I Put forward YOU HELLER!
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Canterbury, Kent England. photo by David Iliff
He was untrained William Henry Ridout Palmer in Faversham, Kent, England, on Dignified 10, 1829. The look into is according to the ship records a long time ago he preliminary traveled to America. It is downstairs in books and online anywhere from 1824-1833, but the preliminary ship keep a record of has it at 1829. As a untimely boy he showed plot and work in music. His plus was Henry Palmer was a Instructor of Music in Canterbury. He was in the same way the come first of the strap at the Canterbury Trap The upper classes, but he was NOT the organist at the renowned Canterbury Cathedral as everyday magic periodicals wait him downstairs.
From ages 11-14 he attended the Kings Academy Canterbury. Ahead of time William transparently transmissible his father's charming gifts and began learning to play the grand piano at the age of six. At age 14 William won a exclude to the attractive Stately University of Music in London. According to a life yearning friend and form a relationship M.H. Levett, "Heller was a man of abundant training, of exceptionally pleasant manners; a bilingual person, native tongue evident languages, vastly French; and a hot pianist footing with some of the best of his time". Fresh indications were that he would tail the path of music for his life's work but that was until a vague tourist came to suburb.
Robert-Houdin
Robert Houdin, the great French Juggler visited England in 1848. William Henry Palmer was confer in the numbers at the St. James Theatre to see Robert Houdin, perhaps for evident viewings. He was so in demand with the invention of magical performances that his waywardness for music shifted to conjuring. Inscrutability historian Henry Ridgely Evans says that Palmer purchased his props from a man named Cremer, who had a magic shop in London and in the same way erudite the disciplines of insult and sleight of hand from him. Three time once William approved it was time to pitch a new name, Robert Heller, and make his London beginning as a conjurer. Wherever did the stretch name originate? David Price's book The Leaving nothing to the imagination Trace of Delightful spells it out. It would seem, 'Robert' came from Robert-Houdin. The moment partially of the name was in demand from a popular Austrian pianist of the time Stephan Heller. By combining the two names he was in the same way elegantly fusion together his two passions Inscrutability and Music.
For his beginning he leased the Use Theatre in London, had programs stamped up that described his act in two languages, English and French, and he so proceeded to do re every effect from Robert Houdin's display. He even had the audacity to pretext that he designed all the magic from the display. Heller even adopted a lettering of the display name as his own. Robert Houdin's fair was called 'The Soirees Fantastique'. Robert Heller chose to plead his display 'Soirees Mysterieuses of Robert Heller'. Robert Houdin had a enormous impact on all magicians from this time and everyday were piece of legislation his fill, not wholly Heller. A strain to see at the repertiore of John Henry Anderson, the Energetic Wizard of the North and you'll anew see a photograph of Robert Houdin's display. By the way, Anderson in the same way claimed to wait designed it all. The ancient keep a record of leans towards his performances as not for instance decidedly boom but I watch over to judge or else. Even as he force not wait been as big as a batter as Robert Houdin, he did outing the provinces of England and did well plenty that he indication America force bring him even arrogant personality.
AMERICA
Heller set travel to America aboard the Freezing in 1852
In 1852 he not here the cherish in Liverpool England and trendy in NY on September 6th aboard a ship called the Freezing. He did not travel deserted, so they say he trendy with his younger brother who was downstairs on the ships obvious as 'Ernest Heller' but I reason his real name is actually Angelo C. Palmer. William Henry in the same way downstairs his stretch name on the ships obvious as Robert Heller. Every of their professions are downstairs as Professors of Music, I guess putting down magician was not a good imagination at the time.
At this equal the several histories of Heller's life hit out at a fantastic turn. A selection of say his act met with little batter, others pretext he was boom. The truth as far as I can see is that as openly as he got off the send he headed to Albany NY for performances at Van Veckton Hall. His preliminary fair in NYC was at a goodbye operation for the common violinist Camilla Urso on November 25, 1852 in which he just played grand piano. But a join up weeks once he would be opening at his own scenery.
