CHAPTER XXI.

LAST DAYS.

(1905-1906.)

On the Sunday evening after the Centenary Banquet, Señor Garcia was present at a more private dinner, attended by the laryngologists, who had come together to do homage to the founder of their art. He was brighter than at the larger gathering, while he not only smoked a cigarette, as he had done at the banquet, but drank a glass of lager beer with relish. He told many interesting stories of his early days; and once, in trying to fix the time of some reminiscence, he said, "Oh, about twenty-three or thirty years ago: I do not like these little dates"! With the greatest good nature he signed his name on some forty menu cards. The following is the text of his speech in French:--

"Vous ne vous attendez pas, sans doute, à ce que je fasse un discours. Si j'ose prendre la parole, c'est pour vous exposer, en quelques mots, une pensée qui m'obsède et que le grand éclat donne à la presentation qui a eu lieu a fait naître dans mon esprit.

"Le rôle des personnages qui ont figuré dans cette célébration aurait du être interverti; les félicitations, les compliments vous appartiennent, et c'est à vous et à vos sociétés qu'ils auraient du être adressés.

"Il est de tout évidence que le petit instrument doit les succès qu'il a obtenus absolument et uniquement à vous, Messieurs, et aux associations sur lesquelles vous présidez. Privé du puissant appui de votre science, il serait tombé dans un oubli complet (et ego quoque).

"Par suite je me considère comme un usurpateur insigne qui accepte ce qui, en réalité, vous appartient, et c'est par acquit de conscience que je le confesse.

"Ne pouvant pas changer ce qui est, je termine ces mots en exprimant ma très vive reconnaissance aux sociétés laryngologiques que vous représentez, et à vous, Messieurs, qui, sans souci des inconvénients des voyages, êtes venus de tous pays, même les plus lointains, pour féliciter le centenaire et, plus encore, pour l'honorer de leur approbation scientifique. Ainsi comblé, saura-t'il jamais manifester l'intensité de son appréciation, de sa reconnaissance?

"Je ne pourrais conclure ces remarques sans exprimer mon admiration pour Sir Felix Semon, dont l'infatigable persévérance, unie à une rare puissance d'organization, a réussi, à travers de nombreux obstacles, à organizer cette grande démonstration, inspirée uniquement par le désir d'honorer un vieil ami. Merci! Encore, Merci!"

A few days later Señor Manuel Garcia went to dine with Hermann Klein, who had come over from New York for a few weeks, and here the centenarian renewed his acquaintance with his pupil's younger brother, Charles. The meeting took him back over thirty years, to those days in Bentinck Street when Charles Klein, then a sturdy, dark little fellow of eight, used to go out regularly to fetch the maestro's lunch of sponge-cake from a baker's round the corner in Welbeck Street. Much water had passed under the bridge since these days, and he had now come over from a sojourn of many years in America, a man of forty, and one of New York's most successful playwrights.

In the following July I went up to spend a Sunday afternoon with the centenarian. It was quite impossible to believe that he was indeed in his 101st year. He actually displayed more vivacity than at the time when I was commencing lessons with him, while even in those days my mother had asserted that he seemed more hale and active than he had been when she in her turn was studying under him twenty-five years before. Truly as he grew older he appeared to become younger.

Charles Klein came to call on the maestro on this same afternoon, and was put through many searching questions with regard to the latest phases of American thought and character. When tea arrived our host displayed the most extraordinary energy, jumping up and insisting upon getting a small table upon which the playwright might rest his cup and plate. The latter he watched with anxiety. When it was empty, he promptly fetched a plate of scones, and with the most wonderful humour and good spirits pressed the guest to take some more. As for his own wants, it was perfectly futile for one to offer to take charge of his cup. Nothing would satisfy him but that he should himself take it over to be refilled. When I rose to go, the maestro insisted on coming to the front door, as in the old days, and in shaking hands said, "I shall hope to see you here soon again."

For the next nine months Manuel Garcia led a life almost incredible in one of such age. He continued to rise early, go to bed late, and enjoy walks, drives, theatres, concerts, and dinners as thoroughly as a man forty years his junior.

His hale old age he would ascribe to his mental and physical activity, his moderate living (he did not touch wine or spirits until he was ninety), and his good digestion.

His piano continued to be a favourite friend, and frequently he would play for an hour in the forenoon and again in the evening. The selections would be mostly snatches from the old Italian operas--especially Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Mozart,--played from memory. His hearing was excellent, and his sight still comparatively good; indeed, he spent a great deal of time in reading, for he took an interest in everything that went on in the world. His evenings would be passed in conversation, or a bout at chess--a game in which he had many a time in the old days tried conclusions with Sir Charles Hallé. Sometimes he would go out for a game of cards with his neighbours.

He went to visit many old friends, and one day actually walked up to the fourth floor in a block of flats, disdaining the lift. He went to register his vote at the general election. During his walks he used to offer adverse criticisms of the motor-omnibuses which were beginning to make their appearance. 'Bus conductors used to get their own back without knowing it, for they would point to "Mon Abri" as they passed, and remark to the passengers, "That's where the Centurion lives."

