Book 9 — INDEX.

A.

Adelaide, Queen, 295

“Ah! non credea mirarti” (La Sonnambula), 278, 280; Lablache on, 281

Åhmansson, Mdlle. Josephina, companion to J. Lind, 387; illness of, 402, 403; at Lübeck, 406, 410, 424

Aix-la-Chapelle, 219; J. Lind at, 220, 224

Albert Institute, the, at Windsor, 452

Allgemeine Zeitung, Deutsche, extract from, 416

“Am Aarensee,” Lindblad’s song, 145

An den Sonnenschein (Schumann), 416, 421; her last notes on earth, 424

Andersen, Hans Christian, 103; “Story of my Life,” 103, 104; letter from J. Lind, 107, 108; greets her at Copenhagen, 163; on her genius and character, 163; an amusing story by, 186; J. Lind’s friendship, 188, 189

“Annotation-Book” of J. Lind, 228

Argyll Lodge, Wimbledon, 450

Arnemann, Consul, 168; entertains J. Lind at Nienstädten, 225

Arnemann, Mme., 165; at Berlin, 189

Arnim, Frau Bettina, 132

At Home once more, 148

Athenæum Newspaper, the, 230, 285

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn’s), 221, 263

Augsburg, visit to, 246

Austria, the Empress of, 250; Emperor, 254

B.

Bach Choir, the, 452

Balfe, Mr., Conductor at H.M.’s Theatre, 260, 280; conductor on J. Lind’s first provincial tour, 301; second tour, 339, 344

Barnum, Mr., in action, 405; his proposals, 406; generous conduct of, 407, 408, 441

Bates, Mr. (of Baring Brothers), 406

Beatrice di Tenda, Cadenza introduced into an Aria, 357

Beaumarchais, criticism on his libretto of Le Nozze di Figaro, 290

Beethoven, festival at Bonn in 1845, 155

Behrens, Miss, at Stockholm, 381

Belletti (barytone) supports J. Lind, 98; at concert for Brompton Hospital, 333; on tour with J. Lind, 337; included in American tour, 406, 410; in Messiah, 433; in Ireland in 1859, 451

Bellini’s I Puritani, 327

Benedict, Sir Julius, the Composer, 138; assists J. Lind in American arrangements, 406; engaged as pianist, 406; J. Lind’s estimation of, 409, 410

Bennett, Sterndale, 451

Berg, Herr, 30, 31, 32; invited to England, 322; a messenger from King Oscar I., 400

Berlin, at the Court of, 115; the Return to, 168; subsequent visits to, 310, 415; the New Opera House at, 121

Birch-Pfeiffer, Mme., 129; a good teacher, 130, 131; knowledge of “stage business,” 210; Mendelssohn’s negotiations with her for a libretto, 210, 211; her exertions to write an acceptable libretto, 212; declines going on with it, 251; on J. Lind’s mode of study, 361; her daughter Minni, 397

464Birmingham, 342

Blumm, Herr, 66; meetings at Herr Blumm’s, 74; on an excursion, 78

Bonde Palace, The, at Stockholm, 42, 91

Bournonville, on the rôle of Alice, 37; induces J. Lind to sing at Copenhagen, 101, 102; incident, 104, 105

Brockhaus, Edouard, note-book of, 181

Brockhaus, Herr Heinrich, 146; diary of, 154, 179

Brompton Hospital, Concert for, 330, 333

Brühl Schloss, near Bonn, 152, 153, 155

Brunswick, 415

Brunton, Mme., 422

Buckingham Palace, 295; Mme. Goldschmidt at, 451

Bunn, Mr. Alfred, lessee, Drury Lane, 134; the Contract, 136, 137; not signed by Mr. Bunn, 137, 165; J. Lind’s fear of, 229; fear dispelled, 273; Mendelssohn’s letter as to Mr. Bunn, 256, 257; the verdict in his favour, 318

Burnham Beeches, 278; the Grotes’ cottage at, 368

Burschenschaft Hannovera at Göttingen, 412

Büttner, Herr, 398

Bylandt, Count de, 285

C.

