1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from how 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Stuff Works dot Com. Hello, and welcome to the podcast. 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm Holly Fry and I'm Tracy Vie Wilson. And in 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: December so fairly recently, there was a Google noodle about 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: Terisakaino in celebration of her one hundred and sixty fifth birthday. 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: And as I often do when there is a cool 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: one that pops up that I don't know about, I 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: start noodling around looking for info about that person or topic. 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: And as I read more and more about today's Akno, 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,319 Speaker 1: I kept wondering why on earth her life story has 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: not made been made into a fantastical biopic um And 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,639 Speaker 1: as I told friends about it, they were like the same. 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: They were like, when is this going to be a movie? 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know, but it should be, because 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: not only was she the most famous pianist of her day, 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: she is considered to be Venezuela's first international superstar, and 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: her personal life was just as compelling as her public persona, 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: so she jumped to the top of my list of subjects. 19 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: Before we get into her life, I just want to 20 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: make a very brief disclaimer there is discussion of some 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: domestic violence in this episode. We keep it quite brief. 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: It is not terribly long or detailed, but just know 23 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: that going in Maria, said Gertrudis Deus. Kreno Garcia de 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: Sena was born on December eighteen fifty three in Caracas, Venezuela. 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: Her father, Manuel and Tonio Kreno was a politician. He 26 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: was the Venezuelan Minister of Finance and he also served 27 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: as president of the National Bank, and he published a 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: book on manners. But he also played the piano and 29 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: wrote music in addition to all of that. And in 30 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: spite of having all these things that he was doing, 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: he was good at that one too. Yeah, And his 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: book on manners was apparently very very popular, like it 33 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: became kind of everybody's handbook for how to be a 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: proper person. And it was from her father Manuel that 35 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: today's A first started learning to play the piano. Know 36 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: because of the family's very comfortable economic status. There were 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: two pianos in the home, including a concert grand piano, 38 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: and the entire family was musical, so from birth, music 39 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: was absolutely all around her. And according to her father, 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Today'sa began to move in rhythm to music as a tiny, 41 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: tiny baby like he saw in her. He felt that 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: she clearly had an instinct for music, and she also 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: started playing simple melodies by ear on the piano by 44 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: the time she was four. Shortly before she turned six, 45 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: Manuel was starting to teach his daughter, but soon he 46 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: brought in another teacher as well, a pianist from Germany 47 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: named Julius ho Hennas, and with this new teacher, she 48 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: was learning really really quickly and mastering works that were 49 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: composed by box, Chopin and Mendelssohn, among many others. By 50 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: the time she was seven, she had started writing her 51 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: own compositions and would also play improvisationally for friends and family. 52 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: They would challenge her by giving her a theme and 53 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: then watch her come up with her own original music 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: just quickly, in confide ly. Yeah. She apparently played in 55 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: terms of confidence like someone who had been playing for decades. 56 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: She just had no hesitation. There was nothing shy about her. 57 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: She would not hem and haw. She would literally just 58 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: be like okay and then set to it um. In 59 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: eighteen sixty two, Manuel moved the family to New York City, 60 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: and of course, uh you may have noticed that is 61 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: while the US was in the midst of the Civil War, 62 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: and Manuel was motivated in part by a desire to 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: continue his daughter's musical education and expand her opportunities. But 64 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Venezuela was also in the midst of its own upheaval. 65 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: The Federal War, which ran from eighteen fifty nine to 66 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: eighteen sixty three, was the result of decades long tensions 67 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: that had roots in the dissolution of the Republic in 68 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: eighteen thirty, so this is not a Venezuelan history episode. 