2013, ISBN: 1230422986

[EAN: 9781230422985], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781230422985], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: . CHAPTER III I RESOLVE TO SING CARMEN Each spring in Melrose there was a May Carnival. One of the features of the carnival in 1894, when I was twelve years old, was a pageant of famous women impersonated by local talent. I was selected to represent Jenny Lind and was told by the committee that I must sing Home, Sweet Home, but with characteristic disregard for the expected tradition I decided to sing an aria in Italian first. The prima donna of my dreams would naturally dazzle her hearers with a selection in some foreign tongue, and then graciously respond to the clamorous multitude with a simple ballad. I had this stage effect quite planned in my mind. I didn t know a word of Italian; but studied one song by myself from Faust -- Siebel s song which Scalchi used to sing in the old days and one seldom heard now. My Italian may have been incomprehensible to a native, certainly it did not disconcert Melrosians; my aplomb was richly rewarded by numerous recalls, just as I had dared to hope, and Home, Sweet Home was given with due seriousness. I was happy and excited; I was arriving at last! Also I wore my first low-neck dress. Incidentally, this episode in the Melrose Town Hall is made vivid in my memory by two notable happenings. The first is -- shades of vanity! -- that I wore a new pair of perfectly lovely shoes that were too tight for me (but looked so nice); so, after singing the encore, I was obliged to retire behind a stout lady on the stage and take them off. When the carnival was over, I found to my distress that I could not get them on again, and I walked home in my stocking feet! The second episode of this day really marked a turning point in my career. A friend who heard me sing happened to be a pupil of Mrs. J. H. Long, .<

ISBN: 1230422986

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2013, ISBN: 9781230422985

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ISBN: 9781230422985

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