OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 21317, 23 January 1933, Page 9

OBITUARY

GEORGE MOORE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, LONDON, January. 21. . Mr George Moore, the novelist, ig dead. [Mr George Moore was eighty years of age. He was the author of ‘ A Mummer’s Wife,’. ‘Esther Waters,’ and other distinctive works. He published recently some interesting recollections and candid criticisms, and ‘ Brook Kerith,’ a study of the Gospels* In 1918 his ‘ Story-Teller’s Holiday was issued, and later ‘ In Single Strictness.’ His play, ‘The Coming o£ Gahrielle,’ was produced in 1923* ‘ thick, and Soracha ’ was issued ini 1926, and ‘Aphrodite in Aulis,’ 1931.He was one of the promoters of the Irish literary revival, and was also known as an art critic, on which subject he wrote ‘Modern Painting’ ia 1893.] M. PACHMAHH ' FAMOUS PIANIST. LONDON, January 7. A message from Home announces the' death of the celebrated pianist, Vladimir de Pachmann. He died yesterday,but the news was kept secret until hia son and daughter arrived from Paris.His last concert in London was given; in 1928, but shortly before his death he was planning a tour of America. He will be buried according to tbo rites of the Orthodox Greek Church.[M. Pachmann, who was eighty-font years old, was horn at Odessa. He received his early training from ■ hia father, who went to Odessa from Vienna, whither Pachmann was sent to study at the age of eighteen. He obtained the gold medal and returned to Odessa. He began regular concert toura only after a rigorous self-imposed discipline of study and training. His first concert in London in 1882 was a brilliant success. He was an outstanding exponent of Chopin.]