Autograph biographical notes on Adolph Brodsky

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Arthur Johnstone [1861-1904] was music critic of The Manchester Guardian 1896 until his death in 1904. These notes are made from Meyers' Conversations Lexicon, edition of 1894 and cover Brodsky's life from birth in Taganrog on 21 March 1851, his musical training with Hellmesberger in Vienna, his teaching at the Moscow Conservatoire and in Leipzig right up to his stay of 3 winters in New York starting in 1891.