Cadenze, 357

Cannes, Mme. Goldschmidt at, 452

Carl Johann (Bernadotte), King of Sweden, Jubilee of, 97; death of, 106

Carlsruhe, 245

Casta Diva (in the opera Norma), at Berlin, 127; the F♯︎, 356

Catalani, Mme., 115; death of, 394; J. Lind on, 403

Chopin, in London, 324; on J. Lind’s singing, 324; on her piano passages, 324; his own matinées, a flippant criticism on, 325; at Mrs. Grote’s, 368

Chorley, Mr., introduced by Mendelssohn, 230; pleasure in hearing J. Lind, 230, 231

Christmas Eve, a Swedish, 128

Clairville Cottage, 270, 273

College of Music, The Royal, 363, 452

Concert Room, first appearance in, 144; first in England, 294–297

Concerts— American, 406, 407; proceeds of Charity Concert at New York, November, 1850, 445 In the Provinces, 298 Before the Queen, 294–297

Contract with Mr. Lumley, the, 225; provisions of, 235, 236; second contract, 307

Copenhagen, 101–105; again at, 160–167

Correspondence with Mendelssohn, 192–195; 204, 208–210; 211, 212; 217, 218; 223; 226, 227; 230; 232–235; 238–242; 243; 250–252; 256, 257

Court of Berlin, at the, 115

Court Singer, J. Lind appointed Swedish, 58, 317; sings as, at Coronation of Oscar I., 113; at Lyric Concerts, as, 400, 401, 428–431

Creation, The, Haydn’s, 221, 246; critical remarks on, 221

Croelius, Herr, 12; discrimination of, 13; portrait of, inscribed by J. Lind, 14

D.

Darmstadt, J. Lind at, 160, 231–236

Das Feldlager in Schlesien, 122, 129

Début, the, at the New Opera House (Berlin), 121; at Vienna, 196

Début, in London, 265

——, reported, in Paris, 90

Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart’s Figaro), 419

Desideria, Queen, wife of Bernadotte, 66; favours J. Lind, 98; as Queen Dowager, 109, 110; a bunch of forget-me-nots, 429

Devrient, Schrœder-, 115; as Valentine, 190

Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B., on J. Lind, 334, 335

Dolby, Miss, duet with J. Lind, 180

Dresden, 111; concert at, 415; as Mme. Goldschmidt’s residence, 450

Düsseldorf, Mme. Goldschmidt in Elijah at, 415

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Echo Song, Norwegian, 194, 357, 432

Ed-Sollentuna, 8, 14

Elijah, Mendelssohn’s letter upon, 212; first performance of, 233; at Exeter Hall, 262, 452; for foundation of Mendelssohn Scholarships, 340; soprano part composed for J. Lind, 340

Elizabeth, Queen of Prussia, personal interest of, in J. Lind, 145, 146

Empress-Mother of Austria, the, 215

Ems, J. Lind at, 396

Erikson, Mme., 35; letter from J. Lind, 173, 174

Ernst, H. W., on tour with Mr. and Mme. Goldschmidt, 451

Euryanthe, remarks on, 139, 140

F.

Feilitzen, Mme. Lotten von (Lindblad’s daughter), 43

Fellborg, Anna Maria, mother of J. Lind. (See Lind, Fru.)

Ferndal, Carl, organist and parish clerk at Ed-Sollentuna, 8, 14

Festival, Lower Rhine Musical, 217; committee of, 219

Figlia del Reggimento, La, 151, 281–3

Forsberg, Herr, 15; signs J. Lind’s first theatrical agreement, 18; J. Lind’s letters to 71, 82, 453

Frankfort, 156–9, 228

Frederick William IV., rebuilds Berlin Opera House, 121; recognition of J. Lind’s talent, 146; causes her to sing to English Royal Guests, 152; appoints J. Lind Kammersängerin, 311

French, Baroness and Miss French, 373, 374, 402, 425

Friends in England, 366

Frith, Mr. (‘Reminiscences’), 407

Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn), 181, 221

Fund, the Swedish (J. Lind’s American earnings), destination of, 408

——, the Nightingale, 451

——, the Turkish Refugee, 452

Fundin, Mina, friendship for J. Lind, 21, 22; invited to meet J. Lind at Nienstädten, 225; concert for benefit of, 317

G.

Gade, Niels W., Herr, 163; his Cantata Comala, 193

Garcia, Signor Manuel, 66; first opinion of J. Lind, 67; a further hearing, 68, 69; on J. Lind in tragedy, 78; J. Lind’s desire to be taught by him, 66

Gardoni, Signor, 260; on tour in England with J. Lind, 301

Gastrollen, definition of the term, 122; at Copenhagen, 161; at Berlin, 169

Geibel, Dr. Emanuel, the poet, 199, 213

Geijer, Professor Erik Gustaf, 56; influence of, on J. Lind, 56, 57; his song for J. Lind, 57; scholarships in his memory founded by Mme. Goldschmidt, 408

Geijer, Mme. Erik Gustaf, letter written after musical festival at Aix-la-Chapelle, 222

Gewandhaus, the, at Leipzig, concerts, 178, 200, 201

Goldschmidt, Mme., artistic career, 451; concert at Cannes, 452; gift of mimicry, 453; a severe critic, 453; inner life, 454; her dominant self, 456; on her own performance of Alice, 266; on flexibility of the larynx, 362; objections to contortions of visage, 363; singing beneficial to the chest, 363; letter to the late Mr. Deacon, 363, 364; Queen Marie of Hanover’s record, 414, 415

