The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-21
Notable Husbands Of Famous Sinners
Live in Limelighi Of Wives Fame
husbands Very Few. But Very Interesting
exceptions to Primo Donno's Background

While ~ her American tour Sc
married Otto Coldschmidf her az
eonpsnist Re l. reported 70 hsv-
ben = pupil ~ Nendelzsoha asd
Chopin n addition. he vas si>e
= very competent conductor. eapz-
be a leading ire festivals -
Dusseldorf and Hamburg. a. vel
as the Bach choir. which Re found
ed IN London IN Isis ftiss ques-
tson whether he might not have
been = very much more distia-
guished man had Il not been for
the fact that Jenny Lnd's emil
nence naturally heiittled an who
came within her group.
The marriage itself was one Of
the most beautiful romances Of
music.
The couple were Ideally hap
py. had afflaent means. were
continually engaged In help
Ing Others and deserved the re-
spcct they always received. No
greater reputation Of the com
mon opinion that scandal h .
necessary ornament 10 the art
ist's career could he imagined
than the married life Of Jenny
Lind. she needed no GALAXY
Of Hollywood divorces 20 wake
mp her boz office
Quite different was the career Of
Madame Malibran. famous dra-
matte contralto and daughter q
Manuel Garcia. the Spanish tenor.
who IL 1928 brought his talented
wife. son and daughter TO New
York with an excellent company
and inaueurated grand opera IN
America. Soon his talented daugh-
ter became the toast q the grow
isg metropolis A French import
er. one Mahbran. wooed and won
the handsome Maria Felicia Gar
cia. They were married and quar-
relied regularly: he became bank |
rupt and the singer shed him in
the customary manner. Malibran
contended that he could not stand
playing second fiddle to his bril-
liant and gifted wife.
Several years later she married
the Belgian violinist. Charles Au-
guste de Beriot. who had been de-
voted TO her for a long time.
thereafter she fell from a
horse and was severely shocked.
Her great artistic interest and |
ambition led her to attempt per-
before she had recuper-
ated. with the result that she died |
from exhaustion after a perform
ance. Malibran was also a highly |
gifted pianist. She composed nu-
merous nocturnes, romances. etc.
and was widely loved because Of
her wonderful personal charm.
De Beriot made many tours with |
Malibran, but after her death In
1885. he was so overcome by his
loss that he retired from the stage.
De Beriot's works. including his
seven concertos for the violin. form |
a very important part OF the liter
ature OF that instrument.
Adeline Patti, greatest of
colorat,ra singers of her day,
venfured three times upon the
high seas Of matrimony. Her
first marriage was contracted
In 1868, when she was rs years
old and already the operate
sensation Of the world. The
man was the Marquis de Caux.
French, jealous and incredibly
stupid. She separated from
him nine years later, but did
not acquire n divorce until
1888. Scandal has II that the
marquis WAS enraged when
ever anyone Of his ser cast
admiring glances Mt Adeiina-
In the cast Of one Of her COM
panles was the tenor Nicoiini,
who despite this italian name
was really n Frenchman. Ern-
est Nicholas. Nicolini was
handsome, brilliant and q
practiced stage lover. Patti
became deeply enamored with
him. but knowing her husbands