The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-23
MARCHESI MAKES SINGERS.
4 Chat With an American Girl Who
Was One Of Her Pupils.
"ONLY TEACHERWHO MEYER SWEARS"
In Her Coming Tour She VIII Get
$4,000 for Seven Months aud
Only Millionaires Can
Learn of Her.

exactly as many pupils here as in Eu-
rope. \ German by birth married in
| France. she has always chosen Ameri-
can eirls for her special pupils and pride.
\ pupil of Marchesi. speaking Of her,
said:
"Marchesis method IS tho natural one
! other teachers have what they call the
natural method, but II Is not as natural
as Marchesis When ! began 10 sing.
said this pupil. II studied with all the
masters of Berlin and Vienna. and final
~. IN tho natural course Of vocal instruc-
! ton drlfted into the hands OF Nine.
/ Marches i'm Paris. and her husband. the
! Count di CastrOue
when / FIRST went 10 her she smiled
az me sweetIy, and said: You may sing
TO me.
81 did so. selecting a little worn flower
song Marchcsi listened. tapping time
| with one OF her well-glOved fingers. until
! ] had finished. Now said she. that was
| q very pretty little song. hut / should
| like TO hear YOU sing something moro
| prctcntious. with more emotion IN II. ana
sing &c to mo as though you meant e.
This time / selected the Faust jewel
/ song for ! was too frightened 10 think
| Of ANYTHING but the thrcadworn tunes.
How very pretty said Marchcsi.
N0w sing % again. but sing IT so and so.
| and she pointed out various changes.
! adding. j think If / were you. l would
! lean forward n little at such a note. men
| tionin- nv highest one. 80 as 20 give
you the power for a longer sound.
when 7 had sung just as she had
| told me. Marchcsi smiled again and told
me 90 come every day 1t the same hour
| for half AN hours instruction.
Do YOU call that Instruction. l ask
| 4 a. I..fs f.frrr
WHY. yes she replied. Gould You
| not hold youf note much longer after
| finished with you than when you began2
THE argument was unanswerable. for
| I certainly could sustain my high note
better. and after that, when l heard
Marchcsfs musical seeing 10 me i knew
that "a music lesson was on and that /
should come away better able TO sing
| She is the only music teacher l ever saw
who does not swear at YOU
Although Marchesi has made famous
| singers such as Calve. SibY Sanderson'
Melba Emma Eames and Emma Nevada
she has also made a great many parlor
singers Marohcsis rule for the accep-
lance of a pupil is that the pupil must be
able TO sing on the concert stage; be
y0nd that she does not go. Several well
| known society women of the United states
| have found themselves eligible 10 her
classes and have taken lessons or her
| for the pleasure Of singing in private.
| zone of her specialties rs the teachlhg
! Of vocal music 10 ones own Instrumental
| accom- ranfmeut. Here she becomes very
! Delsartcan. although Marchesi does not
mention Dolsarte. She teaches you how
to sing while YOU play the piano or the
! harm. the violin or the mandolin. any
! instrument YOU may select for the We
! hicie of your voice.
| "Marchcsi prefers drawing-room pupila
! to accompany Themselves. because she
! saws there are so few accompanies VINO
cam accompany well. Most of them spoil
your best notes with their errauc play
ing. OF course she does not teach IN
strumeutal music but she encourages
| her pupils 10 strike a few notes by way
of accompanying themselves.
When you are asked 20 sing says
| she. your part begins Here comes I'm
manner.
How to accept gracefully How to
walk TO the instrument The way To
seat Yourself and the manner Of begin
ming. all form lessons, which this Won
dcrfu maker of singers gladly and skill
fully teaches. After you have sung she
| shows YOU how TO receive applause IN
"a modest yet appreciauve way.
Il never saw anything as charming
as Narchesi's Interpretation of the diff
fcrent instruments. The harp Is a stale
ly instrument says she. When you play
| il YOU must stand by the side Of your
instrument and with your eyes turned
aloft and "a sublime look upon our face
IF there is a famous painting that
shows a woman playing musical IN
strument, Marchesi always copies II ln
her pupils, teaching them 10 initiate IN
100. D. HHnHH n
Now YOU are the work Of the master,
she says. approvingly, when you have
| learned To look like painting IN real
life
The violin is an intense Instrument,
according 10 Marchesi. and the singer
who plays one. while singing. must have
a rapt expression upon her face. disdain-
ing glance az the audience. The piano
IS less sentimental, and here the singer
may permit herself littlc airs and Rraces.
little effects and mannerisms but should
she be so unhappy as 10 be called upon
| 10 sing 20 am organ she must drop all her
piano manners aLd become at once rapt
! and holy.
There is no instrument as devotional
ass the organ. says she, when the last
note Of voice and instrument have died
away
"Alarchesi is the only teacher In the
world who will give lessons in the open
air.. but when the wind IS still she de-
lights I'm moving her pupil 10 a quiet.
shady lawn and there letting the sweet,
natural voice seek the heavens uncon-
fined.
ut must not be supposed. by any
means. that MarchesIs methods are err
ratio or vaudeville. or that she takes all
who apply 10 her. To be "a pupil Of Mar
chest is such an honor that hundreds
seek her every season. only 10 bee turned
away because madam can teach no one
who has not a natural voice. When she
refuses 10 take a pupil she does so alb
ruptly and with a quick negative wave
OF her hand that says no before she
has spoken. Here again her finished
French manner shows, for she seldom
says You have not voice enough, made
mOsele' On the contrary she resorts
10 subterfuge and burts out with:
80, pardon. 1 am sure you will par
don. mademoiselle, but I am so forget
ful-so very. very forgetful. l remember
now that there is not an hour i'm the day
for you. Bon jour mademoiselle.'
They say that In her coming Ameri-
can tour. which begins very soon new
feature will bee introduced In that tick
cts Of admission 10 her classes Will be
sold Rejected pupils and teachers or
music can occupy seats IN the rear OF
the room while she is giving her lessons
for the purpose Of studying her system.
This may be true. but II 50 ii will go hard
with Marchesi AT first for she loves 20
adapt herself TO individuals ard has been
known TO tell different pupils 10 do tx