In the following autumn I was at work on the little book of reminiscences of my mother and her circle of friends, and at the close of November wrote to Señor Garcia telling him that I wished to devote a portion to his own career, as her chief instructor in singing. This letter at once brought a reply that he would like to see the MS. of that part of the memoir.

Hence there came about what must have been unique in the experience of book publishers, for when the manuscript was finally returned to them after revision, marked for press, it contained some corrections in the handwriting of one who was within three months of entering his 102nd year.

The coming of the new year appeared to bring with it little visible diminution in the maestro's mental and bodily activity. Indeed, during the winter of 1905-06 he attended quite a number of public dinners, including one at the Savage Club, another given by the "Vagabonds" to Mr and Mrs H. B. Irving, and a third at the Mansion House in honour of the King of Spain, by whose special request the Centenarian was invited to be present.

On March 17, 1906, he celebrated the entrance into his 102nd year by taking up a guitar and singing a Spanish song, while a few days after this he attended the Philharmonic Concert at the Queen's Hall and keenly enjoyed the music. So active was he still, that he refused with indignation an offer to be helped up or down stairs; but the candle was burning with an unnatural brightness, which could not last.

In the middle of April a letter arrived from the maestro, the perusal of which brought fresh wonder at his amazing vigour. It had been written on the 16th April, and ran as follows:--

CHER MR MACKINLAY.--J'ai lu avec beaucoup de plaisir l'interessant volume qu'avez (_sic_) dédié à la mémoire de votre chère mère. C'est aussi avec grande satisfaction que j'ai appris qu'il a été apprecié par la presse; c'est une garantie qu'il aura le succès qu'il mérite.

Agréez mes compliments et mes félicitations.--Votre sincère M. GARCIA.

About the same time Hermann Klein received a letter from the old teacher, and the handwriting, he tells me, was not quite so firm as usual. Indeed it is evident that Señor Garcia was not feeling at all himself at this time, for in the note he says--

"As to my health, it is less brilliant than I should like, but it is passable;" while a postscript is added showing that he himself realised that his hand was rather shaky: "Can you read this scribble (ce barbouillage)?"

After this there appears to have been considerable improvement, for on May 24 he wrote to congratulate Charles Klein on the success of his new piece at the Duke of York's Theatre, and on this occasion the handwriting was much clearer and steadier than it had been five weeks earlier.

(_Translation_.)

"MON ABRI," CRICKLEWOOD,

LONDON, _24th May 1906_.

DEAR MR KLEIN,--My paper informs me that you have just obtained a great theatrical success. I congratulate you with all my heart.

Would you have the kindness to send me your actual London address? I have a little parcel for your brother, which I beg you will convey to him. It is a portrait that he has asked of me, which he desires to present to Mme. Sembrich.

One of these days, when I feel in the mood (en train), I shall go to see "The Lion and The Mouse."

My respects to Mrs Klein, and to yourself a hearty and cordial handshake. M. GARCIA.

In June Charles Klein sent a box for the Duke of York's Theatre, and Señor Garcia went to see the piece, which he thoroughly enjoyed. This was the last dramatic performance which he attended, and indeed the drama of his own life was drawing to a close.

* * * * *

On Sunday, July 1, the end came: the beloved maestro passed away in his sleep, calmly and peacefully, at the age of 101.

INDEX.

Abramoff, 269

Adam, Adolphe, 175

Adams, John, 78

Adams, Suzanne, 163

Agnesi, 235

Agrisani, 42

Albani, 236, 264, 266, 268, 269, 271

Albert, 48

Albert, Prince, 8, 226

Alboni, 111, 184, 191, 192, 228, 235

Alexander I., 73

Alfonso, King, 302, 313, 322

Alibaud, Louis, 172

Almarcha, Juan, 9

Alvary, 271

Ambrogetti, 42

Ancona, 272

d'Angri, 163

d'Angrisani, 59, 62, 66

Ansani, Giovanni, 25, 26, 27, 28, 100, 289

Arditi, 233, 234, 271

Arnold (composer), 57

Arnold (writer), 185

Arnoldson, 269

Artot, Désiré, 134, 135, 230

Ascherberg, Mr, 259, 260, 262

Astley, 188

Auber, 47, 115, 174, 175, 176, 187, 234

Aumale, Duke of, 172

Aumer, 48

Austria, Emperor of, 77

Avelis, Dr, 306

Avery, 203

Baber, Dr E. C., 309

Babington, B. G., 192

Bach, 26

Balfe, 192, 228, 234

Balfour, A. J., 317

Ball, Dr J. B., 309

Ballin, J. S., 305, 309

Balzac, 178

Bancrofts, The, 234

Banderali, 161

Barbieri, Mme., 58, 65, 66, 67

Barbot, 156, 159

Barnby, Sir Joseph, 258

Barretta, 236

Bartet, 236

Basbereau, 40

Battaille, 156, 159, 160, 208, 217

Bauermeister, Mdlle., 269, 271

Baumès, 203

Bayley, P., 185

Beaconsfield, Lord (_see_ Disraeli).

