The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-09-21
First Jenny Lind Concert in nv

| The New York papers are filled with pages OF
enthusiastic accounts Of the fret concert Of Jenny
Lind in America. The language of all their de
scriptons is in adjectiyes in the superlative de
gree In nearly every case the writer has been
"astonished, thrilled electrified bea,fiei, beyond
all power Of language to express Indeed ac-
cordny to the unanimous voice of those who heard
her, there seems little exaggeraton in calling Jen
ny an angela bright gift of heaven" rs one
expresses it. sent to cheer and rejoice the hearts
of the millions who are permitted TO hang upon
her song"
Our readers are doubtless also slightly infected
with the Lind enthusiasm, and # they cannot 20
and hear they at least would ike to hear Of .len-
nv Lind and all about her first concert. We
should be pleased to give a full description but
it would be difficult to get one in at all moderate
language from the New York or any other papers
at this time. In the Herald, passing over FIVE or
six columns of description of the arrangements
for the concert, which were on the most costly
and gorgeous scale the audience &c, DC, We find
the following comparatively temperate account Of
the concert itself;
} "But now the great object Of attraction made
her appearance. Jenny Lind was now flcc TO
face, for the first time with an American audience
the largest before which she had ever sung any
where-making her deJat in the new world, where
such high expectations had been formed of her.
She trembled from head 10 foot, turned deadly
pale, and the drops OF Precipitation ran down her
face like rain. She had been detected all the eve
ming, lest she should not come up to her own high
standard OF surprising excellence but when She
actually came before the audience her heart sank
within her, nor did the hurricane OF applause with
which she was greeted, sufficiently restore her
tranquility in time to permit her to sing the 'Cas.
Ia Diva" as she sung il at the two rehearsals
When she made her appearance on the stage,
there was n universal burst Of cheering which
lasted several minu,e; the audience all rising and
waving Their hats and handherclnefs and casting
shower OF bOquetS at her feet. After the first
tumult subsidized, and she came forward 10 her POI
sitlun to sing, she was welcomed with another
burst of enthusiasm She looked well and was
E very chastely dressed. In the first part Of the
"Cas,a Diva" rs we have already said She fllter.
ed, evidently from the excitement under which
she labored; but a. she proceeded, her self pos
session returned, the sound Of her voice seeming
to act like magic upon her. In the concluding
line of the second stanza the audience began to
feel her power, where her voice died away in a
most angelic whisper, and then rose in gloriolis
swell that electrified the whole house The en-
th,isastic applause she received here lent her m
impulse which brought her well through to the
close, when she again became quiet, and executed
a cadenza with such thrilling effect. that the au.
diencc, carried away by their feelings, drowned
the most effective part Of it in storm of au.
Afvnip n .fI L., ell 1
stage and the cheering and waving Of handker.
chiefs lasted several minutes On the whole the
Cdsta Dira was not equal 20 her rehearsal and a
New York audience do not yet know what she
can do in that glorious Scena
In the Duet with Bellett she was nj home and
was rap'urously encored The applause was tire
mendous, and another shower # boguets descend
ed upon her, Which were gathered up by Mr. Lo-
der
Butcher great triumphs were vet to come The
flute song amazed and conf1undcd every body whu
did not hear II before. They heard something
they never hearl before, and may never expect
to hear again from any other lips. The audience
were transported and the applause continued till
{ it literally spent itself with fatigue
One might suppose that one such song us this
would he sufficient for an evening. Buta more
delicious morsel in this ea> Of music was rescrv-
cd for the end like q dessert at a dinner IL the
Swedish melo!y known as The Echo Song" in
winch she sings in her own native language and
with inelTabe sweetness initiates The hcr,sman
calling lis cattle and the cchos Of his voice in the
mountains, her triumph was complete. Ii was cx.
treneiy difficult to realize tie fac. that there
were not two or three voices. so perfect were
her wonderful echos. The audience were now
wrought up into fever Of excitement, which was
greatly soi,ened down 10y her final effort, whic.
was not so dazzling, but as sweet as any. We
mean the Greeting to America of which Bcne.
dict il the composer 1t is u fine martial air, in
the style Of the MarseilaiSe. The following are
the words:
greet with n fall heart, the Land Of the West.
Whose Banner OF Stars DER the world IS unroIled
Whose empire o'crshadow's AtnntlC's wide breast
And opss To the sunset lis gateway Of gold!
The land OF the mountain, the land OF the lake,
And rivers that roll IN magnificent tide
Wher, the souIso the mighty from sumbcr awake
And hallow the SOL Tor whose freedom they died
Thou Cradle ofEmpirc though wide be the foam
J Ihatscyers the land OF my fathers and thee,
hear, from thy bosom, the welcome OF home,
For song has home in the hearts OF the tree
And long as thy waters shnll CLEAN in ;he sun,
Aud long as thy heroes remember lrelr scars,
BE the hands oithy childreuu niled as ons.
And Peace shed her light on the Banner OF Stars
llcrpronunciation Of the English was very pref.
ty, and the way She executed the Cadenza at the
close, called down thunders of applause This
was the termination of the concert and she was
called for 10y the audience and vehemrn,ly cheer.
ed, when the last shower Of boguets fell upon the
stage. and she withdrew bowling gracefully to the
audience"
FREpEEIcA BREMER ~ CHicsGo-We notice by
the Chicago papers that this distinguished Swed
ish authoress arrived in that city the 10th inst.
from Detroit, where she had been stopping for
: some days She at first took lodgings at the
Sherman House, but has since been invited to par.
take OF the inequalities Of private family, where
she will remain, probably, during her stay in that
city.
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