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Celebrated violinists, past and present; ("The Strad" library), 1897
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1her first instruction, and with him she must have made very satisfactory progress since she made her first appearance in public as a violinist when only seven years old, having up to that time had but one master, her father. The first turn of the wheel of fortune was propitious for her, and when on her first tour she played at Nice, a wealthy Russian lady became interested in her, and gave her the necessary means to proceed to Paris to study under Massart.
3Many a kind friend did the young artist find in her youth, among them being the Queen Isabella of Spain and Madame MacMahon, in Paris, both of whom interested themselves in her in a practical manner. Signorina Tua entered the Paris Conservatoire, and there, after the necessary study, she won the first prize for violin playing in 1880; and in 1881 she made her first serious concert tour which extended through France and Spain to Italy. In 1882 she appeared for the first time in Vienna, and everywhere found a ready audience, some of whom may have been attracted by the youth and personal charm of the player. On the 5th May, 1883, she appeared at the Crystal Palace, London.
5After a prolonged tour in America, which was as successful as its European predecessors, Teresina Tua reappeared in Europe, and in Germany the critics said that she hardly exhibited that improvement in "spirituality" in her playing which they were led to expect from the promise she gave at her earliest appearances. But it was generally allowed that technically she had little left to learn. Shortly after this time she married Count Franchi Verney della Valletta, the distinguished Italian critic, and retired for a time into private life. But a year or two ago she reappeared on the concert platform, and her success was quite as pronounced as before. In 1891 her name was frequently to be found on Italian concert programmes, but she seems to have made no very extended tour, though she reappeared in London in January, 1897, when she gave a concert in St. James's Hall.
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