Beecher, Henry Ward, 221

Beethoven, 13, 53, 189, 238, 241

Begnis, Signor and Mme. di, 43, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53

Begrez, 52

Bellamy, 53

Belletti, 189

Bellini, 108, 112, 161, 174, 175

Benedict, Sir J., 189, 190, 194

Benetti, 48

Bennati, 202

Bennett, Sterndale, 263

Benton, Senator, 77

Béranger, 178

Beriot, Ch. de, 112, 116, 119, 120, 126, 133

Berlioz, 152, 173, 175, 189

Bernadotte, Maréchal (_see_ Karl XIV., Johann).

Bernhardt, Sarah, 236

Bernstoff, 77

Bettini, 235, 236

Billington, Mrs, 54

Birkett, Dr, 307

Bishop, Sir Henry, 54, 55, 194

Bismarck, 8

Bispham, David, 270

Bizet, 177, 264

Blücher, 77

Blumm, Herr, 157, 158

Boieldieu, 46, 47, 82

Boito, 268

Bonaparte, Joseph, 21, 22, 23, 24, 62

Bonheur, Rosa, 179

Bonjour, Casimir, 47

Bordogni, 161

Botella, Dr, 306, 307, 316

Botticelli, Signor, 32

Boucicault, Dion, 236

Bourmont, 98

Bowlby, A., 309

Bozzini, 202

Broeckkaert, Dr, 306

Braham, Henry, 53, 225

Brahms, Johannes, 13, 135, 136, 175, 195, 241

Brangaene, 134, 268

Brema, Marie, 271

Brewer, Dr, 98

Brewster, 184

Brizzi, 189

Brombara, 271

Brontë, Charlotte, 184

Brough, Lionel, 234, 236

Brown, Sir Thomas, 209

Brown, Miss (see Kate Crichton).

Browning, Robert, 185

Browning, Miss, 185

Buckstone, 227

Bunn, Alfred, 184

Burger, Dr, 306, 316

Burney, Dr Charles, 26

Bussine, 156, 159, 160

Butlin, H. T., 309

Butt, Clara, 271

Byron, Lord, 55, 299

Calecot, 13

Caletti, 189

Calvè, 4, 163, 271, 272

Camidge, Dr, 53

Campanini, 265

Campbell, Sir Archibald, 76

Camporese, Mme., 42, 45

Capoul, 235

Caradori, 45, 46, 50, 52, 53

Cardignac, 170

Carlyle, 184

Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, 77

Carroll, Lewis, 68

Carte, D'Oyly, 270

Carvallo, 230

Castellani, Mme., 189, 191, 192

Catalani, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 51, 52

Cazalet, 199

Celeste, Mme., 187, 234

Cerito, 225

Cervetto, Giacomo, 4

Chamberlain, Joseph, 295

Chappell, Thomas, 228

Charles V. of Germany and I. of Spain, 18

Charles IV. of Spain, 14, 16, 21

Charles X. of France, 7, 75, 99, 171, 178

Charrière, 204

Chateaubriand, 185

Chatterton, 194

Chatterton, F. B., 232

Cherubini, 13, 115

Chiari, Dr, 306, 316

Chippendale, Mrs, 234

Chopin, 13, 157, 174, 176, 189, 196

Chorley, 60, 214, 215, 217, 226

Ciabatta, 189

Cimarosa, 47, 49, 61

Cinti, 46

Clay, Henry, 77

Clive, Franklin, 270

Clough, 185

Coccia, 48

Cooke, T. P., 226

Cooper, Fenimore, 62, 79

Copland, Charles, 270

Coppée, François, 179

Coquelins, The, 236

Corot, 179

Costa, Sir M., 184, 189, 191, 226, 230, 233, 234, 268

Cotogni, 235, 236, 264

Coutiau, 113

Cox, Frank, 199

Cramer, J. B., 194

Crichton, Kate, 196, 197

Crivelli, 42, 52, 58, 59, 62, 66, 194, 199

Crivelli (the younger), 58

Croelius, Herr, 140

Crossley, Ada, 163, 317

Cruvelli, 189

Curioni, 45, 48, 52

Czermak, 207, 208, 210, 212, 218

Dalmatie, Duchesse de (see Madame Soult).

Damian, Grace, 271

Damoreau-Cinti, Mme., 106

Daponte, Signor, 59, 60

Darmès, 172

Darwin, 184, 299

Darwin, Prof. F., 304

Davenport, Mrs, 55

David, Félicien, 177

David, Ferdinand, 135

Davies, Ben, 270, 317

Davies, Ffrangçon, 270

Davies, Llewellyn, 242

Davis, Dr, 306, 309

Decamps, 179

Delacroix, 179

Delafield, 191

Delaroche, 179

Delauny, 236

Delavigne, 178

Deloffre, 190

Delsaux, Dr, 306

Demosthenes, 127

Denuri, 46

Dérivis, M., 176

Desideria, Queen of Norway and Sweden, 142

Devonshire, Duke of, 52

Diaz, 179

Dibdin, 13, 57

Dickens, Charles, 184

Diday, 131

Didiée, 226

Didier, 230

Disraeli, 184, 219

Dolby, Miss, 189

Donelan, Dr J., 309

Donizetti, 109, 161, 175, 176, 177, 183, 192

Doras-Gras, Mme., 176, 189

Downie, Dr J. W., 309

Duc, 160

Dudevant, Mme. (see Sand, George).