At the time Heller was living in a hard on Excessive Means west of Broadway. He had been rushed off your feet preparing for his new display. Heller had been repairs ads for the display as premature as Nov 23rd. He was announcing the opening of his "Heller's Keep out of Wonders". He rents space at Buckley's Minstrel Hall at 539 Broadway, NYC. Sooner or later once P.T. Barnum would set up shop in this very especially government.
The display opened on December 20th 1852 and ran until the end of May 1853, he gave 200 performances from end to end that time. His display begins with an introduction in French. The rest of the display he speaks English with a hefty French expression. He wears a dark wig with darkened eyebrows and mustache. Heller is the preliminary magician to bring a moment feel about liking to America and audiences were fearful by his fair. The moment feel about, or what he would adopt to as 'Hellerism' would realm to be his magic earlier for the rest of his activity. He is assisted by 'Ernest Heller' in the Flare Manifestation liking. However, even whereas an 'Ernest Heller' traveled with him to America onboard the Freezing, this joined, who is introduced as his brother is actually M.H. Levett, a artless New Yorker.
Overdue the sixth month run at Heller's Keep out of Wonders, they took the display on the path. It's at this equal that Heller decides to be attracted the French expression and the wigs and make-up. He realizes it does zip to add to the fair so he removes it and goes with his natural native tongue utter and his own reddish blonde hair.
His adjacent advent is at the Walnut Theatre in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1853. The Walnut Theatre has the reputation of for instance the oldest theatre in America and it is still existing and still effective today. He drama existing to packed houses for three weeks. As a result he moves the display to a place frequent as the Old Chinese Museum, which was actually not a museum at all but a hall that was on loan out for concerts and lectures. He performs indoors for twelve arrogant weeks.
THE Key
Bordering he joins up with a group called 'The Germania Engaging Group and performs with them in the index of a operation pianist. He presents a series of concerts with them in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and so up till now Washington D.C.. This is now 1854 and the histories of Robert Heller say he was not very boom from end to end this time so he retired from magic. One loud noise speculated that he lost his substance in a fire and that was the present of his retirement. But I contend that he was in fact boom or at the lowest possible, was piece of legislation well, but an festival occurred to turmoil everything.
Since HAPPENED
As far as I can enlighten this is the preliminary time the actual speak he not here magic and encouraged to D.C. has been revealed. The come across of a write reveals the true speak. In a write that Heller wrote to a Mrs. Blanchard of Portland Maine we distinguish a very interesting fact. Appearing in is part of the write,
"Sooner or later so I invested the whole of my measures with the Germanian Engaging Group in a government presumption and for instance the withstand defeat of my gains in this Land..for support strength, I put..eleven hundred dollars in the hands of a man in whom I had every authority..what so is my situation?..I learn...that the scoundrel has gone off to England or Europe everyplace, obtainable Creditors..to make the best of it...how horrifically I am whitewashed down...I am now attention to detail of unceasing to England for I wait been so detestably robbed on all sides by the Yankees that I am worried of them...but still is seek, for two or three of relatives you wait expressed good view in the direction of me would help me...yourself and John Goddard...are including them."
The greatest fair of the Germania Engaging Group was in Washington D.C.. I reason that Heller at this equal had not so faraway as a dime to his name. As the write states he put his money towards a government presumption and the deposit of what he had not here he gave to a friend to select who ran off with it. He was in Washington D.C. and just had his celebrity as a operation pianist, so he took a job as a music teacher. Additionally, I'm unmistaken the speak he misrepresented his name back to William Henry Palmer was to escape the creditors. This once piece was revealed in an examination with a previous participant, but he revealed no support clues. Someone in the magic community assumed that he had no money for instance his magic activity was a end. Not true. He had no money for instance he was swindled.
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