69 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: So the broad strokes version of the situation is that 70 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: by the time of the Federal War, the Conservative Party 71 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: championed a central government and the Liberal movement wanted more 72 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: regional self government. There are a lot of other finesse 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: elements to it, but Manuel, at this point, as a 74 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: long term government official, had a vested interest in getting 75 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: out of the country. As things started to escalate, New 76 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: York opened up whole new musical opportunities for the eight 77 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: year old Teresa. She started taking lessons from Louis Morrow 78 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: gosh Chalk. He was a New Orleans born musician who 79 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: had made a name for himself as a pianist and 80 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: a composer and Tracey's father invited him to hear his 81 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: daughter play. After that meeting, they made an agreement for lessons, 82 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: and Today's that kind I know would often site got 83 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: Shocked as her ideal as a pianist, and he influenced 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: her work greatly. Although it is actually unclear how long 85 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: he taught her or how many like sort of formal 86 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: lessons were actually given, he definitely exposed her to a 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: lot of new music and he really gave her an 88 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: education in playing, not just with precision and technique, but 89 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 1: also serving as an interpreter between the music printed on 90 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: the page and the listener's ear. But also seemed that 91 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: a child prodigy such as Karenno would be giving concerts, 92 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: but her father really resisted that idea at first. It 93 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: wasn't until the family had a financial crisis that he 94 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: finally consented to his daughter appearing on the stage, and 95 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: at that point it was because they desperately needed money. 96 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 1: On November eighteen sixty two, Today's they gave a concert 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: at Irving Hall in New York. In the evening's program 98 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: included works composed by Rassini, Thalberg, Hobble and her teacher 99 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: gut Shock, and she also played a waltz that she 100 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: had composed herself and named after her mentor, so that 101 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: was gut Chuck Waltz Opus one. The evening was a 102 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: huge success, and booking requests poured in for Today's After 103 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: that and over the next three weeks, she gave five 104 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: more concerts and published The gut Chuck Waltz, which sold 105 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: out repeatedly. And we're going to include a link to 106 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: a recording of that waltz in the show notes. From 107 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: that point, she was not even ten years old, but 108 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: she had started a real career as a concert pianist. 109 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: She toured around the US Northeast. She was invited to 110 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: the White House, where she played for President Abraham Lincoln 111 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: as an adult. She wrote about the experience and how 112 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: kind and unassuming the First family was. But the White 113 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: House grand piano was so terribly out of tune that 114 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: after playing just a few pieces, she had to stop, 115 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: and she refused to play anymore. Yeah, she found that 116 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: a jarring and unpleasant experience. In terms of the actual playing. 117 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 1: She really enjoyed visiting the White House and meeting everyone, 118 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: but the playing was absolutely non delightful. From eighteen sixty 119 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: four to eighteen sixty five, there was a brief hiatus 120 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: in her appearances. Her family at that point had become 121 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: concerned about the toll that being constantly in the spotlight 122 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: was taking on her, because remember she was still a child, 123 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: so they made the decision to put her career temporarily 124 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: on hold so that she could regroup and focus on 125 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: her health and well being. By eighteen sixty six, she 126 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: was back on the job, though she started to go 127 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: to bookings outside the United States carrying a letter of 128 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: recommendation from her mentor Gosh Shock. She went to Cuba 129 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: for a short tour. Then her father booked her on 130 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: a European tour, and that really changed her life. The 131 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: eighteen sixty six European tour began in Paris, and while 132 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: the Carenos were there. Today's a meant an assortment of 133 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: luminaries of the European music scene, so Hector Berlioz, Jachino 134 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: Rassini and previous podcast subject France List all made the 135 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: young virtuoso's acquaintance. There's a little bit of a calendar 136 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: disparity when it comes to Teresa's social contacts during this time. 137 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: It's mentioned in several of her biographies that she became 138 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: friends with and started teaching Blonding Olivier, who was listed 139 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: adult daughter, but she had died back in eighteen sixty two. 140 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: It's possible that there's some confusion between her and her sister, 141 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: Cosima Wagner, but that's not clear. Yeah, that's one of 142 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: those things that appeared