Dufriche, 272

Dulcken, Mme., 194

Dumas (the elder), 179

Dumas (the younger), 179

Duperré, 98

Dupre, 179

Duprez, 94

Dutrochet, 131

Dyck, van, 271

Eames, Emma, 41, 163, 271

Ebers, 50

Edward VII., H.M. King, 5, 183, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 313

Edwin, Mrs, 55

Ehrlich, Dr, 314

Elen, 44

Elliston, 55

Elson, 57

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 185

Emmanuel, King Victor, 109

Etherington, Miss (_see_ Tempest, Marie).

Etienne, M., 70, 82

Etruria, King of, 14

Fackeldey, Dr, 306

Falcon, Mdlle., 176

Faraday, 184

Farrar, Miss, 53

Faure, 227, 228, 230, 233, 234,235, 236, 267

Favelli, 93

Febvre, 236

Ferdinand IV. of Naples, 36

Ferdinand VII., 14, 21, 24

Ferdinand, M., 48

Fétis, François, 44, 100

Fieschi, 171

Flécheux, Mdlle., 176

Florence, Evangeline, 163

Flotow, 176, 177, 226

Fodor, Mme., 42, 68

Foli, Signor, 231, 234, 235

Formes, Herr, 198, 226, 228, 235

Forsberg, Herr, 147

Forsyth, Neil, 272

Franceschi, 48

Fränkel, Prof., 298, 303, 310, 314

Frederick William IV., 164

French, Dr, 307

Fricci, 163

Gabriel, Virginia, 217

Galitzin, Princess, 44

Galletti, 184

Galli, 87, 105

Gallo, Giovanni, 115, 116, 117

Garcia (the elder), 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 111

Garcia, Manuel-- Triple claim to distinction, 4 First scientific teacher of singing, 4, 6 Inventor of laryngoscope, 4, 6 Centenarian, 4, 7 Born at Zafra, 13 Sees Joseph Bonaparte placed on throne of Spain, 21 Sees Napoleon enter Madrid, 23 Sees Wellington enter the capital, 23 Joins parents in Naples, 24 Lessons from Ansani, 25 Lessons from father, 27 Memory of Murat's execution, 37 Arrives in Paris, 40 Pays last visit to Spain, 44 Studies harmony under Fétis, 44 Sings at Manchester, 52 Takes part in first New York season of Italian opera, 59 Plays title-_rôle_ in the "Barber of Seville," 62, 64 Plays Iago in "Otello," 66 Plays Leporello in "Don Giovanni," 67 Has benefit performance, 69 Leaves for Mexico, 79 Splendid memory, 83 Sings the elder Garcia's operatic _rôles_, 85 Injury to voice, through over-work, 85 Joins Malibran in Paris, 86 Helps her with her vocal studies, 86 Friendship with Rossini, 86 His advice to Malibran after _début_, 87 Goes to Italy, 90 Meets Lablache, 90 Makes _début_ in Naples, 90 Abandons operatic career, 91 Returns to Paris, 91 Prepares for seafaring career, 96 Gives it up at entreaty of mother, 96 Assists elder Gracia in his teaching, 96 Takes part in expedition against Algiers, 98 On his return finds Paris in uproar of the July Revolution, 98 Attaches himself to military hospital, 99 Specialises in study of throat, 99 Summary of preparation for career as first scientific teacher, 100 Receives first recognition as teacher, 114 Appointed to Conservatoire of Music, 115 Memories of Malibran, 122 Submits his "Mémoire sur la voix humaine" to the Académie des Sciences, 130 Officially thanked for his services to vocal Art, 131 Recollections of Jenny Lind, 139, 154 Counsels her to delay _début_ in London, 152 Made correspondent of Stockholm University, 155 Created Chevalier de l'Ordre de Mérite, 155 Teaches Henrietta Nissen, 157 Catherine Hayes, 159 Barbot, 159 Battaille, 160 Bussine, 160 Mathilde Marchesi, 161 Johanna Wagner, 163 Invited by Richard Wagner to train singers for first Bayreuth Festival, 165 Publishes his famous 'Traité complet,' 166 Teaches Stockhausen, 167 Member of National Guard, 170 Arrival in London, 183 Appointed to staff of R.A.M., 193 Teaches Kate Crichton, 196 Bessie Palmer, 198 Invention of laryngoscope, 201-213 Relates story of the invention, 203 Presents paper to Royal Society, 205 Teaches Santley, 214 Presents memoir to Montyon Committee, 218 Made M.D. of Königsberg, 219 Teaches Antoinette Sterling, 219 Election to Committee of R.A.M., 222 Episode with Saint-Saëns, 222 Memories of Mario, 234 Takes rooms at Kleins', 237 Intimacy with Joachim, 241 Teaches Miss Orridge, 242 Huxley testifies to importance of his invention, 243 Elected to Board of Directors R.A.M., 244 Teaches Miss Thudicum, 244 Invited to read paper before Medical Congress, 245 At a Royal Institution Lecture, 246 Teaches Miss Macintyre, 246 Marie Tempest, 247 Agnes Larkcom, 249 Arthur Oswald, 249 Other pupils' memories of lessons with, 249-255 Attacked by Maurel over the _coup de la glotte_, 256 Receives presentation on entering 90th year, 257 Publishes last text-book, 258-263 Resigns professorship, 263 Method of teaching, 283 Compares Kubelik with Paganini, 295 Winters in Egypt, 296 Attends funeral of Antoinette Sterling, 296 Enters 100th year, 296 Receives address from R.A.M. and R.C.M., 297 Audience with the King, 300 Attends meeting at Royal Society, 300 Decorated with Royal Order of Alphonse XII., 302 Great Gold Medal for Science, 303 Speech of thanks, 310 Attends banquet, 312 Replies to toast, 315 Life at 100, 316 Dines with Laryngologists, 318 Attends various dinners, 322 Celebrates 101st birthday, 322 Passes away, 324

