John Weeks Moore

“ This performance, which was given by a committee of Mendelssohn's personal admirers, with the view of providing a fund for the purpose of instituting two scholarships in the name of the deceased master, at Leipsic, proved eminently successful, and deserves commemoration as the first introduction of Jenny Lind to the English public. ”

“ At Vienna he was also introduced to the immortal Beethoven, and obtained, through Weber's influence and his own talents, the position of musical director to the Italian Opera. At this time he was scarcely seventeen years of age. Barbaja, who was then its manager, also conducted the theatres of Naples and Milan, and shortly after proposed to Benedict to take the position of maestro di capella at Naples, in the theatres San Carlo and Fondo. This was in the spring of 1825. In this position Benedict remained for more than four years. In 1830 he became acquainted with Malibran. ”