PART II.

Grand Duett for two Pianofortes.--OSBORN.

MRS. HENRY THOMPSON AND MISS ROSINA BENTLEY.

GERMAN SONG.--"MY HEART'S ON THE RHINE."--SPEYER.

HERR PISCHEK.

My heart's on the Rhine, near my youth's early home, My heart's on the Rhine wheresoever I roam; No river, no country, in all the wide world, Can match with the Rhine and the land of my birth. Amid the gay dance or when sparkles the wine, Still wherever I am, my heart's on the Rhine.

I think with delight on thy broad golden stream, Thy vineyards that smile 'neath the sun's glowing beam; Thy castles that frown from the rock's dizzy height, Thy warriors so brave and thy maidens so bright. My dear native land, may all blessings be thine, Wheresoever I roam, my heart's on the Rhine. My heart's on the Rhine, near my youth's early home, My heart's on the Rhine wheresoever I roam.

DUETTO.--"TUTTO DI TE SOLECITTO."--DONIZETTI.

MISS LOUISA PYNE AND SIGNOR GARDONI.

BALLAD.--"SWEET HOME."--WRIGHTON.

MISS STABBACH.

The dearest spot on earth to me Is home, sweet home; The fairy land I long to see Is home, sweet home.

There how charm'd the sense of hearing, There where love is so endearing, All the world is not so cheering As home, sweet home.

I've taught my heart the way to prize My home, sweet home; I've learned to look with lover's eyes On home, sweet home.

There where vows are truly plighted, There where hearts are so united, All the world besides I've slighted, For home, sweet home.

_Fantasia_.--(_Violoncello._)--PIATTI.

ARIA--"ERNANI, ERNANI, INVOLAMI."--VERDI.

MRS. WOKIE.

Sortie è la notte, e Silva non ritorna! Ah, non tornasse ei piû! Questo odiato veglio, Che quale immon pospettro ognor m'insegu Col favellar d' amore, Più sempre Ernani mi configge in core. Ernani! Ernani, involami, All' abborrito amplesso. Fuggiam--se teco vivere Mi sia d' amor concesso. Per antri e lande inospite Ti seguirà il mio piè. Un Eden di delizia. Saran quegli antri a me. Tutto sprezzo che d' Ernani Non favella a questo core, Non v' ha gamma che in amore Possa l' odio tramotar, Vola, o tempo, e presto reca Di mia fuga il lieto istante Vola, o tempo, al core amante.

A FIRE-SIDE SONG.--WALLACE.

MISS GREENFIELD.

When the children are asleep, And the early stars retire, What a pleasant world comes back In the toil of day forgot; And the shadows of the past How they gather round the fire With the friends beloved in years, When the fear of death was not.

Then we see the haw thorn hedge Newly silvered o'er by May, And the ash tree lithe and tall, Where the mavis loved to sing; And the orchard on the slope, With its rosy apples gay; And the elder dark with fruit That was mirrored in the spring, When the children are asleep.

And the angels of our youth, That so long in death are cold, They are calling us again With their voices mild and low, Till our minds refuse to dwell By the coffin in the mould, And arise with them to heaven, Where in glory they are now-- And arise with them to heaven.

Then with thoughts at rest at eve, Be so ever hard the day, On our spirits cometh down, A contentment calm and deep, A better than the joys Of the noisy and the gay, Is our quiet hour of dreams, When the children are asleep.

SOLO.--"CONTRA BASSO."--BOTTESSINI.

SONG.--"THE STANDARD BEARER."--LINDPAINTER.

HERR PISCHEK.

Where floats the standard o'er the tented plain, His lonely watch the minstrel knight is keeping, And thus beguiles the time with tuneful strain, His silver lute with mailed finger sweeping, The lady of my love I do not name, I dare not hope my love can be requited; Yet I will fight for liberty and fame, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted.

