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At those times the violin was not considered a proper instrument for a woman. Her father, Josef Neruda (1807-1875) the organist of the cathedral of Brno, introduced her to the play of the piano but Wilhelmina was coaght playing secretly her brothers violin, which she preferred, and finally allowed to play it. |
At those times the violin was not considered a proper instrument for a woman. Her father, Josef Neruda (1807-1875) the organist of the cathedral of Brno, introduced her to the play of the piano but Wilhelmina was coaght playing secretly her brothers violin, which she preferred, and finally allowed to play it. |
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The family moved to Vienna, where Wilhelmina |
The family moved to Vienna, where Wilhelmina recieved her teaching from Professor Leopold Jansa (1795-1875). |
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She made her first public appearance as a violinist in [[Vienna]] at the age of seven, playing one of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Violin]] [[Sonata]]s. |
She made her first public appearance as a violinist in [[Vienna]] at the age of seven, playing one of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Violin]] [[Sonata]]s. |
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Revision as of 08:44, 25 May 2008
Wilma Neruda, Lady Hallé, (March 21, 1838 in Brno Moravia – April 15, 1911 in Berlin) was a Czech violinist.
At those times the violin was not considered a proper instrument for a woman. Her father, Josef Neruda (1807-1875) the organist of the cathedral of Brno, introduced her to the play of the piano but Wilhelmina was coaght playing secretly her brothers violin, which she preferred, and finally allowed to play it.
The family moved to Vienna, where Wilhelmina recieved her teaching from Professor Leopold Jansa (1795-1875). She made her first public appearance as a violinist in Vienna at the age of seven, playing one of Bach's Violin Sonatas.
She married the Swedish musician Ludwig Norman (1831-1885) in Stockholm in 1864 and had a son, Ludwig Norman Neruda who became a famous mountaineer and painter. Four years later she moved to London with her son. After Ludwig Norman died, she married the German-English musician Charles Hallé in 1888. Given a Palazzo in Asolo, Italy, after her husband's death, she moved there to live with her son Ludwig who died in 1898 climbing in the Dolomites. After her son's death she moved to Berlin.
James Scott Skinner wrote a tune titled "Madame Neruda" in her honor. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of Holmes and Watson attending one of her concerts. [1]
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