Garcia, Maria, 3, 4, 16, 25, 35, 36, 42, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 98, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 156, 193

Garcia, Pauline, 3, 4, 44, 64, 90, 91, 94, 95, 100, 113, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 156, 160, 173, 190, 191, 192, 193, 197, 216, 217, 222, 226, 230, 244, 286, 297

Garcia, Joaquina, 11, 12, 16, 62, 66, 69, 219

Gardoni, 235

Garibaldi, 230

Gassier, 230, 234

Gautier, Théophile, 178

Gazaré, 264, 267

Geikie, Sir A., 304, 310

George III., 7

George IV., 44, 52, 55, 75, 77, 183

Georges, Mdlle., 46

Geraldy, Jean, 93

Gericault, 179

German, Edward, 247

Germany, Emperor of, 310, 314

Gerster, Fran, 163, 264

Gervasoni, 27

Giuglini, 228, 230, 231

Gluck, 226

Gluck, Prof., 306

Glyn, Miss, 226

Godoy, Manuel, 14, 21

Goethe, 174, 299

Goldschmidt, Otto, 305

Goodall, Miss, 53

Gordoni, 189, 228, 231

Goris, Dr, 306, 316

Goss, 194

Got, 236

Gounod, Ch., 13, 54, 69, 134, 160, 177, 230, 231, 272

Grassari, Mme., 46

Grassot, 187

Graumann, Mdlle. (_see_ Marchesi, Mme.)

Graziani, 43, 230, 231, 236

Graziani, Mme., 45

Greatorex, 53

Green, Richard, 270

Grener, 48

Gretry, 47

Greuze, 13

Grey, Earl de, 272

Grimaldi, 54

Grisi, 111, 128, 184, 191, 226, 227, 231, 234

Gros, 179

Grote, 184

Gruneisen, 198

Guerrabella, Ginevra (see Ward, Geneviève).

Guerrero, General, 91

Guglielmi, 29, 53

Guizot, 169

Gura, 268

Gye, Ernest, 191, 266

Gye, Frederick, 198, 225, 228, 230, 233, 236, 264

Haigh, 227

Halévy, 13, 94, 132, 174, 175, 198

Hall, Dr de Havilland, 245, 309

Hallé, Sir Charles, 190, 226, 227, 321

Hallé, Lady, 136, 222, 235

Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 59, 62, 79, 80

Halliburton, Prof., 304

Handel, 58, 133

Harley, 55

Harris, Sir Augustus, 228, 267, 268, 271, 272

Harrison, W., 226, 227

Hassein, Dey of Algiers, 98

Hauk, Minnie, 233

Haydn, 13, 58

Hayes, Catherine, 156, 159, 226, 227

Hemans, Mrs, 55

Henri, 171, 172

Henschel, George, 4, 195

Hermann, 190

Hérold, 36, 47, 174, 175

Herschel, Sir John, 184

Higgins, H. V., 272

Hill, 190, 267

Hill, Lucile, 270

Hill, Dr W., 309

Hilson, Mrs, 65

Hirschland, Dr, 306

Hogarth, Mr, 88

Holland, Canon Scott, 139, 140, 142, 157

Honey, George, 226, 227, 228

Hood, Tom, 177, 185

Horner, 185

Howe, Lord, 11

Huggins, Sir W., 304

Hugo, Victor, 179, 188

Hullah, John, 190, 217

Huxley, Prof., 4, 184, 243

"Ingoldsby, Tom," 122

Irving, Sir Henry, 227, 266

Irving, H. B., 322

Isnardon, M., 269

Jackmann, Herr, 164

Jakins, Dr, 306

James, G. P. R., 184

Jarret, 232

Jefferson, 78

Jerrold, Douglas, 184

Joachim, Joseph, 133, 135, 235, 241, 272

Johnson, Dr George, 245

Joran, Pauline, 272

Jordan, Mrs, 56

Joseph, 195

Jourdan, 166

Jullien, M., 190

Junot, General, 15

Kan, Dr, 306

Karl XIV., Johann, of Sweden and Norway, 142

Kean, Charles, 54, 55, 65, 66, 186

Kean, Mrs Charles, 186

Keeley, Mrs, 186

Kellogg, Clara, 231

Kemble, Adelaide, 217

Kemble, Charles, 54, 55

Kemble, Gertrude, 217

Kemble, John, 54, 56

Kidd, Dr Percy, 309

Killian, 212

Kingsley, Charles, 185

Kirstein, 212

Klein, Charles, 238, 320, 323, 324

Klein, Hermann, 237, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267, 319, 323, 324

