The Danish composer and conductor Asger Hamerik was the longtime director of the Peabody Institute, in Baltimore. In the 1870s, one of his favorite musicians was the poet Sidney Lanier, who served as the Peabody orchestra’s principal flute.
The Danish composer and conductor Asger Hamerik was the longtime director of the Peabody Institute, in Baltimore. In the 1870s, one of his favorite musicians was the poet Sidney Lanier, who served as the Peabody orchestra’s principal flute.