tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52643212990810330712024-03-14T03:34:31.351-07:00Hermann Maier Lund: family and friendsFrom Ulm, Württemberg, Germany to Christchurch, New Zealand.
First visit? Start at the bottom or here: http://maier-ulm.blogspot.com/2008/08/hermann-maier-introduction.htmlH Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-24777699243785469922010-01-13T13:18:00.000-08:002011-11-05T12:46:09.005-07:00Fritz Carr (Cahn)Fritz Carr (Cahn) was born on 30 January 1897 in Frankfurt. He and his younger brother, Hans born 15 May 1900, were the only sons of Hermann's eldest daughter, Paula Maier and her husband Carl Cahn.In 1923 Fritz completed his medical exams and went to work or further study (Assistenzarzt) at the private gynecology clinic (von Geheimrat) of Professor Dr. Paul Ferdinand Strassmann in Berlin. At H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-77646332825656968272009-04-19T07:00:00.000-07:002010-01-13T13:11:33.308-08:00Graves - GermanyFour families were allowed to settle in Laupheim in 1730. There is no evidence of when the cemetery was established. The chewra kaddisha was established in 1748 and the oldest existing gravestone dates from 1761.Some of Hermann's mother's family are buried here: his mother Sophie Maier (née Gugenheim b. 22 June 1822 d. 10 October 1848 aged 26), his maternal grandmother, Sophie Gugenheim (née H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-46915524524015214732008-11-18T14:12:00.000-08:002010-01-13T06:47:41.002-08:00Saturday Afternoon Concert 1880 Mr. H.M. LUND'SSATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERTS---SECOND CONCERTPROGRAMME:1. Quartette, for violin, viola, cello, and piano (Beethoven).2. Variations on an original Theme in B flat, four hands (Schubert).3. For the little folk (Schumann)-- a--Hobby Horse b--Important Event c--The Horseman's Song d--Knecht Ruprecht.4. Songs-- a--"By Dimpled Brook" (Dr Arne) b-H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-13523640378820081282008-11-18T14:02:00.000-08:002010-01-13T06:50:05.789-08:00Lectures 1885Mr. H.M. LUND'S SECOND LECTURE (1)A Progressive System of Tuition, Chief Faults in Piano Playing, Touch, Impending Discoveries.---MR. LUND'S LECTURE(2) - In his lecture last night Mr Lund gave the outlines of a rational system of tuition of pianoforte pupils, and spoke at length on the traning of the ear, practice and fingering, the treatment of the pedal, &c. He enumerated the most common H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-11753351364213465952008-11-14T07:55:00.000-08:002011-11-05T11:14:31.308-07:00Graves - New ZealandHermann & Kitty and Mary Ellen Lund, Waimairi Cemetery ChristchurchH.M. Lund 1848 - 1932 'In musicis divinia cernebat'Kitty died at sea after leaving London on 4 February 1937.Therese Lund, Linwood Cemetery ChristchurchTufts University: Latin ToolsH Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-36477908801947967522008-10-30T05:44:00.000-07:002008-11-17T02:53:06.698-08:00Invercagill & the Organ 1881H.M. Lund was appointed organist for St. John's Episcopalian Church in 1881. The appointment was published in the Otago Witness and the Southland Times in December. The date which Lund took up the position is not stated.According to HM's obituary 'He visited Auckland and Wellington before coming to Christchurch; and although he found this city the most congenial, he was forced to leave on H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-82915045875669918562008-10-30T04:16:00.000-07:002008-11-17T03:03:23.419-08:00New Zealand Population 1874 - 1923Dunedin was the largest city in New Zealand in 1870 with a population of 14,000. By 1878, Dunedin had grown to 22,525 people. There were 18,953 in Wellington, 13,758 in Auckland and 12,370 in Christchurch(1). By the beginning of the 20th century, the North Island had overtaken the South Island as the most populous island.The city where Hermann last lived in Germany, Hamburg, reached a populationH Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-15997798586416661362008-10-28T02:18:00.000-07:002008-11-19T14:17:56.330-08:00Society of Musicians (est. 1891)Christchurch was fond of musical organisations(1) but most were short-lived. The Christchurch Musical Society and an organisation focused on the 'advancement of music and musicians' were the exceptions. The centenary history publication(2) on the Canterbury Society of Musicians stated that 'Lund was credited at the time of his death in 1932 (in his mid eighties) as the founder of the Society' H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-11703951615082006522008-08-24T02:49:00.000-07:002010-01-22T11:15:00.725-08:00Maier Household UlmMaier, Isaak Aaron, Kaufm [Kaufman], Hermann's father, listed in the address books of Ulm, 1845, at Beim Barfüßerkirchlein*, nun Lagerhaus.By 1849 (until 1853) A.J. Maier was listed in Köpfingergaßchen. In 1857 it changed to Beim Kirchlein and 1868 to Munsterstraße. The street names appear to have changed over time but the house and address is the same as the original listing: they are all H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-9668895358282336582008-08-17T15:08:00.000-07:002008-11-16T11:43:08.179-08:00Gustav Maier's visit to New ZealandClick on the images to enlargeH Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-66500881587372512942008-08-17T13:30:00.000-07:002008-11-17T02:55:50.753-08:00Gustav MaierHermann's older brother.1844 born in Ulm am Weinhof.1850 entered elementary school, Ulm.1852 entered non-classical secondary school (Realschule).1855 transfered to grammar school (Gymnasium).1857 confirmation in the Ulm Synagogue and entered Philanthropic School, Frankfurt am Main.1860-70 apprentice, traveller and soon confidential clerk in father’s wholesale firm, A.J. Maier, Ulm.1870 took over H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-72554396572579753092008-08-17T13:20:00.000-07:002008-11-17T03:04:36.733-08:00The Life and Times of Sir Julius von HaastFifty years after H.M. arrived in New Zealand he wrote that Sir Julius had "convinced him to stay". Sir Julius* was an important figure in early Canterbury and a