Knight, 55

Kuttner, Dr, 306

Knyvett, 53

Koch, Prof., 314

Kock, Paul de, 179

Koenig, Dr, 306

Kraus, 163

Kubelik, 294

Labarre, 113

Lablache, Luigi, 90, 110, 123, 124, 128, 159, 189, 225, 226

Lablache, Mme., 189

Lago, Signor, 271

Lamartine, A. de, 178

Lamercier, 178

Lamoricière, 170

Landgraf, Dr, 306

Laporte, 105

Lara, Isidore de, 272

Larkcom, Agnes, 249

Lassalle, Jean, 266, 267, 269, 271

Latour, Cagniard de, 202

Lawrence, L. A., 309

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 77

Lecompte, 172

Legras, 48

Lehmann, Lilli, 267

Lemmens-Sherrington, Mme., 227, 230

Leoncavallo, 272

Lermoyez, Dr, 306, 316

Leslie, Henry, 217

Leslie, Mrs, 217

Lesueur, 46, 47

Levasseur, 176

Lever, Charles, 185

Levret, 202

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 298

Lieven, Dr, 306

Lind, Jenny, 4, 29, 139, 155, 156, 157, 158, 165, 184, 190, 191, 193, 198, 214, 240, 286, 288

Lindblad, Herr, 152

Lindblad, Mme., 146

Lindley, 194

Lister, 299

Liston, 55

Liszt, Abbé, 49, 126, 128, 173, 176, 177, 246, 268, 269

Longfellow, 185

Louis XVI., 10

Louis XVIII., 7, 40, 41, 178

Low, Mr Stuart-, 306

Lucas, Charles, 263

Lucca, Pauline, 230, 234, 235, 236, 266, 268

Lucca, Duke of, 113

Luce, de, 70

Lucia, de, 272

Lucia, Mme., 230

Lumley, 184, 192, 198

Lundberg, Mdlle., 140

Lussan, Zélie de, 269, 271

Lynch, Dominick, 59

Lytton, Bulwer, 185

Maas, Joseph, 236, 268

Macaulay, Lord, 185

Maccherini, 27

Macfarren, Sir George, 194, 263

Macfarren, Walter, 194, 258

Macintyre, General, 246

Macintyre, Margaret, 244, 246, 269, 270

Mackenzie, Sir A. C., 258, 263, 268

Macready, 54, 55, 71, 72, 186, 187

Majendie, 131

Mahu, Dr, 306

Malibran, Maria (see Garcia, Maria).

Malibran, M., 79, 80, 112, 119

Mapleson, Colonel, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 265, 268

Marchesi, Blanche, 163, 301, 305, 317

Marchesi, Mathilde, 4, 156, 161, 162, 163, 195, 218, 219, 301

Marchesi, M., 230, 301

Maria I. of Portugal, 15

Marini, 191, 192

Mario, 184, 189, 191, 192, 226, 228, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 264, 286

Marimon, 235

Marras, 189

Mars, Mdlle., 46

Martin, M., 46

Martineau, 185

Mascagni, Pietro, 271, 272

Massenet, 177

Mathews, Charles, 54, 56, 75, 227, 234, 264

Mathews, Mrs, 234

Maurel, Victor, 236, 256, 257, 267, 271

M'Bride, Dr, 309

Meissonier, Jean, 179

Melba, 4, 163, 269, 271, 272

Mellon, Alfred, 190, 226

Mellon, Mrs, 226, 234

Mendelssohn, 13, 161, 168, 174, 176, 183, 189

Mendi, de, 189, 190

Meric-Lalande, 93

Merlin, Countess, 93, 106

Messent, Miss, 215

Meyerbeer, 13, 50, 94, 134, 151, 152, 160, 164, 174, 176, 177, 191, 192, 193, 226, 227, 230, 286, 321

Meyssenberg, 126

Mierzwinski, 267

Mill, John Stuart, 185

Miller, 184

Millet, Jean François, 179

Millico, 58

Milligan, Dr, 308, 309

Mimaut, 47

Molique, 190

Molinié, Dr, 306

Moll, Dr, 306

Mommsen, 314

Monbelli, 236

Mongini, 231, 234, 235

Montarid, 269, 271

Montyon, 218

Moritz, Dr, 305

Moscheles, 134, 194

Mounet-Sully, 236

Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord, 34, 35

Moure, Dr, 306

Mozart, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 68, 160, 321

Munden, 55

Murat, King of Naples, 7, 22, 23, 30, 36, 37

Mürger, Henry, 96, 97, 178

Murillo, 20

Murska, Ilma di, 163, 231, 234, 235

Musiani, Adelaide, 271

Musset, Alfred de, 117, 129, 175, 178

Musset, Paul de, 175

Napoleon, 7, 14, 16, 23, 29, 40, 44

Naudin, 231

Nava, 215

Neruda (see Hallé, Lady).