Goldschmidt, Mr. Otto, as accompanist, 449; at Leipzig, 179; concert for Brompton Hospital, 333; at Hamburg accompanying J. Lind, 399; the Lübeck ball, 411; concert (Hamburg), 399; American tour, 449; marriage, 448, 450; co-operation with madame, 451, 452; Ruth, 452

Gothenburg, 38, 39

Göttingen, 412, 413

Grisi, Mme., J. Lind’s opinion of, 76, 77; as Norma, 286; secedes from H.M. Theatre, 231, 260; generous words of, 285, 286

Grote, Mr. Joseph, entertains J. Lind, 387

Grote, Mrs., on first appearance of J. Lind before the Queen, 155; on J. Lind’s desire to leave the stage, 156; 466the Bunn contract, 156, 229; entertains J. Lind, 262; MS. Memoir, 263, 307, et passim; a home-thrust by, 264; on Mr. Lumley’s fête, 299; at Clairville, 299; account of J. Lind’s first provincial tour, 300, 301; “Farewell,” 307; provincial tour, 1848, 337–339; the literary and musical world, 368; J. Lind with her at Paris, 392

Guhr, Prof., enthusiasm of, 157

Günther, Prof. Julius, 100, 101; at Westerwik, 105; concerts with J. Lind for Josephson, 106, 107; engagement to J. Lind, 322; broken off, 387

H.

Habicht, the Chevalier Charles Edward, 446

Hall, Mr. and Mrs. S. C., 330

Hamburg, J. Lind’s first appearance at, 148; concerts at, 399

Handel, revival of L’Allegro and Il Penseroso, 452; Messiah at Liverpool, 433; at Halle, 451

Hanover, King Georg V. and Queen Marie of, 225; became acquainted with J. Lind, 412; the Queen’s Reminiscences, 412–15

Harris, Capt. Claudius, 387–91

Hauser, Herr Franz, biographical note, 203; proves a true friend, 205; letters from Mendelssohn, 204, 217, 223

Heiberg, Fru (famous Danish actress), the beauty and genius of, 101

Heidelberg, J. Lind at, 245

Heimdall, a Swedish literary periodical, 25; description of J. Lind’s singing, 31

H.M. Theatre, affairs in disorder, 231; review of perplexities, 259; State visit to, 284

Hierta, M. and Mme. Lars, 89, 90; letters from J. Lind, 123, on her philanthropic plans, 313, 314

Huguenots, Les, 189

I.

Ich muss nun einmal singen, song by Rellstab and Taubert, 311, 414, 416

J.

Jaeger, Fräulein Augusta von, 253; letters to, 361, 362, 425

Jaeger, Prof. and Mme. von, 247; letters to, 272, 275, 315, 319, 320, 321

Jensen, the artist, picture by, 105

Joachim, Prof., at Leipzig, 252; on tour with Mr. and Mme. Goldschmidt in Ireland, 451

Johannson, Louise, 8; resides with J. Lind, 41; letter to, 62; companion to, 91

Josephson, Jakob Axel, 99; J. Lind’s assistance to, 100, 106, 107, 176; welcomes her to Dresden, 112; visits her at Berlin, 128; on her Berlin success, 167; letter from J. Lind to, 176, 177; concert for the benefit of, 317

Jüngken, Prof., letter from, 416

K.

Kammersängerin, appointment as Austrian, 254; as Prussian, 311

Kaskel, Consul Karl, 112, 113

Kaulbach, Prof. and Mme. Wilhelm von, 238, 243; letters to, 244, 323, 336

Koch, M. and Mme. von, 65, 151, 156

Kuhe, Mr., concert at which J. Lind sang, 215

Küstner, Herr von (Intendant of the R. Theatres, Berlin), 129, 309

L.

Lablache, Signor, 259; alone faithful, 260; letter to Mr. Lumley, 261; introduced to J. Lind, 263; J. Lind on, 295; at Osborne, 295; Dottore Dulcamara, 327; at concert for Brompton Hospital, 333; on J. Lind’s fioritura, 361; at Mrs. Grote’s, 368

Lablache, Signor F., on tour in England with J. Lind, 301, 337; on tour with Mr. and Mme. Goldschmidt, 451

Ladugårdslands church, at Stockholm, 64

Lansdowne House, concert at, 277

Last Opera, the, 348

Last Words, 448

467Leopold, King of the Belgians, on J. Lind, 155; at Buckingham Palace, 295

Lewin, Mr. Edward, 156, 229; on tour in England with J. Lind, 301, 337; at home in Swedish, 301; the friend of J. Lind, 301, 369; escorts J. Lind to England, 369