in kind of the main biography 143 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: that was written of Kreno, and then it's gotten repeated 144 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: over time. And I don't know why no one ever 145 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: did the calendar math to go. That's not possible. Um So, 146 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: so it's like I said, it's a little unclear. But 147 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: in any case, Lizt was either convinced by a daughter, 148 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: as is often relayed in that version of the story, 149 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: or simply of his own accord, moved to offer to 150 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: take Today's on as a pupil, but she had to 151 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: move to Rome, where he was living at the time. 152 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: Today's father Manuel turned down this offer. Liszt was not 153 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: the only famous musician who offered to teach to Day's a. 154 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: Jacchino Rossini, upon realizing that she had talent as a 155 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: singer as well, began giving her voice lessons to develop 156 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: her mezzo soprano, and he actually told her that what 157 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: she should really be doing was pursuing a singing career. 158 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: The family decided to stay in Paris and they lived 159 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: there for several years to continue her education. She auditioned 160 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: for the Conservatoid Peri and she was denied on the 161 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: claim that she was already passed the level expected of graduates, 162 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: but she did take lessons from one of Chopin's former students, 163 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: French composer George Matthias. And coming up, we're going to 164 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: talk more about Today's time in Paris, including both success 165 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: and tragedy. But first we will take a little break 166 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: to hear from one of the sponsors that keeps stuff 167 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: you missed in history class going. While the Cares were 168 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: settling into their life in France, the family was hit 169 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: with a tragedy when Today's mother, Clorinda, died suddenly in 170 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: September of eighteen sixty six. Manuel and Teresa remained in 171 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: Paris and they continued to work on building Today's as 172 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: concert bookings, and over the next two years she worked 173 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: continuously in venues in France. In eighteen sixty eight, she 174 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: was booked on a tour in London, where she met 175 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubenstein, who introduced himself after 176 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: seeing one of her concerts. Rubenstein did not formally teach 177 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: Today's a but he would give her notes on her playing. 178 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: He would listen and then write up some notes and 179 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: they would discuss, and the two of them became very 180 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: good friends. And Today's had ranked Rubinstein right below Gotchok 181 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: as a mentor and Today's and her father mon L 182 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: stayed in London as she learned from him. In this way. 183 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: Throughout all of this terrace that was making a really 184 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: nice living. In addition to the income from her concerts, 185 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: Manuel was also working as a teacher, and the father 186 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: and daughter were welcomed and the wealthiest houses in Europe. 187 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: Her talent opened a lot of doors and gave both 188 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: of them a life of luxury. Terday's had begun her 189 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: performing career as a soloist, but during her time in Europe, 190 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: as she became more and more popular, she began to 191 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: be invited to participate in more collaborative performances with other musicians. 192 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: Maurice Trakash, who began his career as a child pianist 193 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: as well, but then transitioned primarily to the role of 194 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: promoter for other musicians really saw the financial potential in 195 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: adding Terday's A to group concerts, because again she was 196 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: still very young and could play with people much older 197 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 1: than her. Soon, Strakosh had the fifteen year old karain 198 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: No touring the Netherlands, Switzerland and France along with other 199 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: popular performers. In eighteen seventy two, Today's musical career shifted 200 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: as she made use of the training that she had 201 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: received from Jacino Rassini, and she made her debut as 202 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: an opera singer. Her first role was Marguerite in a 203 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: production of Les Ugueneau, which is an opera about the St. 204 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: Bartholomew's Day massacre. This show was mounted by the Mapleson 205 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: Operatic Concert Tours company. But even as she ventured into opera, 206 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: Today's A was still booking performances as a pianist, and 207 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: in eighteen seventy two she once again toured with a 208 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: roster of talented artists assembled by Maurice Trakash, this time 209 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: on a tour of the United States, and it was 210 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: on this tour that she met violinist Emile Charai, and 211 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: the two fell in love on tour, and they married 212 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: on July thirteenth, eighteen seventy three, right after they returned 213 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: to London. Manuel Kareno was not happy about this marriage 214 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: at all. He thought that Emil was a bad match 215 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: for his daughter, in part because he was kind of 216 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: a mess and not very financially stable. Teresa told her 217 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: father of how she had taken care of him on tour, 218 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: making sure that his clothes that needed mending were attended 219 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: to and seeing that he ate properly, and she was 220 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: completely taken with him. But her father saw all of 221 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: this as red flag after red flag. He told her, quote, 222 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: if you feel sorry for this young man's neglected condition, 223 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: by all means, so on his buttons, mend his clothes, 224 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: by his food even, but don't on that account marry him. 225 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: Of course, she married him anyway. Today's A and Emil 226 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: had their first child, a daughter named Emilita, in May 227 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: eighteen seventy four, but even as they celebrated their new family, 228 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: there was also a loss. Manuel Kareno died on September 229 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: four of that year, and Today's A blamed herself. She 230 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: was afraid that her union was sorry and the stress 231 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: that it had caused her father had led to the 232 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: decline in his health. While she was still grieving over 233 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: her father. She started another tour of the United States 234 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: in eighteen seventy five. This time she was booked both 235 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: for piano and singing engagements. While she and Emil had 236 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: fallen in love on tour, life on the road the 237 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: second time around really strained and ultimately ended their marriage. 238 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: By the time the tour was over, so was that relationship. 239 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: Theresa first traveled to New York after the separation and 240 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: then to Boston, which is where she had decided she 241 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: wanted to live. Yeah, she kind of picked out a 242 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: place where she thought, like, it's not tied to any 243 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: of my previous stuff. I can just make a new 244 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: start after this horrible marriage fell apart, and won't it 245 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: be great? Uh. The transition to living in the US 246 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: once again came with another upswing in Today's opera career. 247 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: She performed with companies in Boston and New York, but 248 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: she always felt that, even though people really really thought 249 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 1: she was fantastic at it, that her singing would just 250 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: never be as good as her piano playing. And throughout 251 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: all of this time, the poll to New York had 252 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: continued to grow, so she didn't really stay in Boston 253 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: for very long, although while she was there she did 254 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: strike up a romance with a baritone from Italy named 255 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: g of Annie taglia Pietre. In eighteen seventy six, she 256 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: became the celebrity face of the Webber Piano company, contracted 257 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: as its representative and moved to New York once that 258 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: deal was struck. The owner of the company, Albert Webber, 259 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: felt that his pianos never sounded better than when Teresa 260 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: was playing them, and so that was what she played 261 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: for her concerts under the terms of the contract. That 262 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: business arrangement went on for the next fourteen years. Yeah, 263 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: it was clearly a pretty good a pretty good business relationship, 264 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: And that same year Kareno and taglia Pietra were married, 265 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: and this marriage lasted longer than to Day's first, and 266 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: the two had three children together. Although their first daughter, Luisa, 267 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: was born in eighteen seventy eight and she died as 268 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: a child in eighteen eighty one, their second daughter, Teresita, 269 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: was born in eighteen eighty two, and a son, Giovanni, 270 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: was born in eighteen eighty five. After Teresa moved to 271 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: New York, she became close with the McDowell family. She 272 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: had been invited by a friend and fellow musician and 273 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: to hear one of his students play the piano, and 274 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: that student was Edward McDowell, who was son of Fanny 275 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: and Thomas McDowell. Teresa became very close with all of 276 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: them and remained lifelong friends with them, so much so 277 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: that she sometimes chows where she would live based on 278 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: how close it was to their home. And she became 279 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: Edwards teacher and mentor. Yeah, his name is always linked 280 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: with hers in music history, and that is why. The 281 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: Kareno Donaldi Operatic gem Company, which opened at Booth Theater 282 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: in New York in November