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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JENNY LIND IN AMERICA So soft, so clear, yet in so sweet a note. It seemed the music melted in her spirit. Zealously watching, with a practised professional eye, every opportunity to cater to the ever-varying tastes of a pleasure loving public, Mr. Barnum, the prince of showmen, conceived the felicitous idea of inviting the renowned Swedish songstress, Jenny Lind, whose praise filled the wide world as that of a very divinity, to enter into an engagement with him to visit the United States, on a prolonged musical tour, under his managing auspices; and for this enterprising design, the accomplished showman in due time brought successfully about, ?its consummation forming one of the most brilliant, joyous, and exhilarating episodes, viewed from whatever aspect, in the experience of the American nation, ?an, outburst of sunny excitement and delight, all over the land, at the presence of that transcendent musical genius, that wonderful vocal prodigy, of modern times. But before proceeding to the details of this splendid and triumphant tour, some account of the distinguished songstress, in respect to her fascinating personal history and previous public career, will be in place, ?derived and condensed from authentic sources, presenting as it does, such peculiar points of interest. The Swedish nightingale?the divine Jenny, ?as she came to be called, as her powers of song were developed, was born at Stockholm, in 1821. Her taste for music was indicated while yet in her third year. At nine or ten, her parents, who were in reducedcircumstances, suffered .her to go upon the stage, where her success in juvenile characters was astonishing. But when she had reached her twelfth year, after receiving instruction from some of the first music masters, she lost her voice. Loving mus
| ISBN-13 | 9780217192828 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217192823 |
| Weight | 0.85 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 258 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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