LAST DAYS.
(1905-1906.)
On the Sunday evening after the Centenary Banquet, Señor Garcia was
present at a more private dinner, attended by the laryngologists, who
had come together to do homage to the founder of their art. He was
brighter than at the larger gathering, while he not only smoked a
cigarette, as he had done at the banquet, but drank a glass of lager
beer with relish. He told many interesting stories of his early days;
and once, in trying to fix the time of some reminiscence, he said, "Oh,
about twenty-three or thirty years ago: I do not like these little
dates"! With the greatest good nature he signed his name on some forty
menu cards. The following is the text of his speech in French:--
"Vous ne vous attendez pas, sans doute, à ce que je fasse un
discours. Si j'ose prendre la parole, c'est pour vous exposer, en
quelques mots, une pensée qui m'obsède et que le grand éclat donne
à la presentation qui a eu lieu a fait naître dans mon esprit.
"Le rôle des personnages qui ont figuré dans cette célébration
aurait du être interverti; les félicitations, les compliments vous
appartiennent, et c'est à vous et à vos sociétés qu'ils auraient du
être adressés.
"Il est de tout évidence que le petit instrument doit les succès
qu'il a obtenus absolument et uniquement à vous, Messieurs, et aux
associations sur lesquelles vous présidez. Privé du puissant appui
de votre science, il serait tombé dans un oubli complet (et ego
quoque).
"Par suite je me considère comme un usurpateur insigne qui accepte
ce qui, en réalité, vous appartient, et c'est par acquit de
conscience que je le confesse.
"Ne pouvant pas changer ce qui est, je termine ces mots en
exprimant ma très vive reconnaissance aux sociétés laryngologiques
que vous représentez, et à vous, Messieurs, qui, sans souci des
inconvénients des voyages, êtes venus de tous pays, même les plus
lointains, pour féliciter le centenaire et, plus encore, pour
l'honorer de leur approbation scientifique. Ainsi comblé,
saura-t'il jamais manifester l'intensité de son appréciation, de sa
reconnaissance?
"Je ne pourrais conclure ces remarques sans exprimer mon admiration
pour Sir Felix Semon, dont l'infatigable persévérance, unie à une
rare puissance d'organization, a réussi, à travers de nombreux
obstacles, à organizer cette grande démonstration, inspirée
uniquement par le désir d'honorer un vieil ami. Merci! Encore,
Merci!"
A few days later Señor Manuel Garcia went to dine with Hermann Klein,
who had come over from New York for a few weeks, and here the
centenarian renewed his acquaintance with his pupil's younger brother,
Charles. The meeting took him back over thirty years, to those days in
Bentinck Street when Charles Klein, then a sturdy, dark little fellow of
eight, used to go out regularly to fetch the maestro's lunch of
sponge-cake from a baker's round the corner in Welbeck Street. Much
water had passed under the bridge since these days, and he had now come
over from a sojourn of many years in America, a man of forty, and one of
New York's most successful playwrights.
In the following July I went up to spend a Sunday afternoon with the
centenarian. It was quite impossible to believe that he was indeed in
his 101st year. He actually displayed more vivacity than at the time
when I was commencing lessons with him, while even in those days my
mother had asserted that he seemed more hale and active than he had been
when she in her turn was studying under him twenty-five years before.
Truly as he grew older he appeared to become younger.
Charles Klein came to call on the maestro on this same afternoon, and
was put through many searching questions with regard to the latest
phases of American thought and character. When tea arrived our host
displayed the most extraordinary energy, jumping up and insisting upon
getting a small table upon which the playwright might rest his cup and
plate. The latter he watched with anxiety. When it was empty, he
promptly fetched a plate of scones, and with the most wonderful humour
and good spirits pressed the guest to take some more. As for his own
wants, it was perfectly futile for one to offer to take charge of his
cup. Nothing would satisfy him but that he should himself take it over
to be refilled. When I rose to go, the maestro insisted on coming to the
front door, as in the old days, and in shaking hands said, "I shall hope
to see you here soon again."
For the next nine months Manuel Garcia led a life almost incredible in
one of such age. He continued to rise early, go to bed late, and enjoy
walks, drives, theatres, concerts, and dinners as thoroughly as a man
forty years his junior.
His hale old age he would ascribe to his mental and physical activity,
his moderate living (he did not touch wine or spirits until he was
ninety), and his good digestion.
His piano continued to be a favourite friend, and frequently he would
play for an hour in the forenoon and again in the evening. The
selections would be mostly snatches from the old Italian
operas--especially Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Mozart,--played from memory.
His hearing was excellent, and his sight still comparatively good;
indeed, he spent a great deal of time in reading, for he took an
interest in everything that went on in the world. His evenings would be
passed in conversation, or a bout at chess--a game in which he had many
a time in the old days tried conclusions with Sir Charles Hallé.
Sometimes he would go out for a game of cards with his neighbours.
He went to visit many old friends, and one day actually walked up to the
fourth floor in a block of flats, disdaining the lift. He went to
register his vote at the general election. During his walks he used to
offer adverse criticisms of the motor-omnibuses which were beginning to
make their appearance. 'Bus conductors used to get their own back
without knowing it, for they would point to "Mon Abri" as they passed,
and remark to the passengers, "That's where the Centurion lives."
