excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 317 (149 words)
excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 317 (149 words)
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A few days later we all went over to Swansea to take part in the annual concert given by Mme. Patti in aid of the local charities. The journey each way assumed the character of a triumphal progress, the entire route from the station to the concert-hall being lined by dense crowds. It was touching to witness the eagerness of the humble folk— men, women, and children— to catch a glimpse of the illustrious vocalist, who once every year came from her mountain home to aid the institution that succored their needy and suffering. The concert itself was memorable because on this occasion, for the first time in her life, the famous songstress delivered as an encore the soul-stirring strains of the Welsh national air, ''Land of my Fathers” ; and when, at her request, her enthusiastic auditors joined in the chorus, the effect was simply electrifying. |
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