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Meiningen managed to keep him for five years, a period unusually long for such a restless person. He performed miracles with the orchestra of this city. With the support of the music-loving Duke of Meiningen, George II, Bülow brought the orchestra to an unprecedented perfection, which no one had been able to achieve for a long time. He turned Meiningen not only into the “city of Beethoven” (his own expression), but also glorified it with the first performance of several new works by Brahms. Bulow forced the orchestra to memorize the performed work. It is unlikely that anyone else would have achieved such a feat from them. In Meiningen he also found personal happiness, as far as possible for this suffering person. He married for the second time, in 1882, an actress, a charming, beautiful woman. Her name was Marie Shantser.