Leipzig, 178; the Conservatorium at, 179

Lexicon, Swedish Biographical, 11

Lind, Fru (the mother of Jenny), 8, 20, 21; Jenny boarding with her, while a pupil at Theatre-School, 17; letters from, 38, 39, 40, 41; J. Lind’s record of their meeting in 1848, 319; regarding her death, 443–445

Lind, Jenny, Retrospection, 1–6; at the Royal Theatre, 7; Birth, parentage, and early life, 7; detection of musical gifts, 10; the historic fanfare, 10, 11; adoption 11; introduction to Croelius, 12; Pupilage, 15; agreement, 16, 17; summary of training, 17; first recorded letter of, 22, 23; Career, 24; dramatic power, 24, 77; first appearance, æt. 10, 24, 25; Heimdall, 25, 30, 31; The Daily Allehanda, 29, 30; Discovery, 35; overstrain, 37, 38; country life, 38, 39; leaves her mother, 41; final disruption, 42; a congenial home, 42; serenade and presentation of plate, 43; the “nightingale,” 44; in Stockholm society, 48, 49, 50; personal appearance of, 53; height, 53; Character, 54; Pilgrimage, 58; provincial tour (Sweden), 62; characteristic charities, 62, 63, 161, 163, 164; overstrain, 63, 64; remuneration (1840), 64; object of visit to Paris, 64, 66; in Paris, 65; energy and perseverance, 68, 69; ab initio, 70; scale practice, 70; the shake, 70; management of the breath, 70, 71; railway accident, 78, 79; recovery of full powers, 80; engaged for Stockholm, 85, seq.; false report of Parisian début, 89, 90; Achievement, 91; Home: and after?, 91; messa di voce, 92; change of guardianship, and provision for parents, 94, 95, 97; sings at Copenhagen, 102; return to Stockholm, 106; letter on Armida, 106; Dresden, 109; study of German, 111; recalled to Stockholm, 113; appearances at, 114; offer of engagement and pension, 114; final refusal, 114; arrival at Berlin, 115, 116; Transfiguration, 117, 118; generosity of J. Lind, 123, 124; début in Norma, 125; first appearance as Vielka, 131; a serenade, 133; text of the Bunn contract, 130, 137; Bunn contract signed, 137; alarming attack, 141; a touching Auf Wiedersehen, 144; “oscillation,” 147, 379; at Hamburg, 148; return to Germany, 153; appears before Queen Victoria, 154; at Frankfort, 154, 156, 157; voice, 157; cadenzas, 157; at Copenhagen, 161; at Leipzig, 179, seq.; ovation at, 182, 183; Die Vestalin at Berlin, 184; at Weimar with Andersen, 188; Die Hugenotten at Berlin, 190; a sprained foot, 192; Auf Wiedersehen, 192–197; again at Leipzig, 198, 200; début at Vienna, 205; enthusiastic receptions, 205–7; Lower Rhine Musical Festival, 217; at Aix-la-Chapelle, 220; at Hanover, 225; at Hamburg, 226; excessive fatigue, 226; rest, 227; memorable visit to Frankfort, 229; refusal of Mr. Lumley’s offers, 229; fear of Mr. Bunn, 229, 256; at Darmstadt, 231; the Lumley contract, 235, 236; concerts particuliers, 239, 240, 242; at Vienna, 253; accepts Mr. Lumley’s proposals for London, 262; visits Mrs. Grote, 262; nervousness, 263; “a private” hearing, 263; perseverance and punctuality at rehearsals, 264; Roberto il Diavolo, 265 et seq.; the Terzetto in Act V., 266; La Sonnambula, 278 et seq.; “the Priestess of Nature,” 283; Norma, 284; I Masnadieri, 288; the music of Mozart, 290; among British Royalties, 294; Swedish songs, 295; operatic triumphs reviewed, 296; how our national heart was won, 297; in the Provinces, 298; studying at Burnham, 298; at Mr. Lumley’s Fête champêtre, 299; on tour, 300; Dove sono, 302; Swedish songs, 302; last weeks in England, 307; departure, 307; arrival at Berlin, 310; La Sonnambula, 310; farewell to Berlin stage, 310; appointed Prussian Kammersängerin, 311; last

