Visited Paris And Brussels: RICHTER, Hans, Austrian musical conductor : b. Raab, Hungary, April 4, 1843; d. Bay-reuth, Dec. 5, 1916. He was the son of the kapellmeister of the cathedral and entered the conservatorium at Vienna in 1860. He studied the violin under Karl Heissler and theory under Simon Sechter. He was conductor of the Hof und National Theater, Munich, in 1868-1869, after which he visited Paris and Brussels. He became chief conductor of the National Theater, Budapest, in 1871; and in 1875 succeeded Felix Dessoff as conductor of the court opera at Vienna, holding at the same time the conductorship of the Philharmonic Concerts.
Two luxury trains, Le Mistral (Paris-Nice) and the Sud Express (Paris-Bordeaux, and on to the Spanish frontier) are widely advertised as among the fastest trains in the world, and a more recent addition to the fast service is the 3-hour speed train to Brussels called Le Diamant. The French speed record, which is a world's record, has been reported in the press as an incredible 151.6 miles per hour.: Several main lines are now electrified, and several others, notably the: long route from Paris to the Riviera, are rapidly advancing electrification.' To improve roadbeds, the amazing new 800-meter welded rails (nearly half a mile) are being increasingly used.
Because of her political views and her friendship with his arch enemy Mme. de Stael, Napoleon in 1811 ordered Mme. Recamier to live at some distance from Paris. She first joined her husband's family in Lyon, then traveled in Italy, and again visited Coppet. She returned to Paris in 1815, and during the early years of the Bourbon restoration her husband recouped his fortune. In 1819, when he had suffered another reversal, she retired to the Abbaye-aux-Bois, a convent in Paris, but continued to hold her salon and was the center of a brilliant group. Her influence over politics and literature was considerable. Among her closest friends were Benjamin Constant and Rene de Chateaubriand. She declined marriage with Chateaubriand in 1846. Blind and a victim of cholera she soon followed him to the grave.
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