfelbeck, goo
Catholic, has played a great deal
Europe for charity. She was highl
esteemed by Cardinal Prince Skrbel
sky, Archbishop of Prague, and til
Bishop Count Ledochowsky
Olmutz (Bohemia). by Cardin;
lGruscha, Archbishop of Vienna, and tt
Archbishop of Rieder at Salisbury.
Doubtless Madame Bailey-Apfelbec
lis one of the creates pianistes of OF
Icentury. She will concertize all owe
1.-THE United States. and her own peopl
will certainly appreciate this illustriot
Iartiste as much as the celebrate
American was honored in the o.
world.