468notes at Berlin, 311; religious convictions, 315; voice in normal splendour, 316; last appearance at Stockholm, 317; grief for the death of Mendelssohn, 320, 321; the Fund for the Theatre School, 321; engagement to Herr Günther, 322; broken off by mutual consent, 387; farewell to Sweden, 323; arrival in London, second season, 324; re-appearance at Her Majesty’s Theatre, 324; Lucia, 326; I Puritani, 327; unrivalled as a composer of cadenze, 327, 328; concert for Brompton Hospital, 332; on tour in England, 337, 338; at Leeds, 338; the Mendelssohn Foundation, 337, 339 et seq.; performance of Elijah, 340; at Manchester, 342; at Birmingham, 342; Yule-tide at Crumpsall, 343; concert for Southern Hospital, Liverpool, 343; “Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children,” 343; at Norwich, 343; College Hall, Worcester, 344; list of charity concerts in nine weeks, 345; intended renunciation of Stage, 348; Lumley in despair, 349; a compromise, 349; re-appearance in Opera, 350; glorious reception, 350; the last farewell to the Stage, 350, 351, 352; the Method, 355; quality of voice and vocal technique, 355, 356, 361; Norwegian Echo Song, 357; the basis of the voice, 357; indomitable perseverance, 357, 361; cadenze, 357; the shake, 358, 359; exercise on the shake, 358, 359; management of the breath, 359, 360; articulation, 360, 361; summary of eleven years’ work, 364, 365; the home of her adoption, 366; a kindly refuge, 369; as St. Cecilia, 369; influence of the Stanley family, 369 et seq.; the Bishop’s bible, 371; Why did J. Lind leave the Stage?, 376; the domestic instinct, 380; quotation from letter to Mme. Erikson on retirement, 381; to Josephson, 381; to Miss Behrens, 381; to Mme. Wichmann, 383; to Mme. Birch-Pfeiffer, 383; appeal from Rellstab, 383; resolved to leave the Stage, 384; visit to Mr. Joseph Grote, 387; engagement to Captain Harris, 388; Mr. Nassau Senior’s advice, 390; the settlements, 390; engagement broken off, 392; Paris, 393; cholera, 394; at Cologne—a crisis, 394; shattered nerves, 395; at Meran, 398; Berlin, 400; American contract signed, 405; last concert as J. Lind, 408; destination of “private or separate fund,” 408, 409; happy days, 410, 411, 422; with the Schumanns at Hamburg, 420 et seq.; the Academic Union of Lund, 424; the Stockholm medal, 429, 430, 431; address, 430; Moreton Gardens, picture of J. Lind at St. Clara, Stockholm, 431; at Liverpool, 432; marriage, 448

Lind, Niclas Jonas, the father of J. Lind, 7, 8; resigns guardianship of, 97

Lindblad, Adolf F., the composer, opera by, 32; receives J. Lind into his home, 42; biographical sketch of, 42, 54; his influence on J. Lind, 55; his songs, 55, 297

Lindskog, Mdlle. Apollonia, 41; accompanies J. Lind to Dresden, 112, 113

Liverpool, J. Lind at, 343, 347, 433; departure from, 436; the Messiah at, 347

Liverpool, the late Lord, on J. Lind, 155

Lona, Tante. See Lindskog.

London, J. Lind’s arrival in, 262

Lower Rhine Musical Festival (1846), the, 217–224

Lübeck, 402; American contract signed at, 405–407

Lumley, Mr., 229; affairs of H.M. Theatre, 231; letter of introduction to J. Lind for, from Mendelssohn, 232, seq.; letter to Mendelssohn from, 234, 235; conditions of the Lumley Contract, 235, 236; managerial enterprise, 261, 287; anxiety for a new opera, 287; withdrawal of Mendelssohn, 287; Verdi’s I Masnadieri, 288; Lumley’s villa near Putney, 299; at Bath, 307; second contract with J. Lind, 307; the Bunn verdict, 318; on season of 1848, 329; liberality of, 332; her loyalty to, 390

Lund, University of, donation from J. Lind, 408

Lundberg, Mdlle. (a dancer at the R. Theatre, Stockholm), 12

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Magnus, Professor, portrait, of J. Lind, 195, 251; replica of the portrait, 196

Malvern Hills, cottage on the, bought, 408; Mme. Goldschmidt’s last illness at, 423, 424; her last notes, 423, 424

Manchester, J. Lind at, 338, 342, 432

Mario (famous tenor), revolts from Lumley, 260; memorable party at St. Petersburg, 285

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 2, 3; first meeting with J. Lind, 119; his opinion of J. Lind, 163; at Berlin, 177; concert at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 181, 182; his speech, 183; letter to J. Lind, 192, 208, 211; Elijah unfinished, 212; correspondence with Hauser, 217, 223; further letters to J. Lind, 226, 230, 232, 238, 250, 256; last visit to England, 262; receives J. Lind, with Mrs. Grote, 262; produces Elijah, 262; disappointment as to Scribe’s libretto for La Tempesta, 287; songs by, sung by J. Lind at Osborne, 295; death of, 320; influence of, on J. Lind, 321, 385; proposed School of Music in honour of, 337

