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1856 Brussels Competition

Gaceta Musical de Madrid. N.41, 12 October 1856 (page 300)

    BRUSSELS …     — In Le Guide Musical we read the following: “In our issue corresponding to the 19th of June, we speak of a guitar competition founded by one of the most distinguished amateurs of Russia, Mr. Nicolas Makaroff, which will take place in Brussels.”     “Mr. de Makaroff Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 29, 2019 ago

Le Guide Musical. N.32, 9 October 1856 (page 1)

BELGIUM.     BRUSSELS.— Last Sunday was the morning of the event to which Mr. de MAKAROFF had invited a select audience in what the capital is experiencing with artists and music-loving amateurs.     The guitar is so neglected, forgotten, that we only talk about it as an imaginary object, or Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 29, 2019 ago

Journal de Bruxelles. N.281, 7 October 1856 (page 2)

NEWS FROM THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND LITERATURE.     A musical matinee was given yesterday at one o’clock in the Philharmonic Society hall by Mr. de Makaroff. This highly deserving artist performed 4 songs on a newly perfected ten-string guitar and was warmly applauded. NOUVELLES DES ARTS, DES SCIENCES ET DE Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 29, 2019 ago

La Presse Belge, Journal politique, commercial et industriel, Bruxelles. N.195, 3 Oct 1856 (page ??)

    —Next Sunday, October 5, M. de Makaroff will give a musical matinee at one o’clock in the Philharmonic Society’s hall.     This artist will perform the following pieces on a newly perfected ten-string guitar:     1st Grand Fantasy on a theme of Montecchi and Capuletti, composed by Mertz; 2nd Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

L’Observateur Belge. N.276, 3 Oct 1856 (page ??)

    —Next Sunday, October 5, M. de Makaroff will give a musical matinee at one o’clock in the Philharmonic Society’s hall.     This artist will perform the following pieces on a newly perfected ten-string guitar:     1st Grand Fantasy on a theme of Montecchi and Capuletti, composed by Mertz; 2nd Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

Le Guide Musical. N.31, 2 October 1856 (page 2)

    *In our June 19 issue, we reported on a guitarist competition, set up by one of Russia’s most distinguished amateurs, Mr. Nicolas Makaroff, and to be held in Brussels.     Mr. de Makaroff has been in Brussels for some time, to take care of the preparations for this competition, Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

La Esperanza. N.3662, 27 September 1856 (page 4)

A Russian prince, an amateur guitarist, has just opened a competition to award the best player of this instrument. The competition will be held in Brussels next month under the chairmanship of M. Fétis, director of the Belgian conservatory. Un principe ruso, aficionado á la guitarra, acaba de abrir un Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

La España. N.2276, 21 September 1856 (page 1)

    Occasion for Huertas.A Russian prince, an amateur guitarist, has just opened a competition to reward the best player of this instrument. The competition will be held in Brussels next month under the chairmanship of M. Fétis, director of the Belgian conservatory.     Ocasion para Huertas.Un príncipe ruso, aficionado á Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

Journal de Charleroi. N.259, 21 September 1856 (page 3)

    A Russian prince, a great lover of fine arts, has just had a singular musical idea. Struck by the decadence or rather the oblivion into which an instrument that made our fathers happy has long since fallen, he wants to bring about the rehabilitation of the guitar; he has Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

El Clamor Publico. N.3751, 19 September 1856 (page 3)

FOREIGN CHRONICLE     —NOTICE TO GUITARISTS. —A Russian prince, fond of the guitar, has just opened a contest to reward the best player of this instrument. The competition will be held in Brussels next month under the chairmanship of M. Fétis, director of the Belgian conservatory. CRONICA ESTRANGERA     —AVISO Read more

By Robert Coldwell, 6 yearsMay 27, 2019 ago

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