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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Jenny Lind in London. (search)
Jenny Lind in London. --Mr. John S. Dwight, editor of the Boston Journal of Music, writes to that paper a letter dated London, July 22d, on musical matters there, giving an account of a sort of semi-private concert for the benefit of the Society of Female Artists. Several hundred distinguished ladies and gentlemen were present, and amongst the artists who participated in the musical performances were Jenny Lind and Patti. Of the concert Mr. Dwight thus speaks: It was in fact "JennyMr. Dwight thus speaks: It was in fact "Jenny Lind's concert." The great songstress has chosen this occasion to make renewal trial of her powers before a public for the first time after a long seclusion; and the result was so satisfactory as to inspire a general wish, amounting almost to a hope, that she may yet resume her throne as Queen of Song; for surely there is no one who could dispute it with her; no one who could radiate or rather vibrate a purer and more quickening influence from that tuneful eminence. Ten years, of course, with