Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt - Her Early Art-Life and Dramatic Career, 1820-1851 (Paperback)

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 Freischutz. 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 2 discusses some of Lind's most memorable performances in Europe and the reasons for her first retirement; it ends with her departure for America.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Henry Scott Holland • William Smith Rockstro
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03869-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	1-108-03869-7
Barcode:	9781108038690

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