New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-31
Career Of Madame Ser1brfc6
Following Her Last Appearance in Opera Here She VIII
Be the Guest of Musicians at Banquet

Young TO the stage at the tina her seven ,.s.
sons had been devoted c-ieey to Dresden !.
Petersburg and LondOR), and also young "a y.arI
she having been born IN 1858. The name By uh,rs
she Is known IS that Of her mothers family hs-
naidsn name having been Praxide Maroellins IA.
chauska Her father was q vioInist and ,sachs-
in CiaIicia and from him she Inherited the TIM.
oughly musical character which d5ztingUishes h.r
from all her colleagues and woUld-bs rivals On,
Of the brightest recoTIections OF that fatal frs.
season il associated with Nine. Sembrtch's oontr-
buttons 70 Mr.. Abbey's benefit. First she saux;
then she played Chopin ulazurka on the piano
forte then she performed violin SOLO, and Il wa
really difficult 70 say IN which capacity shs sz-
ceIIed-whether as singer. pianist v5oaist Al
this was a surprise to the public, but II had amps
explanation In the story OF her life She began
70 study the pianofOrte az four years Of age and
the violin at six. At twelve she went 10 the coa-
servatory at I1ernberg. where she became the pupil
OF Wilhelm Stengel, who afterward becams her
husband In five years he had taught her all thar
he could OF piano-forte playing The rest q the story
he once told to the writer TO this effect:
1T decided to take her 70 Professor Epstsin. IN
Vienna, 20 get his advice On the wisdom % sending
her to List Ne heard her play and remarked:
She seems to be very musical; she do anything
besides play the piano.
II said she could play some on the violin. ard
he asked her let him hear her After she hal
done so he turned TO with a quizzical lock AMI
said
Anything else
Il said 4 think she also has voice Hs r.
marked. Let Us have Nine Marchesi hear her
We did So and on the advice OF Nine. Marches and
Fpstein We gave up the List notion and shs
studied singing first with ROkitansky, then win
the younger Lamperti. in Milan year and sig-
months after she made her dsbu; in I Puritan
II was IN May. 1877. and in Athens
Thence. after two months. she went 70 VieEna
and studied repertory with Levi, and n 1875 %
Dresden, where. for year and a hall. she aa-
Iouged to the Royal Court Opera After her ar';
American season she studied during the SUNNI
OF 1884 with the elder Lamperti From Ss 70 W.
she made Dresden her home, living in her villa
near Klein SchachwItz IN the summer In lSs sls
transferred her residence to Berlin. and since then
her summer months have been spent eiInsr z
Dresden or Berlin. except when she IS in the APPS
In August 1886, a writer for The Tribune v-sls-
Nine. Senbrich at her villa near Klein schaea7-@
and wrote this account OF her home He
To hear her sing IS 70 experience exquisite % |
light. 10 see her IN her home is 70 De Wines
one OF the prettiest domestic pictures ma ~
There is new baby at the VIA . III51 =. -
ness which made its debut on this Woriq So 80
t F ttot +Sa 3ebt T-as cosr'7s a Drnra donzz
mother $500 francs penalty tor viol4-sls -
tract An unSyupat hetiC Madrid manager ISt-se
1rIer the coufract 10 recognize the little fellow
ambition as sickness on the part OF MS mann
Put I heard no murmuES this account AZ A. A.
SChachWftz The early morning roulpS II IL =,
se-y the quarter hours devoted 70 llcrsaSi-S -
adiDOSe of Marcel Christian SreDget py IeeCls
unwilling mouth pap from bowl ana I1s 5n r
in the grass in the garden are WORTH u-Als - /
a CD francs TO the proud and happy notner -
.y1sr ina CINE MarCalla SembrCh feeding "a.
out OF a bowl and kissing his shOuidsls - /
than were the palms which greeted heI T /
Lucia three years ago before running % As %
forte 70 oblige q visitor with the MAJ = -T1
from Hamlet prelude By CHOPIN -
will have a unique picture CT Prina G0-
dCmesriCity.
Last summer. Just before coming back % -
York. Nine Sembrich bought a villa IN sNl-
land with view to making y her permanent - -
TO which she will return after her artlsuo -
for though she IS now saying farewell % 'ns -
stage In America she does not Intend 70 I'LL =.
ing. She expects 10 return 70 this cOuHNt -.
season TO give song recitaIS IN the prlncips -
centres as she has done fer d number OF ye@4a =
concerts with the help or a pianist ana Vl0ll1 >,
other places As soon she returns 20 E111Os ..,
will begin a series OF farewell opera peru,
IN The cities which have known her pest -
ST Petersburg. Warsaw, Lemoers. ---,.-a
certs in Berlin Hamburg. Frankfort ~ ,
Budapest and other cities Her S"lsS sr,s.
called Villa lie Verger and IS situated II l
OF ChambIandes. on Lake Geneva twenty -
tourney from Lausanne MI PadereNsA - ",
home AT Norges IS not FAR distant, ana, - M
Paderewski had a hand N picking oue ITO
Nine. SembriCh