New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-30
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Jetty TreGz.
Jetty Treffz-or rather Henrlette DE III :,
for Treffz is only the name OF her mother fanny
and the nom de guerre assumed IN her artlstlc ca
reer, which has now, indeed, become celebrated
xUas horn nj Vienna on the 25th OF June, 1870
Her father a Polish gentleman, was an officer In
She Austrian service Her mother was daughter
nj that beautiful Laura Schwan de Mannheim, who
was loved and sung by the greatest poet OF ger
many Frederick Schiller, but who, undaZZled by
the poets fame and unflattered by his muse, pre-
feed the less brilliant attractions of the Professor
TreHz. and espoused him. Jettys mother was
nossessed of a considerable fortune, and was de-
temined to have her daughter educated In the
most perfect manner. Unfortunately, the greater
mart of her fortune was embezzed by neiarlous
tutor, to whose keeping II was entrusted Wnen
Jetty was only thirteen years OF age. Nevertne-
less il was most probably TO this circumstance,
so much 10 be deplOred ut the time, we are IN
debted for afording us an opportunity OF admiring
talent oil too rare an occurrence TO suffer IL 20 DC
buried in the diettantism of private lite. The
Prince Guizeppe POniatowsky, az enthusiast In
the cause of music and a composer OF no mean
requirement who had long been on intimate terms
with Jettys father, the first who discovered
the great talent of the young girl. Jetty had re-
ceived from nature mezzo soprano voice OF
remarkable beauty and flexibility, powerful
sonorous and of unusual extent From her earll-
est DAYS passionately fond of music, she joined
to a brilliant imagination an esprit tacile and
penetrating, and a memory singulariy retentlVe.
Added to these, Jetty possessed face and h5ure
the most prepOssessing, and promising those
eraces and attractions which now her &C
knowledged rights Such as Jetty Tretfz when
Prince POniatowsky first discovered her latent
talent and couRselled her parents not TO allow 1t
TO 20 uncultvated. SlgnOr Gentllhuomo, an
Italian professor of singing, was Jetty first mas
ter. After fifteen days Of study, MercellI the
director of the Italian Opera at Vienna, wishing
10 have 10 his possession young girl whose fu-
ture he could not but fOresee, engaged her. Jetty
Immediately applied herself to her studies with
enthusiastic zeal Among her instructors ut this
time, we would particularly mention Monsieur
Charles K0ent, a professional musical Critic, ana
n singer OF taste and talent Much to Jettys
Chagrin and disappointment, since she burned TO
distinguish herself on the stage, Mercelli detained
her whole year without giving her single part
10 play She threw up her engagement In conse-
nuence and departed for Dresden, where, IN her
fifteenth year she made her d66Ut in the character
of Juliet" in the " Montecchie CaPuettl Inc
celebrated Schroeder Devrent was the " Homlo.
Jetty's success was triumphant. The Queen OF
Saxony, charmed with the grace and talent oil the
Young de6Vtdate commanded her lntendant, the
Baron de Luttichaw, to present lefty 20 her, IN
her box the same evening. But her Majesty oil
Saxony did not stop here. AT her own expense,
and under her immediate inspection, Jetty re-
Ceived lessons from the famous singing master
Morlachi and from Schroeder Devrlent, the pest
model OF winch btlt COuiu nave lOuuu IL al NSA
many for the mimic art There Were, however,
several little iutrigues the part OF TINS great
artist which determined her pupil, who now
commenced to become her rival, to quit Dresden,
after twelvemonth's sOourn, during winch sne
had been constantly distinguished by the Queen
and snnlauded by the public, on all occasions,
with the greatest fervOr. From Dresden she
went to Leipsic, where she had the good fortune
10 meet Mendelssohn, who took the hvellesI IN
terest in her from the first moment ne saw her'-
He made her study his own songs with hlm ana
subsequently,, when she was engaged at those
militant entertainments given in Leipsic, under
the name of the Ge,c0Hdh0uS concerts, ne com
no.ed expressly for the last of these concerts the
beautiful and popular chsnsOnele, Es list 0estlms
in Gottes Rath," which Jetty sang Tor the h7st
time with the most deatening demonstrations OF
favor from some thousands of listeners There IS
little doubt but that it is Mendelssohn to whom
Jetty is mainly indebted for that delicate appre-
citation, that profound sentiment that touching
expression, and that fascination OF style, wnlch
30 remarkably distinguishes her as singer. but
Jetty in herself had the talent and the will
MendelssOhn could have found no difficulty In Gull
tiyating a soil so fertile and yielding. On her
return from Leipsc 70 Vienna, city was engaged
at the Harnthnerthor theater. Two years after,
when Pokorny organised an operate company,
which was superior 10 any other In Germany, she
sang at the theater Ander Wien with Staudigl
and Pschek, and Mesdsmes Mara and Jenny
Lind. congo of some weeks was employed IN
reaping golden harvest and adding TO her aurels
in Dresden, Leipsic, Berlin, Frankfort, and Pres
burg. AT the latter town she performed round
of characters, in Mozart's operas, with immense
success Her musical knowledge and correct
reading combined with aveneratlon for the works
of the great Mozart rendered her performances
30 interesting, that the public were fascinated by
the superior talents OF the young artist. Some
time afterward Jetty Treifz achieved new tri-
amphs at Vienna, in Bales opera, the -Four
Sons of Aymon' and the Bohemian Girl She
sang nearly two hundred times in the first opera,
and more than one hundred in the latter. The
Revelation OF ls4S interrupted Jettys brilliant
and rapid career. Art in general, and the dra-
matte art in particular, had nearly received their
death blow on the continent. Jetty then recalled
10 mind the brilliant successes she had obtained
at Leipsic, as concert singer, and went to Lon
don, where she made her dlbut at the concerts OF
the Philharmonic Society-wth what success
need not here be told. Immediately atterward
Jetty was invited by Queen Victoria to sing ct
the concerts at Buckingham Palace. What fol-
lowed, is well known. Musical World.
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