A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Brandes, Emma

BRANDES, Emma, born Jan. 20, 1854, near Schwerin, was taught music by Aloïs Schmidt, court-kapellmeister at Schwerin, and by Goltermann, and in 1866 made her first public appearance there, in Mendelssohn's G minor Concerto. In 1871–72 she visited England, and showed herself a pianist of considerable performance and of still greater promise, viz. March 20, '71, at the Monday Popular, when she first appeared in pieces by Scarlatti, Schumann ('Arabeske'), and Weber ('Moto perpetuo'), and with Joachim in Beethoven's Sonata in C minor, op. 30, no. 2; at the Saturday Popular with Mme. Schumann in Bach's G minor Concerto for two pianos; at the Philharmonic April 24 (Mendelssohn's G minor Concerto); at the Crystal Palace, April 13, '72 (Schumann's Concerto); at the New Philharmonic May 8 and June 5 (Chopin's E minor Concerto), etc. She played with great success in Germany and Austria until her marriage with Herr Engelmann, Professor of Physiology at Utrecht, when she retired from public life.

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