St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-15

thCH Slle VIII IOTco tndG out OF you, not
by asystematic manner of exercises to
overcome the difficulty, but by ridicul-
ing you, mocking you with the most
horrible nasal sounds Imaginable, until
hnally she breaks you of it by this
Heroic Treatment,
which is, / think, a method wholly her
own. Every one can breathe as she
pieases, and. consequently, one hears
these short, gasping sort of inhalatiOns
so disagreeable in any singer. The
scales she will make you sing distinctly,
exactly ana evenly, and one will acquire
true, good trill with her. for what she
does have you do she has done care
fully and exactly, which is most GER
talnly to her credit. With the
exception of two young ladies who
sang with a nasal twang, [
never heard her correct or try to correct
the quality of the, tone, and of all things
that is one of the most important. She
told them to sing louder, softer, more
smoothly, and to open their mouths
wider, but never said anything about
keeping the throat open and round in
order to produce full. deep rich tone,
that by its fullnesS would appear to
have double the volume. For example,
my voice was light, sweet. but very
childish quality, but she never attempted
to deepen and enrich the tones, but to
make me sing as loud as l could. AT
the end of fifteen minutes / would feel
Perfectly Worn Out
and exhausted, and as if l could not
sing another note. OF course, l saw she
was not the teacher l needed. If any
one has strong voice, a healthy throat
and good constitution they can go to
Nine. MarcheSi and she will improve
them, give them eXactnesS and clear,
rapid execution, but they must be pre-
pared to creep along, so as to give her
the profit OF their lessons for two or
three years. At the end of that time if
they are talented and sing we'll and she
sees that they will 90 her credit she will
launch them at the opera or get them an
engagement without fail. This is the
greatest merit MarcheSi has. Style IN
singing and rendering ariaS she never
gives or can give, because she has none,
and consequently her pupils have none.
The first month of my study with her
we lost four lessons, meaning $50 loss to
each of us, and it was not our fault.
She Went to Italy
on account of the death of one of her
daughters. We were sorry for her. but
we expected she would make up our
lessons on her return, but not one word
was ever said of those lessons. The
second month she made US lose three
lessons, and at that one of the girls re-
belled, and asked her if she did not in
tend to make up those lessons. Madame
Immediately informed her that she
never made up lessons, ''it was not the
custom of her school," at is not the
custom of my SCHOOL, is her pet phrase
whenever she knows she is doing
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dishOnOrable. My mind was made up
to leave. as l had already chosen
splendid teacher, who was also pupil
of Garcia, as MarcheSe was, only the
former was public singer and the lat
ter never. Of course l said nothing to
her about leaving, as this was before
Christmas, and we were to lose our les
sons between
Christmas and New Years
day, and intended to begin with my
other teacher the first of January. AT
my last lesson in class madame an
nOunced to US that lit was the custom
of her schOoF' for each one to give
dollar Is francs) to the ''dOmeStique'
who opened the door for us. Rather a
good way to pay her servants wages,
L thought. At this lesson she
told me that she was very
much pleased with my voice
and that l should be singer yet. Now
comes the spice OF the story. Just be-
fore the first of January wrote her a
very polite note, saying was obliged
to discontinue my lessons with her, and
so, of course, could not keep my place
in her class, as did not know when l
should be able to continue my lessons.
The next day | received q note III
French. and here is the translation:
Dear Mademoiselle-I was just going to
write you when your letter came to tell you
that could no longer occupy myself with
your voice, which has been so shattered and
abused by your American professors. 1t is
the more to be regretted because you are in
telligent and a good musician. My dear
mademoiselle, believe me affectionately,
MATILDA MARcHEsI.
Righteous Indignation.
After l had drawn myself from her
class and wrote to tell her SO, it seemed
to me the littlest of littleness to write
me such a note, especially after her
effuSiOn at the last lesson, and knowing
as everyone does that she would keep a
pupil until they died on her hands as
long as they paid their $50 in advance
every month. This is not all for men,
Der of the class asked where | was,
and MarcheSi informed her that L
had written her two such insolent
notes that she was obliged to refuse to
give me lessons. She will never admit
that pupil leaves her. but states that
she was obliged to send them away. /
heard her say that of one or two who
were mentioned while l studied with
her, and, after my little experience, l
thought it was probably the same as
with myself-that they saw what a
woman she was and were not satisfied
with her as teacher and left her. l
fear my letter will not please ardent
admirers of Nine. Marchesi, but remem-
Der she was also my ideal as teacher
until L studied with her.