The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-18
NINE. BAILEY APfE[BtCk IN
THREE PIANO REClTALS

Nine. Bailey Apfelbeck, the world
famous pianiste, who came last year to
Minneapolis, will give three piano re-
citals in the coming season. The first,
dedicated exclusively to compositions
of Chopin, will take place Monday,
December 4th, the second, a Beetho-
ven evening, will be on Monday, Janu-
airy 18th, and the third, Schubert
Schumann evening, on Monday, March
18th.
Nine. Bailey Apfelbeck, who last
year made her first appearance with
the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
with triumphant success, created fur
Their sensations with her three Con-
certo evenings, presenting ten famous
piano concertos. That was realized
by all musicians and music lovers. In
the coming season the artist has set
for herself a new test of versatility.
Her unusual ability will easily enable
her to acquit herself of the difficult
task of a mastery Chopin, Beethoven
and Schubert Schumann program.
Similar composer evenings Joseph
Hoffman, has accomplished with sue
cess in New York Nine. Bailey APPEL
beck will certainly awaken the great
est interest in hers.
Madame Marie Louise Bailey-Apfel-
beck, born in Nashville, Tennessee,
has returned, after rs years of unin-
terrupted success in Europe, to her
native land. to reside in Minneapolis.
The artistic is descended from an old
American family.
At fourteen years of age she went
to EurOpe to study with the most cele-
brated masters of piano playing, Pro
lessor Reinecke and Professor Lesch.
etizky. She has played in Europe
under almost all the great orchestra
conductors and played the chief role
in many celebrated music festivals.
During her residence in Europe she
has played in hundreds of concerts,
mostly in Tschecho- Slovakei, Poland,
Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hun
gary and Holland, with uninterrupted
triumphs. Success after success
the greatest pianistes of Europe.
No artist has ever received higher
honors and been more richly decorat-
ed. !, She was sthe only lady artist,
with the exception of Lilli Lehman,
to possess the gold cross of Merit with
the crown. She also received the
Golden Cross PRO ecclesia and Ponti-
fice' of the Pope at Rome, and is pos
SCISSOR of the Golden Cross OF Merit
for Art and Science, fIle Empress
Elizabeth Medal, the Persian Lion
Order, the International Red Cross
and the ,Coburg- Gotha Medal for Art.
She is in fact thesmost highly decorat-
ed artist of the world.
AS an artistic of international re-
nown, Madame Bailey-Apfelbeck had,
too, prominent social position in the
+, highest aristocratic circles of Europe.
Madame Bailey-Apfelpeck, good
Catholic, has played great deal in
Europe for charity. She was highly
esteemed by Cardinal Prince Skrben-
sky, Archbishop of Prague, and the
Bishop Count Ledochowsky of Olmutz
(Bohemia9, by Cardinal Gruscha,
Archbishop of Vienna, and the Arch.
bishop Rieder at Salisbury.
She has played very often for diff
ferent monarchs, as for the court of
Coburg-Gotha, Grand Dukes of Rus
J STA, the Crown Princess of Sweden
and, Norway, the Shah of Persia, etc
In Railey-Apfelbeck' splendid music
room the walls are covered with hun
dreds of laurel wreaths, costly gold
and silver tokens among precious
souvenirs. She possesses unique
and interesting necklace of so medal
lions with the name of the distinguish
ed personages of court and princes
beforeawhem she has played.
Mmest BaileysApfelbeck has also
earned a world reputation as teach
er. Pupils came 10 her studio abroad
from all parts OF the world. and now
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