Neumann, Dr, 267

Nevada, Emma, 163

Nicholl, William, 249

Nicolai, 161, 177

Nicolini, 231, 236, 264, 267

Niemann, 267

Nillson, Christine, 231, 233, 234, 235, 243

Nissen, Henriette, 4, 156, 157

Noblet, 48

Nordica, 271

Noufflard, Mme., 136, 222, 223

Nourrit, Adolph, 93, 94, 176

Nourse, 306

Offenbach, 177

O'Mara, Joseph, 270

O'Neill, Miss, 55, 56

Onorati, Cardinal, 40

Orridge, Miss, 242, 243

Oscar I., King of Sweden, 166

Osler, Prof., 210

Oswald, Arthur, 249, 317

Oudin, Eugene, 270

Owen, 184

Pacchierotti, 34

Paderewski, 258, 269

Paër, Ferdinand, 15, 35, 44

Paganini, 13, 176, 295

Paget, Sir James, 245

Paisiello, 30, 32, 43, 47, 61

Palliser, Esther, 270

Palmer, Bessie, 197, 198

Palmerston, Lord, 8

Panseron, 36, 47

Parepa, 226, 227

Parry, John, 123, 189, 190

Pasta, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 75, 88, 107, 108, 112, 286

Pasteur, 299

Patey, J. G., 227

Patti, Adelina, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 235, 236, 266, 268, 272

Patti, Carlotta, 231, 235

Paul, Mrs Howard, 236

Payne, Howard, 55

Pedraza, General, 91

Peel, Sir Robert, 198

Pegler, Dr L. H., 309

Pellegrini, 43

Pepusch, 53

Pergolesi, 42

Perkins, 74

Permewan, Dr, 309

Persiani, 128, 133, 183, 184, 191

Pétrequin, 131

Phelps, 226

Philip II. of Spain, 18

Philippe, Louis, 8, 99, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172

Phillips, 53

Piatti, 190, 235, 258, 272

Pierson, Blanche, 236

Pisaroni, 87

Pischek, 189

Planché, 236

Plançon, 271

Poli, Prof., 306, 316

Polignac, 99

Pollini, Herr, 267

Ponchielli, 268

Poniatowski, Prince, 113, 114

Porpora, 25, 26

Porto, 45, 48

Potter, Cipriani, 194, 263

Potter, Dr Furniss, 309

Pounds, Courtice, 247

Price, Stephen, 59, 60

Princess Royal, 226

Prud'hon, 179

Prussia, King of, 8, 77

Puccini, 272

Puente, del, 265

Puget, Mdlle. de, 158

Puke, Count, 141

Purcell, 190

Puttner, Dr, 316

Puzzi, 52, 194

Pyne, Louisa, 226, 227

Raff, 195

Rainforth, Miss, 186

Randegger, Chevalier Alberto, 249, 263

Randolph, John, 77

Ravell, 187, 271

Ravogli, Giulia, 271

Rees, Eleanor, 247

Reeves, Sims, 190, 196, 197, 226, 227, 230, 235, 243

Reicha, 40, 126

Reicher-Kindermann, 267

Reichemberg, 236

Reina, 45, 46

Reiter, Frau, 167

Remorini, 48, 51, 52

Reynolds, Miss, 186

Rezké, Edouard de, 266, 268, 269, 271

Rezké, Jean de, 264, 268, 269, 271, 272

Rhodes, John, 188

Richard, Mme., 271

Richelieu, 77

Richter, Hans, 266, 267

Righetti, Giorgi, 32

Righi, 45

Rimbault, 93

Ripa, Antonio, 9

Robespierre, 11

Robinson, H. B., 306, 309

Rochefort, Henri, 179

Rodriguez (see Garcia).

Rolla, 271

Roncaglia, 26

Ronconi, 191, 231

Ronzi, 50

Rooy, van, 4, 195

Rosa, Carl, 269

Rosebery, Countess of, 242

Rosich, 59, 62

Rossi, Signorina, 32

Rossi, 106, 226

Rossini, 13, 32, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 61, 66, 67, 69, 86, 88, 93, 94, 111, 133, 161, 173, 186, 191, 233, 286, 292, 321

Rossini, Mme. Colbran, 46, 48

Rota, 235

Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 242

Rousseau, 179

Rubini, 128

Rubinstein, 177, 239, 258, 266, 268, 269, 270

Ruckman, Marie, 146

Ruiz-Garcia, Mme., 93

Ruskin, 185

Russell, Ella, 268, 269

Rye, Lieutenant, 76

Sabatier, 189

Sainton, Prof., 184, 190, 194

Saint-Saëns, 175, 222

Sainville, 187

Salieri, 53

Salmon, Mrs, 51

Salmond, Norman, 270

Salomon, Mme. Siegfried (see Nissen, Henriette).