In the following autumn I was at work on the little book of
reminiscences of my mother and her circle of friends, and at the close
of November wrote to Señor Garcia telling him that I wished to devote a
portion to his own career, as her chief instructor in singing. This
letter at once brought a reply that he would like to see the MS. of that
part of the memoir.
Hence there came about what must have been unique in the experience of
book publishers, for when the manuscript was finally returned to them
after revision, marked for press, it contained some corrections in the
handwriting of one who was within three months of entering his 102nd
year.
The coming of the new year appeared to bring with it little visible
diminution in the maestro's mental and bodily activity. Indeed, during
the winter of 1905-06 he attended quite a number of public dinners,
including one at the Savage Club, another given by the "Vagabonds" to Mr
and Mrs H. B. Irving, and a third at the Mansion House in honour of the
King of Spain, by whose special request the Centenarian was invited to
be present.
[Illustration: FACSIMILE OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY MANUEL GARCIA IN HIS
HUNDRED-AND-SECOND YEAR.]
On March 17, 1906, he celebrated the entrance into his 102nd year by
taking up a guitar and singing a Spanish song, while a few days after
this he attended the Philharmonic Concert at the Queen's Hall and keenly
enjoyed the music. So active was he still, that he refused with
indignation an offer to be helped up or down stairs; but the candle was
burning with an unnatural brightness, which could not last.
In the middle of April a letter arrived from the maestro, the perusal of
which brought fresh wonder at his amazing vigour. It had been written on
the 16th April, and ran as follows:--
CHER MR MACKINLAY.--J'ai lu avec beaucoup de plaisir l'interessant
volume qu'avez (_sic_) dédié à la mémoire de votre chère mère.
C'est aussi avec grande satisfaction que j'ai appris qu'il a été
apprecié par la presse; c'est une garantie qu'il aura le succès
qu'il mérite.
Agréez mes compliments et mes félicitations.--Votre sincère M.
GARCIA.
About the same time Hermann Klein received a letter from the old
teacher, and the handwriting, he tells me, was not quite so firm as
usual. Indeed it is evident that Señor Garcia was not feeling at all
himself at this time, for in the note he says--
"As to my health, it is less brilliant than I should like, but it
is passable;" while a postscript is added showing that he himself
realised that his hand was rather shaky: "Can you read this
scribble (ce barbouillage)?"
After this there appears to have been considerable improvement, for on
May 24 he wrote to congratulate Charles Klein on the success of his new
piece at the Duke of York's Theatre, and on this occasion the
handwriting was much clearer and steadier than it had been five weeks
earlier.
(_Translation_.)
"MON ABRI," CRICKLEWOOD,
LONDON, _24th May 1906_.
DEAR MR KLEIN,--My paper informs me that you have just obtained a
great theatrical success. I congratulate you with all my heart.
Would you have the kindness to send me your actual London address?
I have a little parcel for your brother, which I beg you will
convey to him. It is a portrait that he has asked of me, which he
desires to present to Mme. Sembrich.
One of these days, when I feel in the mood (en train), I shall go
to see "The Lion and The Mouse."
My respects to Mrs Klein, and to yourself a hearty and cordial
handshake. M. GARCIA.
In June Charles Klein sent a box for the Duke of York's Theatre, and
Señor Garcia went to see the piece, which he thoroughly enjoyed. This
was the last dramatic performance which he attended, and indeed the
drama of his own life was drawing to a close.
* * * * *
On Sunday, July 1, the end came: the beloved maestro passed away in his
sleep, calmly and peacefully, at the age of 101.
INDEX.
Abramoff, 269
Adam, Adolphe, 175
Adams, John, 78
Adams, Suzanne, 163
Agnesi, 235
Agrisani, 42
Albani, 236, 264, 266, 268, 269, 271
Albert, 48
Albert, Prince, 8, 226
Alboni, 111, 184, 191, 192, 228, 235
Alexander I., 73
Alfonso, King, 302, 313, 322
Alibaud, Louis, 172
Almarcha, Juan, 9
Alvary, 271
Ambrogetti, 42
Ancona, 272
d'Angri, 163
d'Angrisani, 59, 62, 66
Ansani, Giovanni, 25, 26, 27, 28, 100, 289
Arditi, 233, 234, 271
Arnold (composer), 57
Arnold (writer), 185
Arnoldson, 269
Artot, Désiré, 134, 135, 230
Ascherberg, Mr, 259, 260, 262
Astley, 188
Auber, 47, 115, 174, 175, 176, 187, 234
Aumale, Duke of, 172
Aumer, 48
Austria, Emperor of, 77
Avelis, Dr, 306
Avery, 203
Baber, Dr E. C., 309
Babington, B. G., 192
Bach, 26
Balfe, 192, 228, 234
Balfour, A. J., 317
Ball, Dr J. B., 309
Ballin, J. S., 305, 309
Balzac, 178
Bancrofts, The, 234
Banderali, 161
Barbieri, Mme., 58, 65, 66, 67
Barbot, 156, 159
Barnby, Sir Joseph, 258
Barretta, 236
Bartet, 236
Basbereau, 40
Battaille, 156, 159, 160, 208, 217
Bauermeister, Mdlle., 269, 271
Baumès, 203
Bayley, P., 185
Beaconsfield, Lord (_see_ Disraeli).
