The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-27

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| fusion.
"'Wcn, sir, he exclaimed, in half negligent
tone, what may be your business
| 81 with to speak with you in reference TO thc
"'Well, he asked, what do YOU WANT
| "'An engagement, sir said.
"'An engagement he echoed, hughingy;
and what 70 DO
"Anytbing,' l said
"'what do you expect TO receiver ?
"'ADytbing, was still my answer Say t'oo
',Wbat exclaimed his majesty two guincas
| why sir YOU are not worth two shilliugs; they
can't hear you over tho third row OF the pit
Indeed ! replied; then wish you good
"'SioPr balloed Kemble; youn sing the
| glCe tonight
'"Noi If I do I'm what you induced me to
| represent myself-a DutChman.'
''Away l hastened from the building, and
never behed his face again until few years had
passed. rhcn he sought my services at forty pounds
| per Ucct.'
HARD WORK REWARDED.
! lie had so thoroughly practised some Of the
best music that he had the Messiah "by heart"
This labor brought him an important success.
| "Mr. Loder informed me that a new church a.
| Clifton, Bristol, was about to be opened with
| grand performance of the Messiah which Sir
| George Smart was to conduct, and that he should
| try to place me as the principal bass.
| "This was rare news indeed he promised 20
| write Immediately TO Sir George, and cndcayor
| to obtain his consent. Sir George objected, on
| the ground that l must be very Young man,
and the risk was too great to run upon such an
| occasion,
"Ths threw n sad gloom over me. Mr.. Lodcr
still persevered and IL WIS arranged that as Sir
| George was coming to Bath, he should hear me,
and that the bills should not be issued until after
| our interview.
"These premnaries settled, and the morning
appointed for the interview, Mr.. LDder begged
me to bring halt-a-gginea, aud present it after
the hearing, as in consideration Of lesson. This
| tromblingly obcyed, for that sum to me was one
| of vast amount, and well knew what / should
have TO suffer when II was gone However, there
was no avoiding so positive command and ac-
cordingly ], with my half guinea, went TO Mr..
Loder's house of business in Nilsson street, pre-
| pared for the worst in every way.
"Sir George received me in q large empty
music. room, ON the first floor, over the shop,
where stood grand pano-forte.
$50, sir said he, you are bold enough to take
upon yourself the task Of singing through the
Messiah, eh ?
81 answered, that was.
well, let me hear yOu-bere is q copy. Do
you think you can see over my shoulder
81 replied NO doubt; but it is not necessary
'Oh, indeedP said Sir George. What you
can sing it from memory, eh Well, we shall
see. Perhaps you'll obge me by standing at the
other end Of the instrument.
Certainly, SIR
"And away went Sir George with Thus saith
the Lord and l as boldly followed with yigor-
Gus exactness. At its termination he cX-
| ClaimCd:-
"'Upon my honor, that is very extraordinary =
| 81 thought he was testing, for i could see
nothing extraordinary about it.
"'Perhaps, sir, he continued, you could obligC
me with the next song, "The People that walketh
in Darkness" in the same way ?
Certainly said.
"ADd through it l went with equal truth.
observed smile upon his countenancc every now
and then, when coming to the chromatic pas
sages, evidently thinking l should trip; but no
| nothing gOul1 me m npth
"When l had finished, he said THAT.
enough; am quite satisfied And now let me
ask you, do you know anything of the tenor
"'Yes, sir, ALL
"'And the soprano ?
"'And the contraltoi' =
"'All.'
"'And possibly the chorussesT
| esi siI, every one.
81 then offered him the fee, neatly done up in
white paper.
"'What's this " said he.
Your fee, sir. Allow me TO consider this al
| q lesson
Nothing of the kind said Sir George, put /
in your pocket and placing his hand on my
shoulder he continued, Il have been much pleased
and surprised, and win be your friend as long a
| | live"
For that first appearance as principal singer il
an oratorio the fortunate youth had not the ne
cessary suit of black. He walked fifteen miles t
buy some black cloth as bargain, and made hi'
| OWN NuhtCOdL anu uOWhcIS out OF ", out tul
coat being beyond him he mOrtgagei his en-
gagement to tailor, and thus got over his las
| EeIpleXity.
Musical discipline among vocalists was much
stricter in those days than it is now, and Mr.
Phillips gives very good illustratiOn--ont
which might be frequently borne in mind witt
great advantage. Mrs. Salmon, though in gene
raj Il strict Handelian, once introduced wholly
| unwaTantable cddenSa at the close of "Fron
| Mighty Kings" at the Antient Concerts Mr.
, | GreatoreX, the organst, no sooner perceived
Than he suddenly turned the full power of tn
| organ upon her with the final chord. For al
, | instant all was confusion. The lady sat down
and became fearfuy red, while the noble direc
n | tor rose to inquire the cause, when Greatorel
| turned round, and (twiddling his thumbs as h
; was WON'T, said, very quietly, "a cdde's,d, m
| loIdW "Oh!" said his lordshp and the conCer
: proceeded with its usual solemnty.
PAGANINI AND LINDLRY.
e Dragonetti and Lindley were both on intimat
terms with Mr.. Phillips and he has much that
: interesting to tell OF them. The former he dc
L scrhes as eccentric and childish in ordinary mat
ers almost 10 the verge of insanity. lie pOssesse
0 the celebrated double bass given him by Nea
G | politan monk for which he had repeatedly bee
P ofer, d $1,000, and his hands had become mi.
h ShapeD, and almost without form, from constan
o | playing. His great manifestation of eccentrict
= | was his constant custom of travelling, accompa
y MED by large collection of dolls of all size,
!. some of which he would always dance at IN
? window of coach when passing through a VII
l lage. He and Lindley were great friends an
/ bo immOderate snuhtakers.
II Liudley was a great sufferer, and the follow
v ing story used to be constantly told 20 his disat
d | yantage:-
: cone day, when walking down the high sire,
IS Of the city Of Exeter he observed seafirini
G looking man standing on the opposite side Of II
0 way with gray parrot perchcd on his inge
3 | Lindley crossed over, and accosting the ma
l said is that p.p-p-p-p-parrot for sale " 'Ye
Q replied the man. How m m-In m-m-much Z" :
o guinea was the response 'C-c-c-c-c-can
sp-sp-sp-sp -sp-speak : Yes, said the fellow,
= precious sight better than you can, OF I'd che
5 his head OF
r This reminds Mr.. Phillips OF the stammeriT
y fugitive who is said 10 have commenced an appe
q for "Qna-- qua-qua-" "Oh" said pursnir
y trooper "I can't wait for YOU" and ran hi
!, through.
a Mr.. Phillips was at Paganini's first concert aI
c was much Impressed by the strange, ghost-lil
t aspect Of the yOlinist he glided on TO the sta
n in the peculiar manner affected by him. A shu
9 der almost ran through the audience when th
Il first caught sight of his pallid face, long ha
d long arms, and bony fingers. lie never exhiOit
# the slightest anxiety, or even interest, as to Il
o reception accorded him, but played what W
d allotted TO him without the movement of a mu
Gle, and glided OFF the stage at the close ghost
in appearance as ever. OF Pisaroni lac relates th
so extreme was her ugliness that whenever s.
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