one, was another project that 283 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: she took on. The Donaldi in the name came from 284 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: Italian operatic Prima Donna Emma Donaldi and Karaino Donaldi, and 285 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: a handful of other musicians toured with this company around 286 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: the United States. The New York Times reviewed the Kareno 287 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: Donaldi companies opening and wrote this of TRACE's performance, quote, 288 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: Madame Karago needs no further accommendation. She is unquestionably the 289 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: most accomplished of our feminine pianists and always brings to 290 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: her performance abundant strength native musical appreciation. A perfect technique 291 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: and a personal and artistic charm that give her a 292 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: position which she alone enjoys. Publicly, Kareno's life at this 293 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: point seemed amazing. It was all praise and success, and 294 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: her performances were all basically perfect, but privately things were 295 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: getting quite dark. Tag, which is what Giovanni was nicknamed, 296 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: since not everyone could say that long Italian name. It 297 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: was a very moody man, and while he could be 298 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: attentive and adoring, his behavior could turn sullen and even abusive. 299 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: When he was unhappy and he started drinking heavily, which 300 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: was hurting his singing voice, which made him angry, or 301 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: which made him drink more. He got kind of in 302 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: this horrible cycle, and at one point, when Todaysa was 303 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: pregnant with one of their children, he got so angry 304 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: that he threatened her with a knife, and he said 305 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: that she was going to kill her. And she relates 306 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: this as a moment when she was absolutely terrified and 307 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: just froze in fear and was just kind of unable 308 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: to do anything. And thankfully, apparently that was enough to 309 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: satisfy his cruelty for the moment, and Tag left the 310 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: house and went out. Instead of following through on this threat, 311 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: the Venezuelan president Joaquin Crespo invited ter such a tour 312 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: Venezuela in eighteen eighty five, and this was a really 313 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: successful enterprise, so much so that she and Giovanni started 314 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: an opera company in Caracas. While the project started out 315 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: with a lot of promise due to the impressive talent 316 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: the couple was able to recruit from around the world, 317 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: the financial side really didn't go very well. Venezuela's politics 318 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: grew volatile against Crespo, who was one of the opera 319 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: company's main sponsors, and the opera company itself became the 320 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: target of threats and insulting press as a consequence. In 321 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: eighteen eighties seven, Today Soa gave up on the opera company. 322 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: She and Giovanni went back to New York, but they're 323 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: already strained. Marriage was really at its breaking point. Teresa 324 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: threw herself into her work and just practiced relentlessly every day. 325 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: Uh spoiler alert. This marriage was doomed, and we're going 326 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: to talk about that in a moment, but first we 327 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: will paw and have another quick sponsor break. So Tag 328 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: Today's husband had not had any of the praise in 329 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: Venezuela that Today's A had initially received. He had been 330 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: rude and antagonistic with her publicly, which had been a 331 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: source of huge embarrassment for her and audiences. Has had 332 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: disliked him from the beginning. Not long after they returned 333 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: to New York, Giovanni's brother, Arturo arrived, and he was 334 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: absolutely horrified at how his brother treated Today's A. It 335 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: was pretty well known within Today's social circle that Tag 336 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: physically abused her. In letters that were written by Fannie 337 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: McDowell to caen later in their lives, she referenced things 338 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: like black eyes and bloody noses that Tag had given 339 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: to Day's A. And when he arrived, Arturo stepped into 340 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: the role of protector and he strongly suggested that the 341 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: couple should separate, which they finally did. For some time, 342 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: Today's had been thinking once again of going to Europe, 343 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: and in eighteen eighty nine she set her sights on Berlin. 344 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: She reached out to her Mon Wolff, a promoter there, 345 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: to plan her return to the European stage, and this 346 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 1: catalyzed a long term business partnership between the two of them. 347 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: He managed her appearances from eighteen eighty nine. On November eighteenth, 348 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: eighteen eighty nine, was her first concert in Berlin, and 349 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: it launched a new phase of tours all through Europe 350 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: and Russia and established her once again as a virtuoso performer. 