notable German-born resident. The following excerpts, from the biography written and published by Sir Julius' son, H.F. von Haast, in Christchurch 1948, provide a window onto the town into which H.M. found himself.CHAPTER LIX (pp.805 H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-78517277401832111652008-08-17T13:09:00.000-07:002010-03-31T06:28:27.234-07:00Lohse-Bowen School 1879-1909Miss Johanna Lohse established a private day and boarding school ‘for the higher education of gentlemen’s daughters’ in 1879 and began teaching in the fall (March/April in New Zealand) of 1880.Mrs. Annette Bowen took over the school in 1890 after her husband, Mr. Croasdaile Bowen B.D., Archdeacon of Christchurch, died and she had to find alternative means to support her family. She ran the H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-85533532075041704952008-08-17T13:01:00.000-07:002008-11-17T02:57:34.322-08:00Obituary TributesDr. J. C. Bradshaw in The Press...Mr. Lund’s life has been a fruitful one, and the good he has done for music in New Zealand will continue to grow and ever bear more fruit....As a critic and writer there is no doubt whatever that his efforts in the cause of art were of great worth. Impatient of anything savouring of superficiality or mere display he would, if he felt the occasion demanded it, H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-34780786089237190282008-08-17T12:52:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:28:58.233-08:00Music in Christchurch - ExtractsThesis by Helen Watson c. 1948, University of New ZealandPrivate Teaching (pp.192)…The last twenty years of the 19th century constituted a particularly fertile period of musical instruction, and for this four men in particular were responsible. These were H.M. Lund, H. Wells, G. F Tendall, and F. M. Wallace.Herman (sic) Maier Lund was the first of these to arrive in Christchurch, and he began H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-23229255614838511352008-08-17T11:40:00.000-07:002008-11-17T04:29:47.460-08:00Teacher of MusicSoon after arriving in NZ to settle, H.M. Lund began teaching piano and singing in Christchurch.According to a thesis by Helen Watson (Music in Christchurch, unpublished, 1948), H.M. Lund's private piano pupils included: Ernest Empson; Lance Lewin; Constance Lingard; Alice Maunder; Alfred J. Merton (1857-1931); Charles E. Tendall (son of George); Minnie Vartha and Katie Young. He also taught H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-30969980030363391682008-08-17T10:19:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:04:16.727-08:00Fifty Years of MusicWhen Christchurch Was Very YoungBy H.M. LundLooking backwards, one’s long years shrink mercifully. I can hardly believe it is 50 years since I walked desolately up town, from the old railway station through rows of weather-worn shanties composing Madras street. In its inner area the town has not changed greatly save for better buildings and the finished Cathedral. Ballantyne’s and Strange’s H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-16520701315554170692008-08-17T10:08:00.000-07:002008-11-17T03:56:19.672-08:00The Cyclopedia of New ZealandA 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 H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-32982113556265589802008-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:002009-04-19T06:26:10.601-07:00A Celebrated Pianist's Busy "Holiday"In this article about Mr. Wilhelm Bachaus and Mr. Kugel (no first name given), described as "the genial Viennese concert manager who has engineered Bachaus' European tours for a few years past...", there are two paragraphs that refer to Mr. Lund. "'Sold-out houses the rule' is the heading which one large Australian paper bestows upon a report of his tour. 'To hear Bachaus once is one's undoing,H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-32790093762101471372008-08-17T10:01:00.000-07:002011-11-05T11:16:27.334-07:00Hermann's FamilyH.M. LUND was born in Ulm am Weinhof an der Donau, Württemberg, Germany on 16 August, 1847.His parents were Aaron Eisig MAIER (b.14.07.1813 Archshofen Jaxtthal, Württemberg d.19.04.1874 Ulm) and Sophie GUGENHEIM b.22.06.1822 Hechingen, Württemberg. d.10.10.1848 Ulm). They were married around 1842 in Ulm.His paternal grandparents were: Eisig MAIER (b.22.01.1779 Archshofen, Württemberg. d.H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-69174158688717024792008-08-17T09:59:00.000-07:002009-04-21T08:12:31.207-07:00First New Zealand Concert - 13 September 1877Mr. Lund's ConcertA concert was given at the Oddfellows’ Hall [image right: Hall being moved from home in Lichfield Street to Sydenham, 1903] last evening by Mr. H. M. Lund. The audience, although select, was unfortunately not large, and peculiarly, therefore, the concert was far from being a success. On this account it is perhaps the more gratifying to be enabled to state that from a musical H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-11629417685469829552008-08-17T09:56:00.000-07:002010-01-13T06:46:16.647-08:00Voyage to New Zealand 1877Arrival of the Lombardian The long-looked-for barque Lombardian arrived from England last night, after a passage of 106 days from Portsmouth. She brings one passenger, Mr. Lund, and a large general cargo, including three hundred tons of iron, which has no doubt contributed to lengthen her passage. The Lombardian is a fine iron barque, in build very similar to the Emily Chaplin, which was H Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264321299081033071.post-31104634173940189542008-08-16T09:54:00.000-07:002008-11-16T11:47:39.981-08:00Hermann Maier - IntroductionH.M. Lund was a concert pianist, teacher, music critic and sometime conductor. He was born in Ulm, Germany and, at the age of 29 and a half, immigrated to New Zealand. Facts about Hermann’s early life and career have not been corroborated but many wonderful names were cited during his lifetime: Schmann; Tausig; Wagner; von Bülow. At the very least, his early life would have given him opportunityH Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235096454742250092noreply@blogger.com0