Beecher, Henry Ward, 221
Beethoven, 13, 53, 189, 238, 241
Begnis, Signor and Mme. di, 43, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53
Begrez, 52
Bellamy, 53
Belletti, 189
Bellini, 108, 112, 161, 174, 175
Benedict, Sir J., 189, 190, 194
Benetti, 48
Bennati, 202
Bennett, Sterndale, 263
Benton, Senator, 77
Béranger, 178
Beriot, Ch. de, 112, 116, 119, 120, 126, 133
Berlioz, 152, 173, 175, 189
Bernadotte, Maréchal (_see_ Karl XIV., Johann).
Bernhardt, Sarah, 236
Bernstoff, 77
Bettini, 235, 236
Billington, Mrs, 54
Birkett, Dr, 307
Bishop, Sir Henry, 54, 55, 194
Bismarck, 8
Bispham, David, 270
Bizet, 177, 264
Blücher, 77
Blumm, Herr, 157, 158
Boieldieu, 46, 47, 82
Boito, 268
Bonaparte, Joseph, 21, 22, 23, 24, 62
Bonheur, Rosa, 179
Bonjour, Casimir, 47
Bordogni, 161
Botella, Dr, 306, 307, 316
Botticelli, Signor, 32
Boucicault, Dion, 236
Bourmont, 98
Bowlby, A., 309
Bozzini, 202
Broeckkaert, Dr, 306
Braham, Henry, 53, 225
Brahms, Johannes, 13, 135, 136, 175, 195, 241
Brangaene, 134, 268
Brema, Marie, 271
Brewer, Dr, 98
Brewster, 184
Brizzi, 189
Brombara, 271
Brontë, Charlotte, 184
Brough, Lionel, 234, 236
Brown, Sir Thomas, 209
Brown, Miss (see Kate Crichton).
Browning, Robert, 185
Browning, Miss, 185
Buckstone, 227
Bunn, Alfred, 184
Burger, Dr, 306, 316
Burney, Dr Charles, 26
Bussine, 156, 159, 160
Butlin, H. T., 309
Butt, Clara, 271
Byron, Lord, 55, 299
Calecot, 13
Caletti, 189
Calvè, 4, 163, 271, 272
Camidge, Dr, 53
Campanini, 265
Campbell, Sir Archibald, 76
Camporese, Mme., 42, 45
Capoul, 235
Caradori, 45, 46, 50, 52, 53
Cardignac, 170
Carlyle, 184
Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, 77
Carroll, Lewis, 68
Carte, D'Oyly, 270
Carvallo, 230
Castellani, Mme., 189, 191, 192
Catalani, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 51, 52
Cazalet, 199
Celeste, Mme., 187, 234
Cerito, 225
Cervetto, Giacomo, 4
Chamberlain, Joseph, 295
Chappell, Thomas, 228
Charles V. of Germany and I. of Spain, 18
Charles IV. of Spain, 14, 16, 21
Charles X. of France, 7, 75, 99, 171, 178
Charrière, 204
Chateaubriand, 185
Chatterton, 194
Chatterton, F. B., 232
Cherubini, 13, 115
Chiari, Dr, 306, 316
Chippendale, Mrs, 234
Chopin, 13, 157, 174, 176, 189, 196
Chorley, 60, 214, 215, 217, 226
Ciabatta, 189
Cimarosa, 47, 49, 61
Cinti, 46
Clay, Henry, 77
Clive, Franklin, 270
Clough, 185
Coccia, 48
Cooke, T. P., 226
Cooper, Fenimore, 62, 79
Copland, Charles, 270
Coppée, François, 179
Coquelins, The, 236
Corot, 179
Costa, Sir M., 184, 189, 191, 226, 230, 233, 234, 268
Cotogni, 235, 236, 264
Coutiau, 113
Cox, Frank, 199
Cramer, J. B., 194
Crichton, Kate, 196, 197
Crivelli, 42, 52, 58, 59, 62, 66, 194, 199
Crivelli (the younger), 58
Croelius, Herr, 140
Crossley, Ada, 163, 317
Cruvelli, 189
Curioni, 45, 48, 52
Czermak, 207, 208, 210, 212, 218
Dalmatie, Duchesse de (see Madame Soult).
Damian, Grace, 271
Damoreau-Cinti, Mme., 106
Daponte, Signor, 59, 60
Darmès, 172
Darwin, 184, 299
Darwin, Prof. F., 304
Davenport, Mrs, 55
David, Félicien, 177
David, Ferdinand, 135
Davies, Ben, 270, 317
Davies, Ffrangçon, 270
Davies, Llewellyn, 242
Davis, Dr, 306, 309
Decamps, 179
Delacroix, 179
Delafield, 191
Delaroche, 179
Delauny, 236
Delavigne, 178
Deloffre, 190
Delsaux, Dr, 306
Demosthenes, 127
Denuri, 46
Dérivis, M., 176
Desideria, Queen of Norway and Sweden, 142
Devonshire, Duke of, 52
Diaz, 179
Dibdin, 13, 57
Dickens, Charles, 184
Diday, 131
Didiée, 226
Didier, 230
Disraeli, 184, 219
Dolby, Miss, 189
Donelan, Dr J., 309
Donizetti, 109, 161, 175, 176, 177, 183, 192
Doras-Gras, Mme., 176, 189
Downie, Dr J. W., 309
Duc, 160
Dudevant, Mme. (see Sand, George).
