See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• SIR CHARLES HALLE (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

HALLE (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English pianist and conductor, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German by See also:

• NATIONALITY

nationality, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAGEN
• HAGEN, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH VON DER (178o-1856)

Hagen, in See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, on the nth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1819 . He studied under Rink at See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt in 1835, and as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1836 went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where for twelve years he lived in See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant inter-course with See also:

• CHERUBINI, MARIA LUIGI CARLO ZENOBIO SALVATORE (1760-1842)

Cherubini, See also:

• CHOPIN, FREDERIC FRANCOIS (1810-1849)

Chopin, See also:

• LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)

Liszt and other musicians, and enjoyed the friendship of such See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• LITERARY

literary figures as See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred de See also:

• MUSSET, LOUIS CHARLES ALFRED DE (1810-18S7)

Musset and See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

Sand . He had started a set of chamber concerts with See also:

• ALARD, JEAN DELPHIN (1815-1888)

Alard and Franchomme with great success, and had completed one See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of them when the revolution of 1848 drove him from Paris, and he settled, with his wife and two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, in See also:

• LONDON

London . His See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte recitals, given at first from 1850 in his own See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, and from 1861 in St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, were an important feature of London musical See also:

• LIFE

life, and it was due in great measure to them that a knowledge of See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven's piano-forte sonatas became See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in English society . At the Musical See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union founded by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ELLA
• ELLA (d. 588)
• ELLA (d. 867)
• ELLA (d. c. 514)

Ella, and at the Popular Concerts from their beginning, See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle was a frequent performer, and from 1853 was director of the Gentlemen's Concerts in See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, where, in 1857, he started a series of concerts of his own, raising the See also:

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

orchestra to a See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of perfection quite unknown at that 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 in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1888 he married Madame See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman Neruda (b . 1839), the violinist, widow of See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Norman, and daughter of Josef Neruda, members of whose See also:

• FAMILY

family had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been famous for musical See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was knighted; and in 1890 and 1891 he toured with his wife in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and else-where . He died at Manchester on the 25th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1895 . Halle exercised an important See also:

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

influence in the musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education of England; if his pianoforte-playing, by which he was mainly known to the public in London, seemed remarkable rather for precision than for See also:

• DEPTH

depth, for crystal clearness rather than for warmth, and for perfect realization of the written See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text rather than for strong individuality, it was at least of immense valueas giving the composer's See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea with the utmost fidelity . Those who were privileged to hear him See also:

• PLAY

play in private, like those who could appreciate the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, beauty and imaginative warmth of his conducting, would have given a very different See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict; and they were not wrong in judging Halle to be a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the widest and keenest See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic sympathies, with an extraordinary See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of insight into See also:

• MUSIC

music of every school, as well as a strong sense of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . He fought a long and arduous See also:

• BATTLE

battle for the best music, and never forgot the dignity of his See also:

• ART

art .

In spite of the fact that his technique was that of his youth, of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period before Liszt, the ease and certainty he attained in the most See also:

• MODERN

modern music was not the less wonderful because he concealed the See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical means so completely . See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Halle, who from 1864 onwards had been one of the leading See also:

• SOLO, OR SOLO WHIST

solo violinists of the time, was constantly associated with her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband on the See also:

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

concert See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage till his See also:

• DEATH

death; and in 1896 a public subscription was organized in her behalf, under royal patronage . She continued to appear occasionally in public, notably as See also:

• LATE

late as 1907, when she played at the See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim memorial concert . In 1901 she was given by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Alexandra the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of "violinist to the queen." A See also:

• FINE

fine classical player and artist, frequently associated with Joachim, Lady Halle was the first of the See also:

• WOMEN

women violinists who could stand comparison with men .