Memoirs : Heida Hermanns Holde /

The author's mother Alice Goldschmidt was a gifted piano player, who studied with Carl Maria Breithaupt and became his most talented student. Childhood recollections. Early musical awakening. Outbreak of World War One. Recollections of air raids and scarceness of food. Inflation and political instability in post-war Germany. Piano lessons by her mother from an early age. Heida made her debut at age fourteen with the Wiesbaden Symphony under the conductor Carl Schuricht, who became a close mentor and friend. Close relationship to her mother, who had a great influence on her professional career. Heida had a number of outstanding teachers, among them Artur Schnabel, Karl Leimer and Egon Petri. Heida was accepted as a student of Petri at the "Hochschule fuer Musik" in Berlin, where she studied between 1922-1925. Salon at her aunt's house with guests such as the playwright Georg Kaiser and Siegfried Wagner. Her sister Elsie received her Ph.D. in economics and moved to Berlin as well. Heida graduated from the "Hochschule" in 1925. Soon after she won an international piano competition in Berlin. Engagements with various conductors such as Max Fiedler and Otto Klemperer. Private lessons with Arthur Schnabel and Carl Friedberg, the co-founder of Juilliard. Due to occasional experiences of antisemitism during her music career Heida decided to change her name from Goldschmidt to Hermanns. Position at the "Hoch Conservatory" in Frankfurt. Encounter with the music critic Artur Holde, Heida's future-husband. Engagement and wedding in 1932. Move to Berlin.

2nd Arthur Rubinstein Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portrait of Arthur Rubinstein by Pablo Picasso. Reverse: Inscription

3rd Arthur Rubinstein Commemorative Medal

Obverse: A portrait of Arthur Rubinstein by Pablo Picasso. Reverse: Inscription.

3rd Arthur Rubinstein Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portrait of Arthur Rubinstein by Pablo Picasso. Reverse: Inscription

2nd Arthur Rubinstein Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portrait of Arthur Rubinstein by Pablo Picasso. Reverse: Inscription.

Obverse side of tombstone of Jeanette Molling (possibly Arthur Molling); Strangriede Cemetery; Hannover Cemeteries Tombs

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Tombstone of Arthur Molling; Strangriede Cemetery (R 26.05); Hannover Cemeteries Tombs

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Detail of tombstone of Arthur Molling; Strangriede Cemetery (R 26.05); Hannover Cemeteries Tombs

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Obverse side of tombstone of Jeanette Molling (possibly Arthur Molling); Strangriede Cemetery; Hannover Cemeteries Tombs

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Albert and Elsa Einstein on the beach with Walter Adams; Santa Barbara, California Portraits; Groups

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Arthur Liebert, Albert Einstein, Franz Oppenheimer, Mrs. Kurt Goldstein, Fritz Medicus and Arthur Liebert's son walking outside the Grand Hotel Curhaus during the Davoser Hochschulkurse; Davos, Switzerland Portraits Groups

The Davoser Hochschulkurse took place for the first time in 1928. Mainly university teachers from Germany, France, Switzerland (perhaps elsewhere) offered lectures to students recovering from tuberculosis at the health resort in the Swiss mountains. The lecturers were accommodated at the Grand Hotel Curhaus, where the lectures also took place.

Lucien Levy-Bruehl, Albert Einstein, Franz Oppenheimer, Arthur Liebert and his son, Paul Tillich, unidentified woman and Mrs. Charles Blondel outside the Grand Hotel Curhaus during the Davoser Hochschulkurse; Davos, Switzerland Portraits Groups

The Davoser Hochschulkurse took place for the first time in 1928. Mainly university teachers from Germany, France, Switzerland (perhaps elsewhere) offered lectures to students recovering from tuberculosis at the health resort in the Swiss mountains. The lecturers were accommodated at the Grand Hotel Curhaus, where the lectures also took place.

Portrait of the artist Arthur Segal Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944

Portrait of the artist Arthur Segal Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944

The artist Arthur Segal with his work; London Portraits Men

Born Iasi Romania July 13, 1875, died London 1944