The night is gone, the battle comes with day,-- Behold the bard, surrounding foes defying; Red carnage marks his presence in the fray, While still he sings, amid the dead and dying, The lady of my love I may not name, I dare not hope my love can be requited; Then let me die for liberty and fame, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted.

The fight is won; death sated quits the field,-- Yet still the faithful bard, while life is fleeting, Expiring, lies upon his gory shield, This dying note with feeble voice repeating, The lady of my love I do not name, In heaven above we yet may be united; I fought and fell for liberty and fame, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted, Beneath the banner where my vows were plighted.

SCOTCH SONG.--"HEIGH HO, JANET."--DOLBY.

MISS DOLBY.

They're wild with joy in Edinbro', they're feastin' in Dundee, And a' because my bonnie lad is coming hame to me; He's coming o'er the salt sea, with a' his noble train, And Royal Charlie sure shall hae the throne again. Heigh ho! Janet go, pit your wheelie past; The lad we dearly luve is coming hame at last.

Oh! gin I had in Scotland's bank twalve hunderd thousand poun's, I gie it all to see my Charlie marching through the town; Wi' pibrochs loudly sounding, and banners waving high, All hearts resolved to conquer in his cause or die. Heigh ho! Janet go, spin na mair the day; He's coming that's mair welcome than the flowers in May. Heigh ho! Janet go, pit your wheelie past; The bonnie lad we luve is coming hame at last.

SONG.--"WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QUIET SKY."

MISS GREENFIELD.

When stars are in the quiet skies, Then must I pine for thee, Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea, For thoughts like waves that glide by night Are stillest when they shine; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars look on the seas.

There is an hour, when angels keep Familiar watch o'er men, When scores of souls are wrapt in sleep; Sweet spirit, meet me then. There is an hour when holy dreams, Whose fairest spirit glide, And in that mystic hour it seems, Thou should'st be by my side.

FINALE.--"WEDDING MARCH."--MENDELSSOHN.

* * * * *

In July she gave two grand concerts in the Town Hall in Brighton, under the patronage of her grace the Duchess of Sutherland, her grace the Duchess of Norfolk, her grace the Duchess of Beaufort, her grace the Duchess of Argyll, the most noble the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the most noble the Marchioness of Kildare, the most noble the Marquis of Lansdown, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Carlisle, the Countess of Jersey, the Countess of Granville, the countess of Wilton, the Viscountess Palmerston, the lady Constance Grosvenor, and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

_Vocalists._--Miss E. T. Greenfield, (the Black Swan,) Madam Taccani, Countess Tasca, Mr. Emanuel Roberts, (Queen's concerts.)

_Instrumentalists._--Piano-forte soloist, Miss Rosina Bentley, (Pupil of Miss Kate Loder,) violin, M. de Valadares, (pupil of the conservatoire, Paris.) Accompanist, Mons. Edouard Henri, conductor, Mr. F. Theseus Stevens.

She gave a series of concerts at the Rotunda in Dublin, Ireland.

Programme of Miss GREENFIELD'S benefit concert, August 17th, 1853.

_Vocalists._--Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, and Mr. W. Harrison,--Pianist, Miss Rosina Bentley,--Violinist, M. de Valadares from the East Indies,--Accompanyist, Mr. R. Thomas.

PART FIRST.

_Glee_,--"Ye spotted snakes,"--Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Miss Greenfield, and Mr. Harrison.

_Cavatina_,--"Fra poco a me,"--(Lucia di Lammermoor,) Donizetti,--Mr. W. Harrison.

_Grand Fantasia_,--Piano-forte, (Lucrezia)--Leopold de Meyer. Miss Rosina Bentley.

_Song_,--"Sweetly o'er my senses stealing," Bishop. Miss Greenfield.

_Air_,--"Io ti lascio," Mozart. Miss Louisa Pyne.

_Air Varie_,--violin, (Il passionata,) Remy. M. de Valadares.