Mendelssohn, Mme. Felix, 199; letters from J. Lind to, 396

Meran, J. Lind at, 398

“Method, The,” 355–364

Meyerbeer, 2, 34; hears J. Lind in Paris, 87; his opinion of her, 89; anxiety to engage her for the Berlin Opera, 109; “enchanted” by her interpretation of his Vielka, 131; letter from, 142; his Vielka at Vienna, 254, 255; in Paris, 393; his Prophète, 393

Mozart, the music of, 290; his Recitativo secco, 291, 293; J. Lind’s admiration of, 290

Munich, at, 238, 243, 244

Munthe, Carl, 95–97

Munthe, Judge H. M., 31; character of, 95; letters to, from Berlin, 116, 147, 177; letter to, from Stuttgard, 245; from London, 274; a noteworthy letter from J. Lind, 336; in Paris, and travelling with J. Lind, 394, 395; letters to, 410, 441

N.

New York, a day’s work in, 445, 446

Nienstädten, near Altona, J. Lind’s visits to, 168, 225

Nightingale, 43, 157, 164; “The Swedish,” 271; the beloved, 297; J. Lind’s, 298; the Northern, 412, 415

Nissen, Mdlle., 70; sings with J. Lind, 74, 75; her prospect of high reputation, 76

Norwich, 302; the Cathedral, 302; reception continued, 303, 304; at, 343

Nozze di Figaro, Le, 290–293

Nuremberg, J. Lind at, 245

O.

Oak Lea, Wimbledon, 450

Œhlenschläger, the poet, 163

Oldenburg, J. Lind at, 415

O Jugend, O schöne Rosenzeit (in Mendelssohn’s song), 412

Operas:— Anna Bolena, 64 Armida (Gluck), 196 Château de Menténero (Dalayrac), 36 Divertissement National (Berwald), 97, 98 Don Giovanni, Il (Don Juan), Berlin, 169 Elisir d’Amore, L’, 319; first time in London, 326 Elves, The (Van Boom), 365 Euryanthe (Weber), 43, 138, 139, 140 Feldlager in Schlesien, Das, 109, 111, 112; in Berlin, 131–133; at Vienna, 253 Ferdinand Cortez (Spontini), 365 Figlia del Reggimento (first appearance), 150; its special charm, 151; at Vienna, 248; in London, 282; at Berlin, 310; at Stockholm, 316; last performance, 350 Freischütz, Der (Weber), 35, 36, 71, 148; at Berlin, 170; at Vienna, “an immense success,” 214; at Stockholm, 316; grand Scena from, 360 Frondörerne (Lindblad), 32 Gazza Ladra, La, 93 Huguenots, Les, 93; at Berlin, 189; Vienna version, Die Ghibellinen in Pisa, 214 470Jag går i Kloster (Berwald), 365 Lucia di Lammermoor, 43, 150; first time in England and Times critique on, 325, 326 Marie (Hérold), 43 Masnadieri, I, 288 May Day in Wärend, A, 97, 106 Norma, 64; at Stockholm, 92; at Berlin, 125–127; at Vienna, 205, 206; in London, 284 Nozze di Figaro, Le, 93, 243, 290; the Recitativo secco, 293 Puritani, I, first performance by J. Lind, 327; Times critique upon, 328 Roberto il Diavolo, 34, 36, 41, 42; at Copenhagen, 102; at H.M. Theatre, 265 et seq.; last performance, 350, 351 Semiramide (Rossini), 93, 365 Sonnambula, La, at Stockholm, 93, 149; at Vienna, 207; ovation, 214, 215; in London, 278 et seq.; second season in London, 324; last performance, 350, 351 Swiss Family, The (Weigl), 63, 92 Straniera, La, 30, 63 Turco in Italia, Il (Rossini), 150 Vestale, La (Spontini), 36, 43; at Berlin, 184 Vielka (Das Feldlager in Schlesien), at Vienna, 253; Fräulein von Jaeger’s account of, 253, 254; the famous Trio in, 253 Zauberflöte, Die, 63, 349

Opera Houses:— Berlin, 125, 169; final farewell, 310 Copenhagen, 102, 161 Dresden, 112 Hamburg (Stadt-Theater), 148 Hanover (Court Theatre), 225 Munich, 244 Stockholm, 149 et seq. Vienna, 204, 247

Operatic Parts. See Operas.

Oratorio, J. Lind in, 376; “the wish of my heart,” 396

Oratorios:— Haydn’s Creation, Aix-la-Chapelle, 221, 223; Exeter Hall, 345, 452 Handel’s Messiah, Liverpool, 433; Halle, 451; (Rotterdam, 1855); Düsseldorf, 451; Exeter Hall, 452 —— Alexander’s Feast (Aix-la-Chapelle), 221 Handel’s L’Allegro ed Il Penseroso, 452 —— St. Cecilia, Ode, Düsseldorf, 451 Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Exeter Hall, 340, 452; at Düsseldorf, 415 Schumann’s Paradise and the Peri at Düsseldorf (1855); in London, 451 Otto Goldschmidt’s Ruth, 452

Osborne, J. Lind at, 295

Oscar I. of Sweden, coronation of, 113; request to J. Lind, 400; letter from, 400, 401

P.

