VIOLINIST WORTH £90,000.
Lajoa Muuczy, the "iiing of Gipsy Violinists," died recently at Buda Pest, at the age of 63, leaving property of the value of about ■£90,000.'" He had played Jbefore nearly all the European monarchs, including King Edward, and was a particular favourite of the late Empress beth, who used to listen to his music for hours at a time, and gave him many costly presents. A great part of the violinist'sj] fortune came from the jewellery which ladies of the Hungarian aristocracy used to tea r off and throw at him when they were carried awav by his passionate playing of the wild melancholy Hungarian national tunes and dances.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10063, 9 June 1910, Page 4
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112VIOLINIST WORTH £90,000. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10063, 9 June 1910, Page 4
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