The Arts In Berwick -- Music
Private Music

Before the era of using recordings to hear music, it had to be played live.

Throughout the 19th.Century a host of minor composers made a living feeding the pianos of leisured ladies such as these. Often publishers would add titles to make the works more saleable locally, hence we have "The Berwick Polka" by the ubiquitous but obscure V.S.De Dobrowolski.

Dazzling recitals by Franz Liszt, seen here being adored by ladies, had gone a long way to making East European composers and styles fashionable. Liszt did stop-off in Berwick on 24th.January 1841 at the height of his fame, but only to have supper.

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