Dufriche, 272
Dulcken, Mme., 194
Dumas (the elder), 179
Dumas (the younger), 179
Duperré, 98
Dupre, 179
Duprez, 94
Dutrochet, 131
Dyck, van, 271
Eames, Emma, 41, 163, 271
Ebers, 50
Edward VII., H.M. King, 5, 183, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 313
Edwin, Mrs, 55
Ehrlich, Dr, 314
Elen, 44
Elliston, 55
Elson, 57
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 185
Emmanuel, King Victor, 109
Etherington, Miss (_see_ Tempest, Marie).
Etienne, M., 70, 82
Etruria, King of, 14
Fackeldey, Dr, 306
Falcon, Mdlle., 176
Faraday, 184
Farrar, Miss, 53
Faure, 227, 228, 230, 233, 234,235, 236, 267
Favelli, 93
Febvre, 236
Ferdinand IV. of Naples, 36
Ferdinand VII., 14, 21, 24
Ferdinand, M., 48
Fétis, François, 44, 100
Fieschi, 171
Flécheux, Mdlle., 176
Florence, Evangeline, 163
Flotow, 176, 177, 226
Fodor, Mme., 42, 68
Foli, Signor, 231, 234, 235
Formes, Herr, 198, 226, 228, 235
Forsberg, Herr, 147
Forsyth, Neil, 272
Franceschi, 48
Fränkel, Prof., 298, 303, 310, 314
Frederick William IV., 164
French, Dr, 307
Fricci, 163
Gabriel, Virginia, 217
Galitzin, Princess, 44
Galletti, 184
Galli, 87, 105
Gallo, Giovanni, 115, 116, 117
Garcia (the elder), 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 91,
92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 111
Garcia, Manuel--
Triple claim to distinction, 4
First scientific teacher of singing, 4, 6
Inventor of laryngoscope, 4, 6
Centenarian, 4, 7
Born at Zafra, 13
Sees Joseph Bonaparte placed on throne of Spain, 21
Sees Napoleon enter Madrid, 23
Sees Wellington enter the capital, 23
Joins parents in Naples, 24
Lessons from Ansani, 25
Lessons from father, 27
Memory of Murat's execution, 37
Arrives in Paris, 40
Pays last visit to Spain, 44
Studies harmony under Fétis, 44
Sings at Manchester, 52
Takes part in first New York season of Italian opera, 59
Plays title-_rôle_ in the "Barber of Seville," 62, 64
Plays Iago in "Otello," 66
Plays Leporello in "Don Giovanni," 67
Has benefit performance, 69
Leaves for Mexico, 79
Splendid memory, 83
Sings the elder Garcia's operatic _rôles_, 85
Injury to voice, through over-work, 85
Joins Malibran in Paris, 86
Helps her with her vocal studies, 86
Friendship with Rossini, 86
His advice to Malibran after _début_, 87
Goes to Italy, 90
Meets Lablache, 90
Makes _début_ in Naples, 90
Abandons operatic career, 91
Returns to Paris, 91
Prepares for seafaring career, 96
Gives it up at entreaty of mother, 96
Assists elder Gracia in his teaching, 96
Takes part in expedition against Algiers, 98
On his return finds Paris in uproar of the July Revolution, 98
Attaches himself to military hospital, 99
Specialises in study of throat, 99
Summary of preparation for career as first scientific teacher, 100
Receives first recognition as teacher, 114
Appointed to Conservatoire of Music, 115
Memories of Malibran, 122
Submits his "Mémoire sur la voix humaine" to the Académie des Sciences,
130
Officially thanked for his services to vocal Art, 131
Recollections of Jenny Lind, 139, 154
Counsels her to delay _début_ in London, 152
Made correspondent of Stockholm University, 155
Created Chevalier de l'Ordre de Mérite, 155
Teaches Henrietta Nissen, 157
Catherine Hayes, 159
Barbot, 159
Battaille, 160
Bussine, 160
Mathilde Marchesi, 161
Johanna Wagner, 163
Invited by Richard Wagner to train singers for first Bayreuth
Festival, 165
Publishes his famous 'Traité complet,' 166
Teaches Stockhausen, 167
Member of National Guard, 170
Arrival in London, 183
Appointed to staff of R.A.M., 193
Teaches Kate Crichton, 196
Bessie Palmer, 198
Invention of laryngoscope, 201-213
Relates story of the invention, 203
Presents paper to Royal Society, 205
Teaches Santley, 214
Presents memoir to Montyon Committee, 218
Made M.D. of Königsberg, 219
Teaches Antoinette Sterling, 219
Election to Committee of R.A.M., 222
Episode with Saint-Saëns, 222
