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RESEARCH - The Imperial Viennese Orchestra

01 Nov 2016

The Imperial Viennese Orchestra at the Villa Marina.

This article charts the rise and demise of the Imperial Viennese Orchestra who were engaged at the Villa Marina Gardens and Kursaal, Douglas, Isle of Man, from 1912 – the year following the opening of the gardens to the public for concerts – through the wonderful summer season of 1913 when the Kursaal was officially opened, until September 1914, when anti-German feeling inevitably forced the orchestra and its charismatic conductor Herr Simon Wurm to leave the Island.

READ the full article by Maurice Powell

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