Identifier: portraitgallery02duyc (find matches)
Title: Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America. With biographies
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
Subjects: Biography, Portraits Biography Portraits
Publisher: New York : Johnson, Fry and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ished at her musicalear and voice, and declared her wellworthy of being educated for thestage. The child, nothing loth,—shewas now about nine years of age—wastaken by him to Count Piicke, the di-rector of the Eoyal Opera at Stock-holm, to be put in the way of thenecessary instruction provided by thatinstitution for its disciples. TheCount, who is said to have possesseda kind and generous heart under arough exterior, on first seeing her,rudely questioned her capabilities.Looking disdainfully at her, he saidto her protector: You are asking afoolish thing. What shall we dov/ith such an ugly creature ? Seewhat feet she has ! And then, herface ! She will never be presentable.We cannot take her. Then said themusic master, If you will not takeher, poor as I am, I will take her my-self and have her educated for thestage. Such another ear as she hasfor music is not to be found in theworld ! The Count relented, and, con-vinced of her powers, had her admit-ted at once to the Musical Academy.
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JENNY LIND GOLDSCIIMIDT. 473 So poor was her family at this time,that it was, as Miss Bremer tells us,with some difficulty a simj^le gown ofLlaclv bombazine was procured forher. Under the tuition of Berg, the di-rector of the singing school of theopera, she at once made rapid pro-gress. When she had been about twoyears at the institution, she attractedattention by her spirited performanceof the part of a beggar-girl, in a littlecomedy acted l)y the pupils, and for ayear or two after\vards, was a favoritein the representation of childrenscharacters. Vaudevilles were writ-ten expressly for her: the truth ofher conception, the originality of herstyle, gained for her the reputation ofbeing a prodigy, while the modestyand amiability of her demeanor securedfor her love and regard. It was atthis period that she was threatenedwith the loss of her voice. The ujipernotes, and the silvery tone, her peculiarattributes, vanished or were impaired,and with them were departing the ex-pectations which

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