Memories of Mario, 234
Takes rooms at Kleins', 237
Intimacy with Joachim, 241
Teaches Miss Orridge, 242
Huxley testifies to importance of his invention, 243
Elected to Board of Directors R.A.M., 244
Teaches Miss Thudicum, 244
Invited to read paper before Medical Congress, 245
At a Royal Institution Lecture, 246
Teaches Miss Macintyre, 246
Marie Tempest, 247
Agnes Larkcom, 249
Arthur Oswald, 249
Other pupils' memories of lessons with, 249-255
Attacked by Maurel over the _coup de la glotte_, 256
Receives presentation on entering 90th year, 257
Publishes last text-book, 258-263
Resigns professorship, 263
Method of teaching, 283
Compares Kubelik with Paganini, 295
Winters in Egypt, 296
Attends funeral of Antoinette Sterling, 296
Enters 100th year, 296
Receives address from R.A.M. and R.C.M., 297
Audience with the King, 300
Attends meeting at Royal Society, 300
Decorated with Royal Order of Alphonse XII., 302
Great Gold Medal for Science, 303
Speech of thanks, 310
Attends banquet, 312
Replies to toast, 315
Life at 100, 316
Dines with Laryngologists, 318
Attends various dinners, 322
Celebrates 101st birthday, 322
Passes away, 324
Garcia, Maria, 3, 4, 16, 25, 35, 36, 42, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 62,
63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 98,
105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 156, 193
Garcia, Pauline, 3, 4, 44, 64, 90, 91, 94, 95, 100, 113, 125, 126, 127,
128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 156, 160, 173, 190, 191,
192, 193, 197, 216, 217, 222, 226, 230, 244, 286, 297
Garcia, Joaquina, 11, 12, 16, 62, 66, 69, 219
Gardoni, 235
Garibaldi, 230
Gassier, 230, 234
Gautier, Théophile, 178
Gazaré, 264, 267
Geikie, Sir A., 304, 310
George III., 7
George IV., 44, 52, 55, 75, 77, 183
Georges, Mdlle., 46
Geraldy, Jean, 93
Gericault, 179
German, Edward, 247
Germany, Emperor of, 310, 314
Gerster, Fran, 163, 264
Gervasoni, 27
Giuglini, 228, 230, 231
Gluck, 226
Gluck, Prof., 306
Glyn, Miss, 226
Godoy, Manuel, 14, 21
Goethe, 174, 299
Goldschmidt, Otto, 305
Goodall, Miss, 53
Gordoni, 189, 228, 231
Goris, Dr, 306, 316
Goss, 194
Got, 236
Gounod, Ch., 13, 54, 69, 134, 160, 177, 230, 231, 272
Grassari, Mme., 46
Grassot, 187
Graumann, Mdlle. (_see_ Marchesi, Mme.)
Graziani, 43, 230, 231, 236
Graziani, Mme., 45
Greatorex, 53
Green, Richard, 270
Grener, 48
Gretry, 47
Greuze, 13
Grey, Earl de, 272
Grimaldi, 54
Grisi, 111, 128, 184, 191, 226, 227, 231, 234
Gros, 179
Grote, 184
Gruneisen, 198
Guerrabella, Ginevra (see Ward, Geneviève).
Guerrero, General, 91
Guglielmi, 29, 53
Guizot, 169
Gura, 268
Gye, Ernest, 191, 266
Gye, Frederick, 198, 225, 228, 230, 233, 236, 264
Haigh, 227
Halévy, 13, 94, 132, 174, 175, 198
Hall, Dr de Havilland, 245, 309
Hallé, Sir Charles, 190, 226, 227, 321
Hallé, Lady, 136, 222, 235
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 59, 62, 79, 80
Halliburton, Prof., 304
Handel, 58, 133
Harley, 55
Harris, Sir Augustus, 228, 267, 268, 271, 272
Harrison, W., 226, 227
Hassein, Dey of Algiers, 98
Hauk, Minnie, 233
Haydn, 13, 58
Hayes, Catherine, 156, 159, 226, 227
Hemans, Mrs, 55
Henri, 171, 172
Henschel, George, 4, 195
Hermann, 190
Hérold, 36, 47, 174, 175
Herschel, Sir John, 184
Higgins, H. V., 272
Hill, 190, 267
Hill, Lucile, 270
Hill, Dr W., 309
Hilson, Mrs, 65
Hirschland, Dr, 306
Hogarth, Mr, 88
Holland, Canon Scott, 139, 140, 142, 157
Honey, George, 226, 227, 228
Hood, Tom, 177, 185
Horner, 185
Howe, Lord, 11
Huggins, Sir W., 304
Hugo, Victor, 179, 188
Hullah, John, 190, 217
Huxley, Prof., 4, 184, 243
"Ingoldsby, Tom," 122
Irving, Sir Henry, 227, 266
Irving, H. B., 322
Isnardon, M., 269
Jackmann, Herr, 164
Jakins, Dr, 306
James, G. P. R., 184
Jarret, 232
Jefferson, 78
Jerrold, Douglas, 184
Joachim, Joseph, 133, 135, 235, 241, 272
Johnson, Dr George, 245
Joran, Pauline, 272
Jordan, Mrs, 56
Joseph, 195
