| Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt - Volume 1 Contributor(s): Holland, Henry Scott (Author), Rockstro, William Smith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108038689 ISBN-13: 9781108038683 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History - Music |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.31 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jenny Lind (1820-87) was one of Europe's most famous opera singers. Known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', she first rose to prominence in an 1838 performance of Weber's Freisch tz. Despite her immense success over the next ten years, she retired from the stage at the age of twenty-nine. Seeking financial security to pursue her charitable interests, in 1850 she accepted the invitation of impresario P. T. Barnum to undertake a tour of the United States; this was another succession of triumphs. Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918), the theologian and social reformer, and music writer William Smith Rockstro (1823-95) used Lind's own documents, letters and diaries as the basis of this two-volume memoir, published in 1891, which focuses on the first thirty-one years of her life. Volume 1 covers Lind's Swedish childhood and early singing career, and a brief but critical period when she suffered damage to her vocal cords. |
