| Description | Letter from Amelia Nyasa Laws, Bergstrasse 33, Dresden, Germany, to her relatives, regarding trying to draw the interior of the Frauenkirche for them; snow and sunshine; Reiter's Requiem to be given at the Frauenkirche on Friday; description of odd shape and layout; good sermon; St. Matthew's Passion to be in Kreuzkirche on Good Friday; choirmaster Herr Richter is ill; Herr Hasse from Osnabrück is to take over; unpopular decision because of his youth; Frau Wedekind frightening and sarcastic; her attitude leading to a quarrel with another musician, as told by Herr Pfannstiehl; Fraulein Albrecht much influenced by her; comparison of singing teachers; Herr Chitz's methods annoying, as he piles on work to make up for his own inefficiency; Herr Pfannstiehl's continued mistreatment of his wife; she should stand up to him; thanking for letters; Mr. Anderson's interesting sermons; Uncle did not go to Sorrento and Amalfi as the wind was too strong; Mr. Davidson has had congestion of the lungs; Irving of Naples may be appointed to Cannes; Uncle is against it as Irving is not suited to France or to invalids. |