Jourdan, 166
Jullien, M., 190
Junot, General, 15
Kan, Dr, 306
Karl XIV., Johann, of Sweden and Norway, 142
Kean, Charles, 54, 55, 65, 66, 186
Kean, Mrs Charles, 186
Keeley, Mrs, 186
Kellogg, Clara, 231
Kemble, Adelaide, 217
Kemble, Charles, 54, 55
Kemble, Gertrude, 217
Kemble, John, 54, 56
Kidd, Dr Percy, 309
Killian, 212
Kingsley, Charles, 185
Kirstein, 212
Klein, Charles, 238, 320, 323, 324
Klein, Hermann, 237, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267, 319,
323, 324
Knight, 55
Kuttner, Dr, 306
Knyvett, 53
Koch, Prof., 314
Kock, Paul de, 179
Koenig, Dr, 306
Kraus, 163
Kubelik, 294
Labarre, 113
Lablache, Luigi, 90, 110, 123, 124, 128, 159, 189, 225, 226
Lablache, Mme., 189
Lago, Signor, 271
Lamartine, A. de, 178
Lamercier, 178
Lamoricière, 170
Landgraf, Dr, 306
Laporte, 105
Lara, Isidore de, 272
Larkcom, Agnes, 249
Lassalle, Jean, 266, 267, 269, 271
Latour, Cagniard de, 202
Lawrence, L. A., 309
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 77
Lecompte, 172
Legras, 48
Lehmann, Lilli, 267
Lemmens-Sherrington, Mme., 227, 230
Leoncavallo, 272
Lermoyez, Dr, 306, 316
Leslie, Henry, 217
Leslie, Mrs, 217
Lesueur, 46, 47
Levasseur, 176
Lever, Charles, 185
Levret, 202
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 298
Lieven, Dr, 306
Lind, Jenny, 4, 29, 139, 155, 156, 157, 158, 165, 184, 190, 191, 193,
198, 214, 240, 286, 288
Lindblad, Herr, 152
Lindblad, Mme., 146
Lindley, 194
Lister, 299
Liston, 55
Liszt, Abbé, 49, 126, 128, 173, 176, 177, 246, 268, 269
Longfellow, 185
Louis XVI., 10
Louis XVIII., 7, 40, 41, 178
Low, Mr Stuart-, 306
Lucas, Charles, 263
Lucca, Pauline, 230, 234, 235, 236, 266, 268
Lucca, Duke of, 113
Luce, de, 70
Lucia, de, 272
Lucia, Mme., 230
Lumley, 184, 192, 198
Lundberg, Mdlle., 140
Lussan, Zélie de, 269, 271
Lynch, Dominick, 59
Lytton, Bulwer, 185
Maas, Joseph, 236, 268
Macaulay, Lord, 185
Maccherini, 27
Macfarren, Sir George, 194, 263
Macfarren, Walter, 194, 258
Macintyre, General, 246
Macintyre, Margaret, 244, 246, 269, 270
Mackenzie, Sir A. C., 258, 263, 268
Macready, 54, 55, 71, 72, 186, 187
Majendie, 131
Mahu, Dr, 306
Malibran, Maria (see Garcia, Maria).
Malibran, M., 79, 80, 112, 119
Mapleson, Colonel, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 265, 268
Marchesi, Blanche, 163, 301, 305, 317
Marchesi, Mathilde, 4, 156, 161, 162, 163, 195, 218, 219, 301
Marchesi, M., 230, 301
Maria I. of Portugal, 15
Marini, 191, 192
Mario, 184, 189, 191, 192, 226, 228, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 264, 286
Marimon, 235
Marras, 189
Mars, Mdlle., 46
Martin, M., 46
Martineau, 185
Mascagni, Pietro, 271, 272
Massenet, 177
Mathews, Charles, 54, 56, 75, 227, 234, 264
Mathews, Mrs, 234
Maurel, Victor, 236, 256, 257, 267, 271
M'Bride, Dr, 309
Meissonier, Jean, 179
Melba, 4, 163, 269, 271, 272
Mellon, Alfred, 190, 226
Mellon, Mrs, 226, 234
Mendelssohn, 13, 161, 168, 174, 176, 183, 189
Mendi, de, 189, 190
Meric-Lalande, 93
Merlin, Countess, 93, 106
Messent, Miss, 215
Meyerbeer, 13, 50, 94, 134, 151, 152, 160, 164, 174, 176, 177, 191,
192, 193, 226, 227, 230, 286, 321
Meyssenberg, 126
Mierzwinski, 267
Mill, John Stuart, 185
Miller, 184
Millet, Jean François, 179
Millico, 58
Milligan, Dr, 308, 309
Mimaut, 47
Molique, 190
Molinié, Dr, 306
Moll, Dr, 306
Mommsen, 314
Monbelli, 236
Mongini, 231, 234, 235
Montarid, 269, 271
Montyon, 218
Moritz, Dr, 305
Moscheles, 134, 194
Mounet-Sully, 236
Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord, 34, 35
Moure, Dr, 306
Mozart, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 68, 160, 321
Munden, 55
Murat, King of Naples, 7, 22, 23, 30, 36, 37
Mürger, Henry, 96, 97, 178
Murillo, 20
Murska, Ilma di, 163, 231, 234, 235
Musiani, Adelaide, 271
Musset, Alfred de, 117, 129, 175, 178
Musset, Paul de, 175
Napoleon, 7, 14, 16, 23, 29, 40, 44
Naudin, 231
Nava, 215
Neruda (see Hallé, Lady).
