Alexis Chitty

Name: A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Author: Alexis Chitty

A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

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“A Dictionary of Music and Musicians”, published in 1900, is a work by Alexis Chitty. It explores elements such as Covent Garden, Vienna and opera.

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Though not endowed with a voice of remarkable quality or compass, Madame Pappenheim is thoroughly good and careful both as a singer and an actress. Her parts are always studied with care and conscientiousness, and she is capable of considerable dramatic intensity. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Her voice is powerful and 21⁄2 octaves in compass, and she sings like a thorough musician. She has occasionally played in opera in the provinces, but it is as a versatile, refined and accomplished concert singer that she is best known and appreciated. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Wessel was a great benefactor to the spread of music in England. Among composers whose works were introduced by him are Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Abt, Kücken, Gade, Schulhof, Heller, etc. Of the works of Heller, as of those of Chopin, Wessel and his successors have had, and still hold, the exclusive copyright in England, though by a decision of the Court of Chancery in 1853, several important works were lost to them. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ On June 6, 1885, she re-appeared in England at the Gaiety on the production of 'Lakmé,' and created a highly favourable impression in that and 'Mignon' and also in scenes from 'Dinorah' and 'Il Barbiere.' She has a soprano voice of more than two octaves in compass, from A below the line to F in alt., very sweet in quality, albeit of no power or volume, with considerable powers of execution. She is a pleasant actress, with great charm of manner, and should ultimately achieve a lasting success. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ James's Hall is too large for an artist whose delicacy of style and small volume of tone suit the narrow limits of a "chamber." Her playing was marked by very high qualities, such as exquisite phrasing, refinement, with power of expression and executive skill equal to almost every call upon it.' It was also marked by an obvious tendency to caricature the style of a great living artist, which though amusing, hardly added to the artistic qualities of Signora Tua's performances. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ She was greatly admired at the Opéra Comique for her sympathetic voice and natural charm of person and manner. Her next engagement was at the Grand Opera, where she played Marguerite in 'Faust.' At the outbreak of the war she left the opera for the army, and served with zeal in the ambulance. After the war she sang for a season at the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, and on April 30, 1872, first appeared in England at the Italian Opera, Drury Lane, as Marguerite, and as Marcelline in 'Les Deux Journées,' on its short-lived production, June 20, 1872. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ WILSON, Mary Ann, born 1802, was taught singing by Thomas Welsh. Her first appearance in public at Drury Lane Theatre, Jan. 18, 1821, as Mandane in 'Artaxerxes,' caused an immediate furore, as much for her youth and looks as for her fresh sweet voice and brilliant singing. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ WELDON, Georgina, was born at Clapham, May 24, 1837. Her maiden name was Thomas, which was afterwards changed to Treherne. On April 21, 1860, she married Captain Weldon, of the 18th Hussars. For many years she was known in society as the possessor of a lovely voice, but she afterwards adopted music as a profession on charitable grounds, and made her first appearance in public in 1870. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The first festival was in 1791, and they were continued annually till 1803. [See Festivals, York; vol. i. p. 516b.] After that no other festival took place until 1823, when the performance was revived for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the Infirmaries at Leeds, Sheffield and Hull. The scheme consisted of four sacred concerts, including the Messiah in its entirety, held in the Cathedral on the mornings of Sept. 23 to 25, three secular evening concerts, and two balls given in the Assembly Rooms. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ In voice, enunciation, feeling, and style, Pischek was first-rate. His repertoire was large, embracing operas and pieces of Gluck, Mozart, Méhul, Beethoven, Spohr, Weber, Donizetti, Harold, Lachner, Kreutzer, Lindpaintner. In his latter days one of his most favourite parts was Hassan in Benedict's 'Der Alte vom Berge' (Crusaders) ; others were Hans Heiling, Ashton (Lucia) , and the Jäger, in the 'Nachtlager von Granada.' He also sang Mendelssohn's Elijah, as already mentioned. As an actor he was prone to exaggeration. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ VESTRIS, Lucia Elizabeth, [1] or Eliza Lucy, [2] born either Jan. 3 or March 2, 1797, in London, daughter of Gaetano Bartolozzi, artist, and grand-daughter of Francesco Bartolozzi, the celebrated engraver. On Jan. 28, 1813, she married Armand Vestris, dancer and ballet-master at the King's Theatre, and grandson of the celebrated Vestris. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ In 1879 she played at Her Majesty's, but of late has been rarely seen in opera in London. She is well known as an oratorio and concert singer; in 1874 sang at the Handel Festival, and is also very popular in the provinces. The above refers to her performances in England, but she has also sung at St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, and elsewhere. She is pre-eminently a useful singer. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ WILT, Marie, born about 1835, at Vienna, of poor parents, whom she lost in early life. She afterwards married a civil engineer named Franz Wilt. In 1863 she sang in Schubert's 'Lazarus' under Herbeck with success, received instruction from Dr. Gansbacher and Wolf, made her début in 1865 at Grratz as Donna Anna, and in 1866 sang at Vienna and Berlin. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ He reappeared in this country in 1846, 47, and 49, and maintained his popularity in the concertroom, and in oratorio, singing in 49 the part of Elijah at the Birmingham festival with great energy, passion, and effect. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ In certain of these she introduced well-known songs 'Cherry ripe,' 'I've been [3] roaming,' 'Meet me by moonlight alone,' and others, which gained their popularity at the outset through her very popular ballad singing. On April 12, 1826, she played Fatima on the production of 'Oberon.' With her subsequent career as manager of the Olympic, Covent Garden, and Lyceum, we cannot deal, save to mention that during her tenancy of Covent Garden, in conjunction with Charles Mathews the younger (whom she married July 18, 1838) , opera was occasionally performed, viz. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Margaret and Helen in Boito's 'Mefistofele,' Carmen, Fadette in Maillart's 'Dragons de Villars,' Donna Maria in Marchetti's 'Ruy Blas,' are among the parts which she has sung on the first production of these works in English. ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ The London Academy has since opened branch establishments at South Kensington and Brighton. Dr. Wylde's musical compositions include a setting of Milton's Paradise Lost for solos, chorus and orchestra, performed by the New Philharmonic Society, May 11, 1853, and May 1, 1854 ”

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Alexis Chitty, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ He acted as Juror in the Musical Instrument Section in the International Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862, and in 1863 was elected Professor of Music at Gresham College, London. In 1852 the New Philharmonic Society was founded by Sir Charles Fox, and others, on the advice of Dr. ”

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