Life and Letters of Sir Charles Halle

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Sir Charles Hall (181995) was a German pianist and conductor. At the age of 17 he moved to Paris where he spent twelve years studying and performing while moving in circles which included Berlioz Chopin Liszt de Musset and George Sand. In the revolutionary year 1848 he moved to London where he initiated a series of piano recitals playing first in his own home and later in St James''s Hall among which he gave the first performance in England of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. In 1849 he moved to Manchester and after forming an orchestra for a one-off event in 1857 he began to give regular concerts with it and conducted it until his death: it is now the world-famous Hall Orchestra. In this fascinating book edited by his son and daughter Hall''s autobiography is accompanied by a selection of letters and extracts from his diaries.
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