HANS GUIDO VON See also:

• BULOW, BERNHARD ERNST VON (1815-1879)
• BULOW, BERNHARD HEINRICH KARL MARTIN, PRINCE VON (1849– )
• BULOW, DIETRICH HEINRICH, FREIHERR VON (1757–1807)
• BULOW, FRIEDRICH WILHELM
• HANS GUIDO VON BULOW (1830-1894)

BULOW (1830-1894)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German pianist and conductor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, on the 8th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1830.795 At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nine he began to study See also:

• MUSIC

music under See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Wieck as See also:

• PART

part of a genteel See also:

• EDUCATION

education . It was only after an illness while studying See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig University in 1848 that he deter-See also:

• MINED

mined upon music as a career . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz See also:

• HAUPTMANN, GERHART (1862— )
• HAUPTMANN, MORITZ (1792—1868)

Hauptmann . In 1849 revolutionary politics took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of him . In the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin Abend See also:

• POST

post, a democratic See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal, the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young aristocrat poured forth his opinions, which were strongly coloured by See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner's See also:

• ART

Art and Revolution . Wagner's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was musical no less than See also:

• POLITICAL

political, for a performance of See also:

• LOHENGRIN

Lohengrin under See also:

• LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)

Liszt at See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar in 185o completed von Billow's determination to abandon a legal career . From Weimar he went to See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, where the See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile Wagner instructed him in the elements of conducting . But he soon returned to Weimar and Liszt; and in 1853 he made his first See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert tour, which extended from See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna to Berlin . Next he became See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the piano at the Stern See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, and married in his twenty-eight See also:

• YEAR

year Liszt's daughter Cosima . For the following nine years von Billow laboured incessantly in Berlin as pianist, conductor and writer of musical and political articles . Thence he removed to See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, where, thanks to Wagner, he had been appointed Hofkapellmeister to See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis II., and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Conservatorium . There, too, he organized See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model performances of See also:

• TRISTAN
• TRISTAN, or TRISTRAM

Tristan and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die See also:

• MEISTERSINGER (Ger. for " master-singer ")

Meistersinger .

In 1869 his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage was dissolved, his wife subsequently marrying Wagner, an incident which, while preventing Billow from revisiting See also:

• BAYREUTH, or BAIREUTH

Bayreuth, never dimmed his See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for Wagner's dramas . After a temporary stay in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, Billow set out on tour again as a pianist, visiting most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European countries as well as the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America, before taking up the post of conductor at See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, and, later, at See also:

• MEININGEN

Meiningen, where he raised the See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra to a See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of excellence till then unparalleled . In 1885 he resigned the Meiningen See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and conducted a number of concerts in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . At See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort he held classes for the higher development of piano-playing . He constantly visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, for the last time in 1888, in which year he went to live in See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg . Nevertheless he continued to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Concerts . He died at See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1894 . Billow was a pianist of the highest See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of intellectual attainment, an artist of remarkably See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

catholic tastes, and a See also:

• GREAT

great conductor . A passionate hater of See also:

• HUMBUG

humbug and affectation, he had a ready See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen, and a biting, sometimes almost See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude wit, yet of his kindness and generosity countless tales were told . His compositions are few and unimportant, but his annotated See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the classical masters are of great value . Billow's writings and letters (Briefe and Schriften), edited by his widow, have been published in 8 vols . (Leipzig, 1895–1908) .