The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31

the master, his face all aglow, exclaimed:
Aye, there is but one Mozart
Verdi was pleased with the delivery OF
these pupils. He had a kind word for each
of them, and expressed the hope that their
love or music would always remain the
same. Then the girls grouped, according
to their respective nationalities, and pre-
sented him with wreaths bouquets,
adorned with their country's flag, Deeply
moved by this attention, Verdi lifted Nine.
Marchesis hand to his lips, and then he
gave each young singer his autograph,
bending over the piano on which he wrote
Finally. it may be added as quite apropos
that the motto of Nine Marchesl is Eide,
to this vii has sn
gested the addition OF line from Ovid:
Me duce, TITUS eris' - With me for your
ed letters in this book, letters written by
the most famous singing birds now on the
lyric stage in support of this advice. Here
is one, for instance, that was written by
an artistic very well known in Boston and
hereaboutS:
My Dearest Teacher and Friend-I want
to tell you here on leaving you. how much
l owe TO YOU not only for what you have
made of my voice and talent, but for your
sweet and motherly counsel in every way.
You have taugSt me not only to deeply love
you, but to have perfect faith always in
your unerring Judgx9ent. What | am you
nanH made me; f9H l9 %N ana s1 de es
CALVE DISPUTE SETTLED.
Speaking of letters, there is also one from
Emma Calve published in the book which
ought to settle the question as to who was
her Paris teacher. Another is from an emil
nent musician, and in it he playfully says:
do you know the latest news, dear Nine.
Marchesi? In seventeen million years our
earth will once more become a horrible
mass Of ice. Then goodbye to your ia
nous pupils, and many other things be-
sides. do not mind, as / shall no longer
be alive, but you are still young; so be care
full; one can never tell"
But the eminent professor is not q young
woman. However, she is never i'll, and her
work for the past fifty years has been one
of labor and perseverance. She has faith
in her school. and believes that persever-
ance conquers all things. 1t has in her case,
so far as languages are concerned, at any
rate. She can read, speak, write and think
seven modern languages-that is to say, I'm
gliSh, German, Italian, Spanish Dutch,
'ench and Russian. Ii was an fmpolite
remark of Rubinstein, .,hile calling upon
Nine. Marchesi, that impelled her to master
the awful gutterality of that last mentioned
language.
Moreover, Nine. M. is not only an oral
teacher of the divine art; she Is also author
of important books on music. From the
first time that she had ever given the mat
how the human voice should be set and de-
veloped for vocal exercises, and so she long
since published a series of didactic works,
composed on a principle quite different to
all others that had thus far been written
on the same subject. There are now more
than thirty of these works and they in
clude singing method, also a series of
''Vocalises Elementaires ct Graduees for
the different female voices, written in one,
two and three parts.
1t is quite proper to state, in conclusion,
that, differently from many other writers,
Nine. Marchesi does not in these memoirs
speak exclusively of herself and her school;
she has recalled many anecdotes of celebri-
ties; she has accorded to each of these
part in her narration, and at the same time
she has given an original appropriation of
them as such. 1t is this, well other
experiences, which makes the book not only
interesting reading, but valuable contrbu-
ton to the musical record of our century.
For this reason it will naturally be a text
book, so to speak, to be consulted by any
and artistes