Artifact Bibliography

1.Wilma Neruda Photograph
Life.com. Time, Inc. Wilma Halle/Norman Neruda. Web.

6 April 2010.

2. St. James Hall
McVeigh, Simon. Concert Life in 19th Century London Database

and Research Project. Web. 6 April 2010.

3. Joseph Joachim
Joachim, Josef. Public Domain Print. Web. 4 April 2010.

http://google.images.com

4. Bruenn Cathedral Stamp
Bruenn Cathedral. Web. 4 April 2010.

www.shutterstock.com

5. Charles Halle
Sir Charles Halle. Web. 4 April 2010.

www.nndb.com/.../charles-halle-1.jpg

6. Stradivarious Violin

Stradivarious Violin. Web. 4 April 2010.

http://www.topnews/in/light/files/Stradivarious-violin.jpg

7. Wilma Neruda by the Piano
Guerrieri, M. "Holmes and Neruda." sohothedog.blogspot.com/2009

Neruda, Wilma. Public Domain Print. Web. 4 April 2010. http://google.com.images

8. Portrait of Lady Halle

Wilma Neruda/ Lady Halle. Public Domain . Web. 4 April 2010.

www.maudpowell.org/.../B24LadyHalle.jpg

9. Youtube Video

Vanessa-Mae. Bach Partita in E Major. Web. 3 April 2010.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5Q1p6C7ho

10. Bohemian Flag

Bohemian Flag. Web. 6 April 2010. http://austria-trips.com/Vienna/vienna.jpg

11. Josef Neruda

Josef Neruda. Public Domain Print. Web. 6 April 2010.

Wilma Neruda

Wilma Neruda was born on March 21, 1838 in part of the Austrian Empire. She was a true prodigy with the violin. At the time, however, the violin was not considered a lady-like instrument. Her family was very musical. She was one of ten children and not the only musician among them. She used to play publicly with a sister and brothers when she was young.

St. James Hall; London

Wilma Neruda (Lady Halle) and her second husband Charles Halle met in the St. James Hall in London. Charles Halle was doing a pianoforte recital at the time. The two were very close until Charles Halle's death in 1895. Above is a print of St.James Hall.

Joseph Joachim

Wilma Neruda was very lucky and honored to be compared to violinist Joseph Joachim. It was not common for women instrumentalists to be compared to men! Above is a picture of Joseph Joachim.

The Cathedral of Bruenn

Wilma Neruda's father, Josef Neruda was an organist at the Cathedral of Bruenn. He was her first teacher, and a major musical influence. Above is a stamp from the city of Bruenn, which is in the area which is now known as the Czech Republic, but was formerly called Moravia.

Charles Halle

Wilma Neruda's second husband was Charles Halle. He, too, was very gifted. The saying "two are better than one" certainly proved right with Wilma and Charles. Together they helped to create a time where music reached more people; they connected people of all ages, backrounds, and nationalities, while making music together.

Lady Halle's Stradivarius

Wilma Neruda owned a 1706 Stradivarius violin, that belonged to the also great violinist Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. It was given to her by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Earls of Dudley and Hardwicke in 1876. Above is a picture of a Stradivarius.

Sherlock Holmes and Wilma Neruda

Wilma Neruda was a small character in one of Sherlock Holmes's many adventures! In a busy investigation, Sherlock Holmes paused on his work for Wilma Neruda. He went to see a show of Wilma's (Lady Halle). It was very peculiar for Holmes to do this, because he very rarely diverged from his work. Holmes remarks to Watson, "It was magnificent...Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims the power of producing it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at."

"Violinist to the Queen"

Wilma Neruda, also called Lady Halle, was named "Violinist to the Queen" by Queen Alexandra herself in 1901! Above is a photograph of Lady Halle.

Bach Partita in E Major

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5Q1p6C7ho

Click on the link above to watch a modern day interpretation of the Bach Partita for violin in E major, by Vanessa-Mae. Wilma Neruda played it when she was a young girl. This was a very mature piece to be playing at such a naive age, but Neruda was just that talented!

Leopold Jansa (1795-1875)

Professor Leopold Jansa was the teacher of Wilma Neruda once she and her family moved to Vienna. He was a Bohemian violinist. Above is the Bohemian flag.

Josef Neruda

Josef Neruda was very talented as a musician. Josef was a minister organist. He had ten very talented children; one of them being Wilma Neruda.