Venus Fantasia!

James Simon was a highly intelligent and accomplished pianist, composer and musicologist. He studied philosophy, loved poetry and felt at home with the great German musical tradition. Music was his life. So much so, that his son would call him ‘other worldly’. He continued to compose until the very end. By Phillip Silver and Carine Alders Words by Richard Dehmel. Zugleich zur Erinnerung an den schönen Nachmittag mit Wilhelm Gutmann (20 August 1935) James. 11-14- August 1935 location of manuscript: James Simon Collection, Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History