A record of "the Colony" at the turn of the 20th Century can be glimpsed in the six volumes of The Cyclopedia. However, it was not compiled by a team of researchers - individuals and organisations paid to be included and supplied the information. Several errors are apparent in H.M. Lund's listing including the spelling of Maier, his year of birth (1847) and year of arrival (1877).LUND, Hermann Maire (1)
Teacher of Music, Piano and Singing, 155 Montreal Street. Mr. Lund was born in 1848 and educated in Stuttgart. He studied music under Speidel [image right] and Stark, and subsequently under Carl Tausig in Berlin. Mr. Lund practiced his profession as a teacher for some years in North Germany, and was engaged also for several concert tours in various parts of Europe. In 1878 he arrived in Auckland by the ship “Lombardian,” and soon afterwards settled in Christchurch, where he has since been active as a teacher. Mr. Lund has given many successful concerts and recitals in New Zealand. He is the senior member of the Christchurch profession, and was promoter of the Society of Professional Musicians, of which he was first president for many years.
H.M. Lund 's biography, compiled between 1951-1964 for The G.R. Macdonald Dictionary on Canterbury pioneers, adds the specific detail that he 'got his musical education at the Royal Academy of Music, Stuttgart' (2). Most likely Macdonald obtained this detail from the 1948 thesis by Watson or her (unknown) source, or made an assumption as Speidel and Stark were two founders of the Conservatory.
(1) The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3 Canterbury edition 1903 (pp 96 & 231).
(2) G.R. Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies, Canterbury Museum, New Zealand.
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