Neumann, Dr, 267
Nevada, Emma, 163
Nicholl, William, 249
Nicolai, 161, 177
Nicolini, 231, 236, 264, 267
Niemann, 267
Nillson, Christine, 231, 233, 234, 235, 243
Nissen, Henriette, 4, 156, 157
Noblet, 48
Nordica, 271
Noufflard, Mme., 136, 222, 223
Nourrit, Adolph, 93, 94, 176
Nourse, 306
Offenbach, 177
O'Mara, Joseph, 270
O'Neill, Miss, 55, 56
Onorati, Cardinal, 40
Orridge, Miss, 242, 243
Oscar I., King of Sweden, 166
Osler, Prof., 210
Oswald, Arthur, 249, 317
Oudin, Eugene, 270
Owen, 184
Pacchierotti, 34
Paderewski, 258, 269
Paër, Ferdinand, 15, 35, 44
Paganini, 13, 176, 295
Paget, Sir James, 245
Paisiello, 30, 32, 43, 47, 61
Palliser, Esther, 270
Palmer, Bessie, 197, 198
Palmerston, Lord, 8
Panseron, 36, 47
Parepa, 226, 227
Parry, John, 123, 189, 190
Pasta, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 75, 88, 107, 108, 112, 286
Pasteur, 299
Patey, J. G., 227
Patti, Adelina, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 235, 236, 266, 268, 272
Patti, Carlotta, 231, 235
Paul, Mrs Howard, 236
Payne, Howard, 55
Pedraza, General, 91
Peel, Sir Robert, 198
Pegler, Dr L. H., 309
Pellegrini, 43
Pepusch, 53
Pergolesi, 42
Perkins, 74
Permewan, Dr, 309
Persiani, 128, 133, 183, 184, 191
Pétrequin, 131
Phelps, 226
Philip II. of Spain, 18
Philippe, Louis, 8, 99, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172
Phillips, 53
Piatti, 190, 235, 258, 272
Pierson, Blanche, 236
Pisaroni, 87
Pischek, 189
Planché, 236
Plançon, 271
Poli, Prof., 306, 316
Polignac, 99
Pollini, Herr, 267
Ponchielli, 268
Poniatowski, Prince, 113, 114
Porpora, 25, 26
Porto, 45, 48
Potter, Cipriani, 194, 263
Potter, Dr Furniss, 309
Pounds, Courtice, 247
Price, Stephen, 59, 60
Princess Royal, 226
Prud'hon, 179
Prussia, King of, 8, 77
Puccini, 272
Puente, del, 265
Puget, Mdlle. de, 158
Puke, Count, 141
Purcell, 190
Puttner, Dr, 316
Puzzi, 52, 194
Pyne, Louisa, 226, 227
Raff, 195
Rainforth, Miss, 186
Randegger, Chevalier Alberto, 249, 263
Randolph, John, 77
Ravell, 187, 271
Ravogli, Giulia, 271
Rees, Eleanor, 247
Reeves, Sims, 190, 196, 197, 226, 227, 230, 235, 243
Reicha, 40, 126
Reicher-Kindermann, 267
Reichemberg, 236
Reina, 45, 46
Reiter, Frau, 167
Remorini, 48, 51, 52
Reynolds, Miss, 186
Rezké, Edouard de, 266, 268, 269, 271
Rezké, Jean de, 264, 268, 269, 271, 272
Rhodes, John, 188
Richard, Mme., 271
Richelieu, 77
Richter, Hans, 266, 267
Righetti, Giorgi, 32
Righi, 45
Rimbault, 93
Ripa, Antonio, 9
Robespierre, 11
Robinson, H. B., 306, 309
Rochefort, Henri, 179
Rodriguez (see Garcia).
Rolla, 271
Roncaglia, 26
Ronconi, 191, 231
Ronzi, 50
Rooy, van, 4, 195
Rosa, Carl, 269
Rosebery, Countess of, 242
Rosich, 59, 62
Rossi, Signorina, 32
Rossi, 106, 226
Rossini, 13, 32, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 61, 66, 67, 69, 86, 88, 93, 94,
111, 133, 161, 173, 186, 191, 233, 286, 292, 321
Rossini, Mme. Colbran, 46, 48
Rota, 235
Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 242
Rousseau, 179
Rubini, 128
Rubinstein, 177, 239, 258, 266, 268, 269, 270
Ruckman, Marie, 146
Ruiz-Garcia, Mme., 93
Ruskin, 185
Russell, Ella, 268, 269
Rye, Lieutenant, 76
Sabatier, 189
Sainton, Prof., 184, 190, 194
Saint-Saëns, 175, 222
Sainville, 187
Salieri, 53
Salmon, Mrs, 51
Salmond, Norman, 270
Salomon, Mme. Siegfried (see Nissen, Henriette).
