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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 1: birth, parentage, childhood (search)
is I was enabled to add some knowledge of Latin, and afterward of Italian and German. The routine of my school life was varied now and then by a concert and by Handel's oratorios, which were given at long intervals by an association whose title I cannot now recall. I eagerly anticipated, and yet dreaded, these occasions, for mseasons of English opera, in which Mrs. Austin was the favorite prima donna. This lady sang also in oratorio, and I recall her rendering of the soprano solos in Handel's Messiah as somewhat mannered, but on the whole quite impressive. A higher grade of talent came to us in the person of Mrs. Wood, famous before her marriage anded all the great musical talent of Europe. He gave me lessons for many years, and I learned from him to appreciate the works of the great composers, Beethoven, Handel, and Mozart. When I grew old enough for the training of my voice, Mr. Boocock recommended to my father Signor Cardini, an aged Italian, who had been an intimate
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 20: friends and worthies: social successes (search)
a very valuable musical education. Boston has seemed darker to me since the light of this eminent musical intelligence has left it. I subjoin a tribute of my affection for him in these lines, which were suggested by Mr. Loeffler's rendering of Handel's Largo at a concert, especially dedicated to the memory of this dear friend. I also add a verse descriptive of the effect of the funeral march from Beethoven's Heroica, which made part of the programme in question. Boston Music Hall, October 11 1980. Handel's Largo: in Memoriam Otto Dresel. On every shining stair an angel stood, And to our dear one said, ‘Walk higher, friend.’ Till, rapt from earth, in a celestial mood, He passed from sight to blessings without end; And where his feet had trod, a radiant flood His lofty message of content did send. Beethoven's funeral March. The heavy steps that 'neath new burdens tread, The heavy hearts that wait upon the dead, The struggling thoughts that single out, through tears, The happ
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
r mansion, 77; his remarks on Margaret Fuller's English, 146. Hampton, Mrs. Frank (Sally Baxter), meets the Howes in Havana, 234; invites them to her home in South Carolina, 235. Hampton, Wade, his statement with regard to slavery, 235. Handel, his Messiah given in New York, 15; appreciation of his work taught, 16. Handel and Haydn Society, 14. Harte, Bret, at Newport, 402. Harvard College, shunned as a Unitarian institution, 24. Harvard Divinity School, Theodore Parker at,Handel and Haydn Society, 14. Harte, Bret, at Newport, 402. Harvard College, shunned as a Unitarian institution, 24. Harvard Divinity School, Theodore Parker at, 162. Hawkes, Rev. Francis L., his abuse of Germans and abolitionists, 61. Haynes, Rev., Lorenza, takes part in the convention of women ministers, 312. Healy, G. P. A., the artist, ball at his residence, 420, 421. Healy, Mrs., 420. Hedge, Dr. F. H., his translations, 147; member of the Radical Club, 282; defends Protestant progress, 285; his Phi Beta address, 295; pastorates in Providence and Boston, 296, 297; second Phi Beta address, 298; becomes professor of German at Harvard, 299