KAISER'S PIANIST DEAD
AFFECTION .FOR PET ' Mme. Nathalie Janotha, formerly a famous pianist, has died at The Hague, at the age of 76. Mme. Janotha lived in Londqn for many years, and 'was always a welcome guest at where.both Queen Victoria and Quoen .Alexandra held her in high esteem. On the Continent sho was widely known as the Court- pianist to tho ex-Kaiser. Almost as famous .as Mme. Janotha herself in hor early days, >vas her,black cat White Heather,' w*hich travelled all over the world with her and. appeared with her in almost every i photograph and painting up to' its death in 1904. Mme. Janotha was : so - grieved at the loss of her pet—in •/which, some? said, she believed there dwelt tho soul' of a certain great saint—that for a time her playing suffered. During tho war Mme. Janotha, who then lived in Grosvenor Street West, was deported because of her friendship with the Kaiser.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 10 (Supplement)
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156KAISER'S PIANIST DEAD New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 10 (Supplement)
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