Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt: Her Early Art-Life and Dramatic Career, 1820-1851: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Music) - Softcover

Holland, Henry Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108038697 ISBN 13: 9781108038690

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

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The 'Swedish Nightingale', as soprano Jenny Lind (1820–87) was known, captivated opera audiences throughout Europe. Henry Scott Holland (1847–1918) and William Smith Rockstro (1823–95) used Lind's letters and diaries for this two-volume memoir, published in 1891. Volume 2 discusses her success and first retirement from the stage.

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Jenny Lind (1820–87) was one of Europe's most famous opera singers. Known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', she first rose to prominence in an 1838 performance of Weber's Freischütz. Despite her immense success over the next ten years, she retired from the stage at the age of twenty-nine. Seeking financial security to pursue her charitable interests, in 1850 she accepted the invitation of impresario P. T. Barnum to undertake a tour of the United States; this was another succession of triumphs. Henry Scott Holland (1847–1918), the theologian and social reformer, and music writer William Smith Rockstro (1823–95) used Lind's own documents, letters and diaries as the basis of this two-volume memoir, published in 1891, which focuses on the first thirty-one years of her life. Volume 2 discusses some of Lind's most memorable performances in Europe and the reasons for her first retirement; it ends with her departure for America.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108038697
• ISBN 13: 9781108038690
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 520