Johann Wenzel Tomaschek in Prague - September, 1818

from Excerpts from the Memoirs of J. W. Tomaschek, page 262:

Her intonation was crystal-clear; moreover, the transition from register to register gave evidence of the best vocal training. All the ornaments that she introduced in the course of the music pointed to a well developed sensitiveness, full of artistic tasteĀ­ unquestionably a shining virtue that is only too often lacking in most singers. Were I to censure anything in Catalani's singing, it would be the chromatic scale-work in which she repeated each note with the greatest rapidity; by such tours de force she often jarred me from my most blissful moods.
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Abram Loft and Johann Wenzel Tomaschek, Excerpts from the Memoirs of J. W. Tomaschek. In The Musical Quarterly, volume Vol. 32, No. 2 (April, 1946), p. 262. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1425913557076 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Prague

Listeners

Johann Wenzel Tomaschek
Composer, Teacher
1774-1850

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Vocal music sung by Catalani performed by Catalani

Experience Information

Date/Time September, 1818
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:05:57 +0000