Paris, J. Lind in, 65; street cries of, 69; J. Lind’s opinion of, 81; Italian Opera, 76, 89; visit to, in 1849, 392

Pasta, Mme., Norma written for, 125

Perman, Fru (Östersund, Sweden), 9

Persiani, Mme., J. Lind’s impressions of, 76; in revolt, 231; secedes from H.M. Theatre, 260

Pillet, Leon, Mons., Director, Grand Opera, Paris, 88; contradiction of false reports respecting, 90

Plays:— Adèle de Sénanges, 33 American Monkey, The, 35 Angelo Malipieri, 33 Bride of the Capital, The, 33 Bride of the Tomb, The, 33 Death of Wallenstein, The, 33 Fausse Agnès, La, 29 Fisherman, The, 33 Foster-Son, The, 30 Jealous Wife, 33 Jenny Mortimer, 33 Johanna de Montfaucon, 29 Ludicrous Encounter, The, 33 Marie di Sivry, 33 New Bluebeard, The, 32 New Garrison, The, 30 Pasha of Suresne, The, 29 Polish Mine, The, 25 Sentinel, The, 33 Sons of King Edward, The, 33, 35 Students of Småland, The, 29 Testamentet, 25–29 Thirty Years of a Gambler’s Life, 29 471Unknown Son, The, 32 Zoe, 33 (To this list must be added certain ephemeral plays, or fragments of plays—to the number of about a dozen—not mentioned in the text.)

Pokorny, Director (Vienna), 158, 247; in despair, 205

Prince Consort, H.R.H. the late, 152, 155; at H.M. Theatre on J. Lind’s appearance, 265; state visit to the opera (Norma), 284, 350, 351

Provinces, in the, 298

Prussia, Princess of (the late Empress Augusta), 117

Puget, Mdlle. du, 73, 74

Puke, Count, 12, 13

Q.

Queen’s State Visit to the Opera, the, 284

R.

Rachel, J. Lind on, 77

Redern, Graf von, 160; messages to, 399, 443

Reeves, Mr. Sims, 452

Rellstab, Ludwig, critic and poet, 126, 191; author of libretto of Meyerbeer’s Camp of Silesia, 122; of Prologue for Festival performance of Weber’s Euryanthe, 139; his criticisms on J. Lind’s “Norma,” 126; “Euryanthe,” 140; “Agatha,” 171; “Julia,” in La Vestale, 184; “Valentine,” in The Huguenots, all at Berlin, 190; his notices on farewell performance second Berlin season, 196; in La Sonnambula once more at Berlin (1847), 310; his protest against her retirement from the stage, 383; welcomes her back to Berlin and reviews her as a concert-singer, 417–420

Reyer, Mme., 116, 128

Rhine, the, 219 et seq.

Ridderstolpe, Baroness, 116, 119, 128

Roger, M., the great French tenor, 337; “Mark this well,” 338; his “Le Carnet d’un Tenor,” 285

Rollet, Hermann, poet, 188

Rossi, Countess (Sontag), 116; fame of, 117, 417

Ruckman, Fröken Marie, 81

Ruffiaques, Mme., J. Lind’s hostess at Paris, 66, 73

S.

Sainton, M., on tour with Mr. and Mme. Goldschmidt, 451

Sassenay, Marquis and Marquise de (Aix-la-Chapelle), 220

Schiller, tomb of, 188; his Die Räuber (Verdi’s I Masnadieri), 288

Scholarships:— “Geijer,” at Upsala University, 408 “Jenny Lind,” at the Stockholm Academies, 313, 314, 321 “Mendelssohn,” in London, 340 “Bishop Tegnér,” at Lund University, 408

Schrœder, Herr Schoeltz von, Prussian envoy to Denmark, 160

Schumann, Mme. Clara, at Leipzig, 200; at Vienna, 248; diary of, 249; introduced to Mme. Wichmann by J. Lind, 255; her diary recording their meeting and joint concerts at Hamburg, 420–422; concert in London, 452

Schumann, Dr. Robert, at Vienna, 248; at Hamburg, 420; his genius, 423; his songs, 420–422; his An den Sonnenschein, 421, 424

Schwabe, Mr. and Mme. Salis, at Manchester, 343, 373; with J. Lind at Liverpool, 432; letters to, 375, 398, 427