351 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: Today's A was not the only performer that Wolf acted 352 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: as Agent four, and in eighteen ninety one she met 353 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: another pianist who he managed, named Eugene d'Albert, who was 354 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: eleven years for Junior, and the two hit it off 355 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: and they were married in eighteen nine. Two. That same year, 356 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: they welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Eugenia. 357 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: Two years later, another daughter named Harto was born, and 358 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: while it was Today's a third marriage, it was Delbert's 359 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: force and merging their families Delbert also had children from 360 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: pre vious relationships, proved extremely challenging. There's one account that 361 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: says something to the effect of Today's A saying to 362 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: her husband, my children and your children can't get along 363 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: with our children, like there were just so many kids 364 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: to merge, and none of them were getting along, and 365 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: it just sounded like stress and chaos. The couple moved 366 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: to a home in koz Big, a town in Saxony, 367 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: and their house, which was built in eighteen seventy three, 368 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: was named Villa Teresa. They lived there together for two 369 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: years before the marriage split up after she was single again. 370 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: Today's so finished out the nineteenth century with a very 371 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: busy booking schedule, touring the world. Okay, once again there's 372 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: a marriage. Uh. In nineteen o two, Karaino married for 373 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: a fourth and final time, this time to our Turo 374 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: Taglia Pietra. That last name is not a mistake. It 375 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: is the brother of her second husband that we mentioned earlier. 376 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: Arturo had moved to Germany in nineteen o one to 377 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: help Terday's A manage her business affairs. She was really 378 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: bad at keeping track of things like scheduling and her 379 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: teaching appointments and the other bookings that were constantly filling 380 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: up her calendar, and his arrival was like a breath 381 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: of fresh air in her life, and before long the 382 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: two decided that they wanted to be together. This was 383 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: kind of an almost scandalous in some ways, not because 384 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: he had been the brother of her second husband, but 385 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: people were like, you're both kind of old, why are 386 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: you bother. She was forty nine at the time, which 387 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: to me doesn't seem that old, but uh it it 388 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: seems that as though Teresa finally found the right match, 389 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: because this was genuinely a very happy and loving and 390 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: caring marriage. There was a huge gala in Berlin for 391 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: her fiftieth anniversary as a performer, and that was celebrated 392 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: in nineteen twelve. Germany really loved her and it was 393 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: there that she was given the nickname Balkyrie of the Piano. 394 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: But that love didn't last forever. World War One led 395 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: to another move for Cranni and her family. As a 396 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: foreigner living in Germany, she was viewed with a lot 397 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: of suspicion, and in nineteen fourteen, she decided to move 398 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: once again to the United States. In the winter of 399 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: nineteen sixteen nineteen seventeen, she performed with the New York 400 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall or Carnegie if you've listened to 401 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: her Andrew Carnegie episodes. Uh. This proved to be one 402 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: of her last times appearing on stage. In the spring 403 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: of nineteen seventeen, she became ill. She had traveled to 404 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: Cuba in March of that year for a tour, but 405 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: before the tour started, she had been having problems that 406 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: were publicly reported as some kind of eye trouble. She 407 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: canceled all of her dates and returned to New York. 408 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: Her health declined really rapidly from that point, and eventually 409 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 1: she became paralyzed. She died on June twelfth, nineteen seventeen, 410 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: in her home at seven twenty West End Avenue in 411 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: New York City, and her husband Arturo was with her 412 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: to the end. The legacy that today's a Caninia left 413 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: is significant. In addition to playing, as we mentioned, she 414 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: started writing music when she was a child, and she 415 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: was a prolific composer, and while she has known for 416 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: her many compositions for piano, she also wrote ring quartets 417 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: and orchestra pieces. She composed in total more than seventy 418 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: five pieces, many of which are still performed. Canio also 419 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: passed the musical tradition on by teaching and mentoring other performers. 