Samary, 236
Sand, George, 128, 170, 175, 176, 177
Sanderson, Sybil, 163, 271
Santi, P. de, 306, 308, 309
Santley, Sir Charles, 4, 197, 214, 215, 216, 217, 226, 227, 228, 230,
231, 234, 235
Sapio, 51, 53
Sarasate, 264
Sargent, John S., 301, 309, 316
Savart, 131
Saville, Francis, 163
Saxon, Avon, 270
Saxony, King of, 164
Scalchi, Mme., 233, 234, 235, 236
Scheffer, 179
Scheidemantel, 4, 195
Schlosser, 267
Schmidt, Prof. M., 307
Schubert, 13, 94, 174, 241
Schumann, Robert, 13, 136, 225
Schumann, Mme., 133, 195, 235
Schwartz, 189
Scott, Sir Walter, 54, 75, 174, 299
Sedie, Delle, 227
Seidl, Anton, 267
Sembrich, Mme., 266, 324
Semon, Sir Felix, 245, 301, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316,
319
Senn, 202
Serda, 176
Shakespeare, 299
Sharpey, Prof., 205
Shelley, 55, 299
Siddons, Mrs Sarah, 54, 77
Sinico, 231, 234, 236
Sitchès, Joaquina (_see_ Garcia, Joaquina).
Sivori, 235
Smart, Sir George, 194, 231
Smith, Alexander, 185
Smith, Dr Harman, 306, 316
"Smith, Mr" (_see_ Philippe, Louis).
Sontag, Mme., 106, 111
Soulacroix, 267
Soult, Mme., 142, 144
Spagnoletti, 48
Spicer, H., 187
Spohr, 13
Spontini, 53, 174
Stanford, Sir C. V., 241, 272
Stephens, Miss, 53, 55
Sterling, Antoinette, 4, 134, 135, 163, 219, 220, 277, 296
Stern, 195
Stewart, W. R. H., 309
Stirling, Prof., 305, 310
Stockhausen, Julius, 4, 156, 166, 167, 168, 194, 197, 214, 289, 316
Storace, 57
Sucher, Rosa, 267, 271
Sue, Eugène, 179
Suffield, Lord, 302, 313
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 230, 258, 266, 270
Sullivan, Barry, 234
Symonds, C. J., 306, 308, 309, 313
Szymanowska, 52
Tadolini, 189
Tagliafico, 192, 235
Taglioni, 225
Talma, 46, 118
Tamberlik, 226, 228, 230, 234, 235
Tamburini, 128, 184, 192
Tapia, Dr, 306
Taylor, Sir H., 185
Tempest, Marie, 246, 247, 248, 249
Tennyson, Lord, 185
Terrail, 53
Terry, Ellen, 266
Terry, 55
Thackeray, 185
Thalberg, 190
Thomas, Ambroise, 233, 234
Thomas, Goring, 268
Thomas, J., 194
Thompson, Alderman, 75
Thomson, Dr St Clair, 309
Thudicum, Miss, 244, 246, 247, 270
Tietjens, 228, 230, 231, 233, 235
Toole, J. L., 226
Toxier, Dr, 306
Travis, Miss, 53
Trebelli, 230, 235, 266, 269
Tremelli, 163, 268
Treviso, Duke of, 172
Trouseau, 203
Troyon, 179
Türck, 206, 207, 212, 218
Turner, 198
Tyndall, Prof., 184
Uhl, L., 129
Unger, 267
Valleria, Mdlle., 265, 266
Vasa, Gustavus, 155
Vaughan, 53
Vega, Marcus, 125
Velluti, 52
Vera, 189
Verdi, 13, 66, 67, 69, 234, 272
Vernet, Horace, 47, 179
Vestris, Charles, 48
Vestris, Mme., 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 55, 186, 225
Vestris, Mme. Ronzi, 48
Vestris, Signor, 48
Vianesi, 233
Viardot-Garcia, Mme. (_see_ Garcia, Pauline).
Viardot, Louis, 128
Viardot, Mme. Pauline (_see_ Garcia, Pauline).
Victoire, 226
Victoria, H. M. Queen, 125, 183, 226
Vieuxtemps, 235
Vignas, Francesco, 271
Vigny, Alfred de, 178
Villalobar, Marquis de, 302, 303, 313
Vinrace, Dennis, 306
Virchow, Prof., 314
Visconti, Duke of, 117, 118
Vitarelli, 32
Vogls, The, 267
Wachtel, 231, 235
Wagner, Johanna, 4, 156, 163, 164, 165, 198
Wagner, Richard, 13, 129, 163, 165, 176, 177, 243, 264, 266, 267, 271,
289
Waldeyer, 304
Walker, Dr T. J., 245
Wallace, 226
Ward, Geneviève, 164, 227
Warden, 203
Warner, Mrs, 187
Warren, 188
Warton, Mme., 188
Weber, 13, 55, 90, 189
Webster, Ben, 186, 226, 234
Weiss, 226
Wellington, 23, 24, 74, 77
Wesley, Samuel, 54
Wieniawski, 235
Wilkinson, Miss, 53
Willcocks, Dr, 307
William I., 8
William IV., 164, 183
Williams, the Misses, 189
Wilson, General J. G., 59, 62
Winogradon, 269
Winter, 141
Wordsworth, 198
Worms, 236
Wotan, 289
Wrottesley, Lord, 205
Wyld, Dr, 246, 306
Young, 55
Zaalberg, Dr, 306
Zamboni, Luigi, 32
Zingarelli, 28, 29, 48, 58, 69, 100
Zola, 179
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