. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . o isstill at the post whichhe accepted in Sep-tember, 1854. Formore than a genera-tion Carl Zerrahnhas, by virtue of hisposition as conductorof the society, beenthe most conspicu-ous chorus leader inAmerica. He wasborn in IMalchow,in the grand duchyof Mecklenburg-Schwerin, July 28,1826. He began thestudy of music whenhe was twelve yearsold, under F. Web-ber, in Rostock, andsubsequently studiedin Hanover and Ber-lin. The agitatedstate of the countryabout the
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . o isstill at the post whichhe accepted in Sep-tember, 1854. Formore than a genera-tion Carl Zerrahnhas, by virtue of hisposition as conductorof the society, beenthe most conspicu-ous chorus leader inAmerica. He wasborn in IMalchow,in the grand duchyof Mecklenburg-Schwerin, July 28,1826. He began thestudy of music whenhe was twelve yearsold, under F. Web-ber, in Rostock, andsubsequently studiedin Hanover and Ber-lin. The agitatedstate of the countryabout the time heattained his major-ity, culminating inthe revolution of March, 1848, had a serious effect on the musical inter-ests of Germany, and influenced many to seek refuge inAmerica. Among others, Mr. Zerrahn, and about ascore of kindred spirits, determined to leave the Father-land and organized what was known as the GermaniaMusical Society. They visited London, where a seriesof entertainments was given with distinguished artisticsuccess. In August, 1848, they left London for theUnited States, and gave a series of sixteen concerts in. CARL ZERRAHN. New York and Brooklyn, meeting with unbounded suc-cess. The series closed in November, after which theyvisited Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, andthen came to Boston, where their success was such asto cause the number of their concerts to be extendedto twenty-two. Subsequently the company appearedmany times in conjunction with Madame Sontag, OleBull, and other distinguished artists. In 1854 the com-pany disbanded, and in a short time Mr. Zerrahn was appointed conductorof the Handel andHaydn Society. In1866 he was chosenconductor of theHar\ard SymphonyAssociation. He hasalso been conductorof the PhilharmonicSociety, of the SalemOratorio Society, ofthe Lynn ChoralUnion, of the Taun-ton Beethoven Soci-ety, and of theExeter Choral many years hehas been teacher ofclasses in the art ofconducting,harmony,composition, etc.,
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