Autograph biographical notes of Adolph Brodsky

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In these incomplete notes Anna mentions the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto which was premiered by Brodsky in Vienna in 1881. She mentions his 8 years of work in Leipzig and his 3 years in America. She adds his return to Europe and the offer from Sir Charles Hallé upon whose death Brodsky became Principal of the RMCM. Brodsky also founded a Brodsky Quartet in Manchester and it gives a series of concerts in aid of the Sustentation Fund which helps students without a means to gain higher education in music.