Marchesi and Music

Contents

• Preface;
• 1. Madame Marchsi's youth and early studies;
• 2. Fraulein Graumann returns to her native town;
• 3. Our heroine's arrival in Milan;
• 4. Beginning of her artistic career in London;
• 5. She goes to Weimar;
• 6. A third visit to London;
• 7. Debut at Berlin;
• 8. A souvenir of Rossini;
• 9. In the Austrian capital;
• 10. From the Blue Danube to the River Seine;
• 11. An artistic tour through Switzerland;
• 12. An indescribably dull city;
• 13. In Vienna for the third time;
• 14. Musical matinees in Vienna;
• 15. Absence of love of music in Vienna;
• 16. On the Lido and among lagoons;
• 17. From sunny Italy back to the Austrian capital;
• 18. Madame Marchesi's silver wedding;
• 19. Once more in Austria's capital;
• 20. Ill-health of a favourite daughter;
• 21. A cosmopolitan and hospitable capital;
• 22. Praise of two American singers;
• 23. Verdi's visit to Marchesi's singing school;
• 24. Burning of the Opera comique at Paris;
• 25. Graceful praises of different pupils;
• 26. Opposition to Wagner's music in Paris;
• 27. Presentation of Miss Sybil Sanderson.