_Ballad_,--(by desire,) "Old folks at home," ---- Miss Greenfield.

PART SECOND.

_Duett._--"Two merry Minstrels," Glover. The Misses Pyne.

_Ballad_,--"Oh! whisper what thou feelest," Richards. Mr. W. Harrison.

_Ballad_,--"Holy beauty! child of nature," Donizetti. Miss Greenfield.

_Serenade_,--(Don Pasquale,) Piano-forte. Miss Rosina Bentley, Thalberg.

_Duetto_.--"Da quel di,"--(Linda) Donizetti. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.

_Song_,--"Old love and the new," Smart. Miss Pyne.

_Variations_,--On an East India national air,-- "Hilli Milli Puniah."--M. de Valadares.

_Ballad_,--"My heart is breaking," Templar. Miss Louisa Pyne.

_Song_,--"Sound the Trumpet."--Miss Greenfield.

Pianist accompagnateur,--Mr. R. Thomas,--(Royal academy of music.)

In October, 1853, we find her again at the Beaumont Institution, Beaumont square, Mile-end, London,--at Mr. Cotton's Concert, supported by Miss Greenfield, Miss Poole, the Misses M'Alpine, Miss Alleyne, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Suchet Champion, Mr. Charles Cotton, the German Glee Union, and the East Indian Violinist, M. de Valadares.

_Conductor_, Herr Ganz.

PART FIRST.

_Glee_,--"Maying,"--(Glee Union,) Müller.

_Song_,--"Cradle Song,"--(Miss E. T. Greenfield,) Wallace.

_Aria_,--"Gid d'insolito,"--(Mr. Charles Cotton,) Rossini.

_Ballad_,--"My pretty Jane,"--(Mr. Augustus Braham,)--Bishop.

_Scena_,--"Softly sighs,"--(Miss Alleyne,) Webber.

_Song_,--"She is not here,"--(Mr. Suchet Champion,)--M'Farren.

_Ballad_,--"Go bird of summer,"--(Miss Pool,)--Walter Maynard.

_Duett_,--"Two merry Minstrels,"--(the Misses M'Alpine,)--Glover.

_Cavatina_,--"Hear me, gentle Maratina,"--(Mr. Charles Cotton,) Wallace.

_Song_,--"Home, sweet Home,"--(Miss E. T. Greenfield.)--Bishop.

PART SECOND.

_Glee_,--"Maiden, listen,"--(Glee Union,) C. F. Adam.

_Irish Melody_,--"Oft in the stilly night,"--(Mr. Augustus Braham.) Moore.

_Duett_,--"La ci darem,"--(Miss Poole and Mr. Charles Cotton,) Mozart.

_Solo_,--violin--(M. de Valadares.)

_Spanish Song_,--"Riqui, Riqui,"--(Miss Alleyne,)--Garcia.

_Song_,--"Bay of Biscay,"--(Mr. Augustus Braham,)--Davy.

_Scotch Duet_,--(unaccompanied)--the Misses M'Alpine.

_Song_,--"Rocked in the cradle of the deep,"--(Mr. Charles Cotton,) Knight.

_Ballad_,--"I would not be forgotten,"--(Mr. Suchet Champion,)--Thirlwall.

_Duet_,--"I am free,"--(Miss E. T. Greenfield,)--C. W. Glover.

_Glee_,--"Beware,"--(Glee Union.) Hatton.

October, 1853, at the hall of the Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling, under the special patronage of Colonel Maxwell and the officers of her Majesty's eighty-second regiment.

_Artists._--Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Miss E. T. Greenfield.--_Pianist_, Miss Rosina Bentley,--_Violinist_, M. de Valadares.

PROGRAMME,--PART FIRST.

_Grand duo Concertante_,--Piano-forte and violin,--(Gulielmo Tell.)--(Miss Rosina Bentley and M. De Valadares,) Osborne and Beriot.

_Cradle song_,--"Sleep and rest,"--(Miss Greenfield,) Wallace.

