Edward Speyer
Edward Speyer | |
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,_age_15.png) Speyer at age 15 | |
| Born | May 14, 1839 |
| Died | January 8, 1934 (aged 94) Shenley, England |
Edward Speyer (14 May 1839 – 8 January 1934) was a German-born[1] banker and patron of music in London.
Biography
[edit]Edward Speyer was born on 14 May 1839 in Frankfurt.[2][3][4] His father was Wilhelm Speyer,[5] a Jewish merchant from Frankfurt and amateur composer[2] who was a friend of Carl Maria von Weber, Louis Spohr, Franz Liszt, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Gioachino Rossini.[6] Edward settled in London in 1859,[2][6] and either became a naturalized subject in 1869[6] or 1885.[2] In London, he became a distinguished patron of musical performances.[2][6] Speyer's first wife was Helen Franziska Forsboom, with whom he had would have his first daughter Lalla Vandervelde.[2] His second wife was Antonia Kufferath, a concert singer.[6] Speyer died in 1934 in Shenley, England.[2][4]
Bibliography
[edit]- Speyer, Edward (1937). Edward Speyer: My Life and Friends. Cobden-Sanderson.
References
[edit]- ^ Richard Strauss and Romain Rolland Correspondence Diary and Essays. University of California Press. p. 171.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bird, Martin (2015). "SPEYER, EDWARD & FAMILY" (PDF). An Elgarian Who's Who. ElgarWorks. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Frederick Septimus (2004). Race Against Time: The Diaries of F.S. Kelly. National Library Australia. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-642-10740-4.
- ^ a b Drabkin, William; Bent, Ian. "Schenker Documents Online: Edward Speyer". schenkerdocumentsonline.org. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Finneran, Richard J. (28 October 2003). Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, Volume XVII 1999. University of Michigan Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-472-11334-7.
- ^ a b c d e Adams, Byron (14 November 2011). Edward Elgar and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-4008-3210-1.
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