In Hagen, despite the monument, relatively unknown – in Great Britain a size after which orchestras are named: That was Sir Charles Hallé. On April 11, 1819 he was born in the shadow of the Hagener Johanniskirche and on this occasion the Hagen city gazette commemorates the great artist.
Spreading musical treasures was more important to Karl Halle than his own, quite significant compositional work and so he traveled to places in Europe, Australia and Africa.
Karl Halle is hardly known in his hometown, whereas the pianist, conductor, music theorist and orchestra founder who was once ennobled by Queen Victoria is famous in Great Britain.
Karl becomes Sir Charles Hallé
He called himself Sir Charles Hallé on the island, where almost everyone knows his music to this day. After all, the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, one of the oldest and most important orchestras in Great Britain, bears the name of the immigrant from Hagen. Halle founded the ensemble in 1858, when it had long since made a name for itself in the music metropolis of Europe. He was also instrumental in founding the Royal College of Music. Karl Halle died on October 25, 1895 as Sir Charles Hallé in Manchester.
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