excerpt from 'Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey.' pp. 278-9 (106 words)
excerpt from 'Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey.' pp. 278-9 (106 words)
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[…] performed by Grisi, Ivanhoff, Tamburini, Madame Stockhausen, Miss Clara Novello (a very young girl with a clear good voice, the most promising of the scholars), and E. Seguin, who was of course but little heard in a concerted piece of so many voices. This was really beautiful, and perfectly well sung; as was a quartetto of Himmel, led by Tamburini, or rather, a song by him, the other voices being quite subordinate. It has been already mentioned that this excellent singer was the most successful of the Italians; and it may be added that the last two pieces were the most successful that they sung. |
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