Schwerin, Court Theatre at, 149

Seminoff, Fräulein von, 422

Senior, Mr. Nassau, 266, 393; his advice and intervention, 390–392

Shake, the, 269; Queen Victoria’s remark on it, 280; Mme. Goldschmidt’s way of teaching it, with musical example, 358, 359

Soult, Mme. la Maréchale, 66

South Germany, 237

Spontini at Berlin, 170; his masterpiece, 184

St. Clara (parish of), at Stockholm, 7; singing at, 431

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (Dean of Westminster), descriptive letter from, 303–307

472Stanley, Bishop, of Norwich, 301; invitation to J. Lind, 302; his watchful care of her, 369; farewell letter, 370; the Bishop’s present of a Swedish Bible, 371

——, Mrs. (the Bishop’s wife) motherly devotion to J. Lind, 369, 392; letters on her second visit to Norwich, 372, 373; conversation with, 388; J. Lind’s letters to, 353, 449

Staudigl, Herr, at Vienna, 205; in Figaro, at H.M. Theatre, 291

Stedingk, Fröken von, her Diary, 98, 109; on J. Lind’s return to Sweden in 1848, 313, 318; in 1850, 428, 429

Stockholm, Home for Widows of Burghers, 11; soirée at in 1839, 48, 50; J. Lind’s return to, 316, 428; Children’s Hospital at, 409

Students, the Göttingen, 412; letter to, from J. Lind, 413

Stuttgard, at, 243

Suleika (Mendelssohn), 419

Sweden, bequest to, 313, 314, 408, 430

Swedish Songs, at Dresden, 113; at Berlin, 145; at Leipzig, 180, 181; at Buckingham Palace, and at Osborne, 295; at Norwich, 302; at Hanover, 411; in America, 442

Swedish Medal Committee and address, 429

T.

Taglioni, Mons. Paul, 109

Tamburini, 259, 260

Tasmania, Bishop Nixon of, 304, 306; J. Lind on, 371; letter to J. Lind, 371.

Taubert, Prussian Hof-Kapellmeister, at Leipzig, 192; Mendelssohn’s account of, 193; at Vienna, 213, 218; new song by, 311, 442; messenger to J. Lind from King of Prussia, 400

Tegnér, Bishop, Scholarships in memory of, 408

Tempesta, La, 289

Tengmark, Fru, Jenny’s grandmother, 9, 10

Thalberg, Sigismund, a visitor at Clairville, 330; at Mrs. Grote’s, 368

Theatre, Royal, at Stockholm, 15; school of girls, 15, 16; directors of the, 16; J. Lind invited to sing for, by the King, 400

Tieck, the poet, an evening spent with him, 133

Topelius, the Finnish poet, 99

Tuczec, Fräulein, 122–125; the Zerlina of, 170; in the concert-room, 145, 418

U.

Upsala, J. Lind at, 37, 38; concert at, for Josephson, 107; University of, 408

V.

Victoria, Queen, the preparations for entertaining, on her first visit to the Continent since her accession, 152, 153; enchanted with J. Lind, 155; at Frankfort, 159; at H.M. Theatre, 265, 267; enthusiasm of, 268; critique on Sonnambula, 280, 281; constant attendance at H.M. Theatre, second J. Lind season, 328, 329

Vielka. See Meyerbeer.

Vienna, J. Lind at, 202; the début at, 205; J. Lind’s love for, 215, 276

Vivanot, Dr., 202; death of Mme., 247

W.

Wainwright, Bishop, of New York, 448

Weber, Carl Maria von, 138

Weigall, Lady Rose, memorandum by, 117–119

Weimar, J. Lind and Andersen at, 187; at Goethe’s and Schiller’s graves, 188

Wellington, the Duke of, 277, 346

West, Captain, s.s. Atlantic, 437

Westmorland, Earl of, 116, 117; and the Bunn contract, 135

Westmorland, Lady, testimony of, 117, 118

Why did J. Lind leave the Stage?, 376–392

Wichmann, Prof. Ludwig and Frau Amalia, their home, 119, 415; Magnus’ portrait of J. Lind, a tribute from her to them, 195; medallion-portrait by Prof. Wichmann, 195, 309; 473letters to Frau Amalia, 168, 199, 213, 254, 309, 337, 394, 409, 442

Wichmann, Herr Rudolph (member for Koenigsberg in the German Reichstag), 169, 224

Willis, Parker, notes on J. Lind, 445–447

Wilton, Mr., agent for Mr. Barnum, 405, 406

Wimbledon, 368, 450

Windsor Castle, Mme. Goldschmidt at, 451

Wynd’s Point, Malvern Hills, 461–462

Z.

Zauberflöte, Die, 63, 349

Zwiegesang (Mangold’s) first time, 419

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