Meinardus, Ludwig Siegfried

MEINARDUS, Ludwig Siegfried, born Sept. 17, 1827, at Hooksiel (Oldenburg), was at first educated at the Gymnasium at Jever, where his father held an official post. He was intended to study theology, but his musical inclinations could not be resisted, and he was at length allowed to devote himself to the art, his parents imposing the curious condition that he was to become a public performer on some instrument. To this end he took up the violoncello, learning what he could...