Samary, 236

Sand, George, 128, 170, 175, 176, 177

Sanderson, Sybil, 163, 271

Santi, P. de, 306, 308, 309

Santley, Sir Charles, 4, 197, 214, 215, 216, 217, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 234, 235

Sapio, 51, 53

Sarasate, 264

Sargent, John S., 301, 309, 316

Savart, 131

Saville, Francis, 163

Saxon, Avon, 270

Saxony, King of, 164

Scalchi, Mme., 233, 234, 235, 236

Scheffer, 179

Scheidemantel, 4, 195

Schlosser, 267

Schmidt, Prof. M., 307

Schubert, 13, 94, 174, 241

Schumann, Robert, 13, 136, 225

Schumann, Mme., 133, 195, 235

Schwartz, 189

Scott, Sir Walter, 54, 75, 174, 299

Sedie, Delle, 227

Seidl, Anton, 267

Sembrich, Mme., 266, 324

Semon, Sir Felix, 245, 301, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 319

Senn, 202

Serda, 176

Shakespeare, 299

Sharpey, Prof., 205

Shelley, 55, 299

Siddons, Mrs Sarah, 54, 77

Sinico, 231, 234, 236

Sitchès, Joaquina (_see_ Garcia, Joaquina).

Sivori, 235

Smart, Sir George, 194, 231

Smith, Alexander, 185

Smith, Dr Harman, 306, 316

"Smith, Mr" (_see_ Philippe, Louis).

Sontag, Mme., 106, 111

Soulacroix, 267

Soult, Mme., 142, 144

Spagnoletti, 48

Spicer, H., 187

Spohr, 13

Spontini, 53, 174

Stanford, Sir C. V., 241, 272

Stephens, Miss, 53, 55

Sterling, Antoinette, 4, 134, 135, 163, 219, 220, 277, 296

Stern, 195

Stewart, W. R. H., 309

Stirling, Prof., 305, 310

Stockhausen, Julius, 4, 156, 166, 167, 168, 194, 197, 214, 289, 316

Storace, 57

Sucher, Rosa, 267, 271

Sue, Eugène, 179

Suffield, Lord, 302, 313

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 230, 258, 266, 270

Sullivan, Barry, 234

Symonds, C. J., 306, 308, 309, 313

Szymanowska, 52

Tadolini, 189

Tagliafico, 192, 235

Taglioni, 225

Talma, 46, 118

Tamberlik, 226, 228, 230, 234, 235

Tamburini, 128, 184, 192

Tapia, Dr, 306

Taylor, Sir H., 185

Tempest, Marie, 246, 247, 248, 249

Tennyson, Lord, 185

Terrail, 53

Terry, Ellen, 266

Terry, 55

Thackeray, 185

Thalberg, 190

Thomas, Ambroise, 233, 234

Thomas, Goring, 268

Thomas, J., 194

Thompson, Alderman, 75

Thomson, Dr St Clair, 309

Thudicum, Miss, 244, 246, 247, 270

Tietjens, 228, 230, 231, 233, 235

Toole, J. L., 226

Toxier, Dr, 306

Travis, Miss, 53

Trebelli, 230, 235, 266, 269

Tremelli, 163, 268

Treviso, Duke of, 172

Trouseau, 203

Troyon, 179

Türck, 206, 207, 212, 218

Turner, 198

Tyndall, Prof., 184

Uhl, L., 129

Unger, 267

Valleria, Mdlle., 265, 266

Vasa, Gustavus, 155

Vaughan, 53

Vega, Marcus, 125

Velluti, 52

Vera, 189

Verdi, 13, 66, 67, 69, 234, 272

Vernet, Horace, 47, 179

Vestris, Charles, 48

Vestris, Mme., 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 55, 186, 225

Vestris, Mme. Ronzi, 48

Vestris, Signor, 48

Vianesi, 233

Viardot-Garcia, Mme. (_see_ Garcia, Pauline).

Viardot, Louis, 128

Viardot, Mme. Pauline (_see_ Garcia, Pauline).

Victoire, 226

Victoria, H. M. Queen, 125, 183, 226

Vieuxtemps, 235

Vignas, Francesco, 271

Vigny, Alfred de, 178

Villalobar, Marquis de, 302, 303, 313

Vinrace, Dennis, 306

Virchow, Prof., 314

Visconti, Duke of, 117, 118

Vitarelli, 32

Vogls, The, 267

Wachtel, 231, 235

Wagner, Johanna, 4, 156, 163, 164, 165, 198

Wagner, Richard, 13, 129, 163, 165, 176, 177, 243, 264, 266, 267, 271, 289

Waldeyer, 304

Walker, Dr T. J., 245

Wallace, 226

Ward, Geneviève, 164, 227

Warden, 203

Warner, Mrs, 187

Warren, 188

Warton, Mme., 188

Weber, 13, 55, 90, 189

Webster, Ben, 186, 226, 234

Weiss, 226

Wellington, 23, 24, 74, 77

Wesley, Samuel, 54

Wieniawski, 235

Wilkinson, Miss, 53

Willcocks, Dr, 307

William I., 8

William IV., 164, 183

Williams, the Misses, 189

Wilson, General J. G., 59, 62

Winogradon, 269

Winter, 141

Wordsworth, 198

Worms, 236

Wotan, 289

Wrottesley, Lord, 205

Wyld, Dr, 246, 306

Young, 55

Zaalberg, Dr, 306

Zamboni, Luigi, 32

Zingarelli, 28, 29, 48, 58, 69, 100

Zola, 179

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