420 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 1: One of her most well known proteges ended up being 421 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: composer Edward McDowell, who she had known It's Hot since 422 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,719 Speaker 1: he was a boy. We talked about that family earlier, 423 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: and Villa Teresa, the home that she and Eugene spent 424 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: their brief marriage in, is now home to the days 425 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: at Cadino Society. It is a spectacularly beautiful space. I 426 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: have not been there, but I have looked at a 427 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: lot of pictures of it online. The main floor is 428 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: preserved as it was when Today's lived in the home, 429 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: and there's a museum upstairs covering the lives of both 430 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: Daisa and Eugene, because, as we mentioned, he was also 431 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: a musician and quite popular. The gardens surrounding the house 432 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: are now a park and chamber concerts and other events 433 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: are often held on the grounds of the house. After 434 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: she died, Today's a Cano was cremated, and although she 435 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: had often said that she wanted her final resting place 436 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: to be in Venezuela, her remains didn't go there for 437 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: twin two years. In ninety eight, after only minor amounts 438 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,719 Speaker 1: of lobbying, the Venezuelan government welcomed her home. Her ashes 439 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: were placed in an urn created by sculptor Nicholas Blows, 440 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: and her daughter ted Asita, who had also become a 441 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: concert pianist, was on hand for the ceremony. Her ashes 442 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: were initially placed the top of marble pedestal in the 443 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: Semanario do Sur in Caracas, but in nineteen seventy seven, 444 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: they were moved to the panton Nascionale, which is reserved 445 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: for Venezuela's national heroes. Today's u Uh. There are recordings 446 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: of her that you can find online. Like I said, 447 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: we'll have the composition that she the waltz that she 448 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: composed her first one linked and I will try to 449 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: find some additional ones of her performing so you can 450 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: hear sort of her incredibly expressive and also just technically 451 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: really really accomplished work. Yeah, I'm doing a weird Christmas 452 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: card round up for um Our listener mail Christmas is asked, 453 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: of course, but because there was a lot of travel 454 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: and stuff going on in at the end of the year, 455 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: I didn't get to open a lot of them until 456 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: I came back in the new year. So I will 457 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: buzz through a few of these um Our listener. Tess, 458 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: along with her cats Bill, Pippy and Buster, sent us 459 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: a card. She has some very pretty babies, one of 460 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: which is a buff Calico that I think I would steal. 461 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. She was just happy New Year. Uh. 462 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: We also got a card. This is a repeat offender. Uh. 463 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: Brandy and Phoenix, the cat who we talked about her 464 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: card last year on the podcast, and she said thanks 465 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: for mentioning last year's card on the show. It gave 466 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: me warm fuzzies. All the best to you and yours 467 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: this holiday season. Again another cat that I would probably 468 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: steal if given half a chance. I don't really want 469 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: to steal people's pets. I just really really like them 470 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: and want to hug them. We also got a lovely 471 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: card from our listener Rebecca from Detroit, who said, thank 472 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: you so much for a year of first rate History podcast. 473 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: I appreciate all your hard work and Merry Christmas. And 474 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: it's a niful Christmas scene. And then we had a 475 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: lot more than this, but I don't want to drag 476 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: on forever and ever and ever, so I will close 477 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: out with um the one that was probably my favorite, 478 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: just in terms of the card itself. It is from 479 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: our listener Danielle, and it says thank you for all 480 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: you do. But what the card actually is is the 481 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: Edward Gory fruitcake illustration, which is so funny because it's 482 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of people dragging their fruitcake to a hole 483 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: in the ice to get rid of it forever. Uh So, 484 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who sent 485 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: us cards. I always say it, but it bears repeating that. 486 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: I'm always incredibly touched that people take time out of 487 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: their lives just to share something like that with us 488 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: and sit down and put an address on an envelope 489 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: and write a cute note and send it off. I'm 490 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: not good at that and keeping up with it in 491 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: my daily life, so I appreciate it when other people 492 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: do it. 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