_Grand scena_,--"All is lost," "Still so gently,"--(La Somnambula,)--(Mr. W. Harrison,) Bellini.

_Air and variations_,--"Cease your funning,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne,) Dr. Arne.

_Grand variations_,--Piano-forte,--"The Cracovienne,"--(Miss Bentley,) Wallace.

_Duett_,--"I am free,"--(written expressly for Miss Greenfield,)--Stephen Glover.

_Glee_,--"Ye spotted snakes,"--Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Miss Greenfield, and Mr. W. Harrison.

PART SECOND.

_Duett_,--"O Maritina,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne, and Mr. W. Harrison,) Wallace.

_Scotch Ballad_,--"Annie Laurie,"--Miss Pyne.

_Ballad_,--Home, sweet Home,--(Miss Greenfield,) Bishop.

_Solo, Violin_,--"Carnival de Venice," M. de Valadares.

_Ballad_,--"Remember Me,"--(Mr. W. Harrison.) Balfe.

_Ballad_,--"The Summer Night,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne,) L. Philips.

_Song_,--"When Stars are in the quiet Sky,"--(Miss Greenfield.)

_Duett_,--"I know a bank,"--(The Misses Pyne,) Home.

Nov. 3. 1853,--at Albion Hall, Hammersmith, she made her appearance, under the patronage of her grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, her grace the Duchess of Norfolk, her grace the Duchess of Beaufort, her grace the Duchess of Argyll, the most noble the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the most noble the Marchioness of Kildare, the most noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl and Countess of Shaftsbury, Earl of Carlisle, Countess of Jersey, Countess of Granville, Countess of Wilton, Viscountess Palmerston, the Lady Constance Grosvenor, and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.

_Artists_,--Miss E. T. Greenfield, Miss J. Brougham, Miss E. Brougham, Mr. Charles Cotton, Mr. Augustus Braham, the eminent Tenor,--Piano-forte, Miss Eliza Ward.

At the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Dec. 23, 1853,--under the same distinguished patronage as at Hammersmith.

_Artists_,--Mrs. Alexander Newton (of her Majesty's Grand National Concerts,) Miss Ward, Miss E. T. Greenfield, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Charles Cotton (from Milan,) Mr. Distin.

Again to verify the fact of her having received the attention of very distinguished personages, the following certificates are laid before the reader:--

Sir George Smart has the pleasure to state that her Majesty, Queen Victoria, commanded Miss Greenfield to attend at Buckingham Palace, on May the 10, 1854, when she had the honour of singing several songs, which he accompanied on the piano forte.

Sir George Smart has given Miss Greenfield some lessons in singing, which she received with much attention and evident improvement.

To Miss Greenfield, from Sir George Smart, Kn't, Organist and Composer, to Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, June 24th, 1854, No. 91, Gr. Portland St. London.

This is to certify that Miss Greenfield had the honour of singing before Her Majesty the Queen, at Buckingham Palace. By Her Majesty's command,

C. B. PHIPPS, Buckingham Palace, Ju. 22, 1854, London.

Col. Phipps has received the commands of Her Majesty, the Queen, to forward to Miss Greenfield the accompanying check for twenty pounds, as a remuneration for singing before Her Majesty this day.

Buckingham Palace, May 20, 1854.

In May, 1854, she received an invitation through the Rev. Mr. Geary, to sing at a concert to be given for the benefit of the distressed Needlewomen's Society; but declined being advised not to sing at public concerts until her return to the United States. She, therefore, sang only at private parties until July 1854, when that same noble benefactress, the Duchess of Sutherland, secured for her two places in the Indiana Steamer Packet for New York, and sent a note through her Secretary, Mr. Jackson, requesting that the account which was then due for her lodgings, up to the time of her leaving, should be made out to await his call.

With a warm invitation to revisit England at some future period, she embarked at Southampton to return to America.

THE END.

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