Manns August, Signed (1 results)

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Letter Card by Conductor Sir August Friedrich Manns. Dated 1896. A handwritten card from Hilda Brooker asking for the conductors autograph which he has provided on the reverse. Sir August Friedrich Manns 1825 - 1907 was a German-born British conductor who made his career in England. After serving as a military bandmaster in Germany, he moved to England and soon became director of music at London's Crystal Palace. He increased the resident band to full symphonic strength and for more than forty years conducted concerts at popular prices. He introduced a wide range of music to London, including many works by young British composers, as well as works by German masters hitherto neglected in England. Among his British protégés were Arthur Sullivan, Charles Villiers Stanford, Hubert Parry, Hamish MacCunn, Edward Elgar and Edward German. Manns performed the works of more than 300 composers and was reckoned to have given more than 12,000 concerts during his tenure at the Crystal Palace, between 1855 and 1901. He became a British citizen in 1894 and was knighted in 1903. Size is 110mm x 70mm. In good condition. Ref 18815. Signed by Author(s).