The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-16

directed to pick him out from half a
dozen men, she could not have done
so? Yet people there are, who
are astonished that in France there is
so much immortality in welded life!
They should rather be surprised that,
with such an abominable system,
morality is to be found at all.---Pars
correspondent Of the Britannia.
Criticism on Jenny Linds Singing.
The following discriminating criti-
cism was written for the New York
Day Book before the arrival of the
Swedish Nightingale in this country.
1t is neatly pressed, not overstraincd, !,
yet not deficient in enthusiasm, and
is evidently from tho pen of one we'll
verscd in the science of music, and
who can write undcrstandingly upon
the relative merits of the great vocal
ists Of the age.
The result has verified this criti-
cism, Judging by the best Of those We
have read upon concerts already Civ
en-. They coincide with the views
here expressed as to the quality Of
voice, its tone, compass and capaci-
tics, Of the great Queen Of Song.
In the first place, thon, Jenny
Lind possesses the most remarkable
throat { | speak of its inside lining
only) ever created. There is scarce
y any limit to her capacity for pro-
ducing smooth and pleasant sounds,
soft and silvery as the breathing of n
flute, and uttered in defiance of all
difficulties Of interval or stretch Of
compass, with an ease aud facility al
most incredible. The thrilling of a
lark or canary, the mellowness Of the
nightingale, the voiubility of your
own mockingbirk, are all surpassed
blythe musical utterances of Jenny
lsiSa I tor are her iwarblings like
E.the birds, levoid Of exprcssIon and
feeling. Acertain kind d5of arch sim
plicity and holnebrcd pathcs are hers
in an eminent &grec. AS to what
IS understood by vocal execution, in
the mere mechanical sense of the
phrase, Jenny Lind has nover been
surpassed in the history of modern
music, and was cqualled only by
Persianti. Her compass is immcn-
ser, running up with ease to I in ait
and her organ is of remarkable even
ness and equality through all its rcs.
listers. Add to this that, generally
speaking, her intonation is faultlcss.
and that her style Of singing and en-
bellishlng bctrays always good taste
in the detail, though the general cf.
feet is often marrcd by over iloriiity,
and you have the means of forming =
an impartial judgment Of what Jenny
Lind is.
What she is not, is soon said. She
is not a vocalist of the modern Italian
school; and neither her method, style
nor voice at all answers the rcuuisi-
tons of that school-that school Of
which Giulia Grisi is the acknowledge
head and intcrprctcr,andw mas
tcrs and pupils alone of all the earth
have carried vocal music to The point
giving expression to high art. OF
this school, the academies of Bolog-
ma and other cities of Italy, the stage
of the San Carlos at Naples and ia
Scala of Milan, and the boards Of the
Conservatory and the Italian Opera
in Paris, are the only recognized
cradles and homes. II is true that
this style Of music is heard in great
perfection at her Majesty's theatre
in London--its brightest ornaments
being lureh there by the bribe of i'm
mcnsc salaries; but then The audience
is wanting. TO nine tenth Of these
who crowd the Italian Opera in Lon
don, 4 selection Of Scotch ballads,
llish love songs and Euglisl gccs,
would be great deal more satislac.
tory than the sublimest strains of the
cloqncncc Of melody, the passion Of
song, the inspiration Of musical cx.
preston, which constitute the true
Italian Opera.
The voice Mile Lind is sweet and
pretty, as | have said; but it is entire.
ly from her throat. That which is
known among the Italians as the
roice N pctto, the roicc del ca,.tarc.
and which has been developed and
perfected nowhere else but in
tho italian school, is not possessed
by Jenny Lind. In common with
all vocalists in Vienna, Berlin, and
Germany, her voice is wholly from
the throat or head-and consequent.
y lacks that vcberating, palpitating
quality that makes the hearers heart
pant as if he we're listening to a De-
mosthcncan bust Of cloqucncc. 1t