A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Schirmacher, Dora

by George Grove

SCHIRMACHER, Dora, pianoforte player, born Sept. 1, 1857, at Liverpool, where her father is an esteemed professor of music; early developed an original talent, but was not regularly educated for music till later. At length, after thorough instruction from her father, she went in 1872 to the Conservatorium at Leipzig. After passing with éclat through the course, she played at the Gewandhaus, Feb. 1, 1877. On March 31 of the same year she made her début in London at the Crystal Palace, and at the Monday Popular Concert on Dec. 3. At both these places she has played more than once since those dates. In Liverpool, Manchester, and other provincial English towns, and in Amsterdam, Leipzig, Frankfort, Stuttgart, and other German places, she is often heard, and greatly esteemed for her poetical rendering and her varied repertoire.

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