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1soupirez, Madame.' On Nov. 10, 1892, she made her début in this country, under Hallé at Manchester, and became an immediate favourite there at subsequent concerts under him in that city and elsewhere. On Feb. 22, 1893, under Hallé, she made her début at an orchestral concert at St. James's Hall, when she sang 'La Captive' of Berlioz. On March 25, at the Crystal Palace, she confirmed the favourable impression she had made, and later in the autumn she sang at the Bristol Festival. For the next few years she lived in London, where her mother had established herself as a teacher, and became a great favourite at the above concerts, the Philharmonic, Ballad Concerts, and elsewhere. In 1897 and 1898, announced as from London, Mlle. Landi sang in Germany and Austria-Hungary, with the greatest success, her singing of Handel's 'Ombra mai fu' from 'Serse' being particularly appreciated. Her German engagements were principally at Berlin, her mother having settled for the time at Leipzig, where she had made her German début. In 1899 she sang in Holland, Belgium, Russia, and Poland, and in 1900 again in Germany, etc. In 1904 and 1905 she reappeared in London, giving vocal recitals at the Bechstein Hall and elsewhere. The voice of Mlle. Landi is of large compass, from the low d to a"; its quality is of infinite charm. She is the possessor of that personal magnetism which is of paramount importance for the modern lieder. She has a very large repertory of old Italian airs, and songs of Bach, Handel, Gluck, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Franz, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, as well as more modern writers. She often accompanies herself at concerts, being an excellent pianist. She is a proficient linguist, and sings in French, and German, besides her native Italian, with the greatest ease. At the present time, Mlle. Landi lives in her native town, Geneva. A. C.
3LANDOLFI, CARLO FERDINANDO (LANDULPHUS), a reputable violin-maker of Milan, where he lived in the Street of St. Margaret, 1750-60. He lived in an age when it had become expedient to copy rather than to invent. He occasionally copied Joseph Guarnerius so cleverly as to deceive experienced judges; and many of his works consequently cut a figure in the world even above their high intrinsic merits. Landolfi's patterns, in the midst of much excellence, exhibit that occasional faltering which too surely betrays the copyist; and his varnish is less solid, and possesses more of the quality known as 'sugariness,' than the makers of the golden age. Often it is thin and hard, especially when yellow in colour. Many red instruments, however, exist, which are covered with a highly transparent varnish; and these are the favourites. The Landolfi violoncellos are especially striking in quality and appearance, and are in greater demand than the violins. Good specimens realise from £30 to £50; common and undersized ones may be bought cheaper. E. J. P.
5LANDSBERG, LUDWIG, a German musician, native of Breslau, who went to Rome and remained there for twenty-four years, teaching the piano and amassing a wonderful collection of music, both printed and MS. On his death, at Rome, May 6, 1858, his library was taken, part to Berlin and part to Breslau, and a catalogue of the ancient portion was printed (Berlin, 1859, imprimé chez Ernest Kuhn)—whether the whole or a part, does not appear. It contains compositions by more than 150 musicians of the old Italian and Flemish schools, down to Casali. M. Fétis, however, who had received a MS. catalogue of the collection from Landsberg during his life, insists upon the fact that many of the most important works have disappeared. The catalogue itself does not appear to be any longer in the Fétis Library, which is now at Brussels.
7LANG, BENJAMIN JOHNSON, an American pianist, conductor, organist and teacher, was born Dec. 28, 1837, in Salem, Mass. His father was a well-known teacher of the pianoforte in that city, and he began his studies under him, continuing them under Francis G. Hill of Boston. By the time he was fifteen years old he held a post as organist of a Boston church. In 1855 he went to Europe to study composition in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany, and pianoforte with Alfred Jaell; he also had some intercourse with Liszt. On his return to Boston he made his first public appearance as a pianist in 1858. About this time he came under the influence of Gustav Satter who was then playing in the United States. A sudden illness of his father's compelled Mr. Lang to take over the former's pupils in 1852, and he has continued to give instruction with uninterrupted activity ever since. He has also been almost constantly in service as an organist during the same period, occupying posts successively in a number of the most prominent of Boston churches. He was appointed organist of the Handel and Haydn Society in 1859, and continued to serve in that capacity till 1895. His first appearance as a conductor was made in Boston in May 1862, when he gave the first performance in that city of Mendelssohn's 'Walpurgisnacht.' The next year he shared with Carl Zerrahn the direction of the music at the jubilee concert in honour of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and from that time forth he figured more and more extensively in Boston as a leader. He was appointed conductor of the Apollo Club, a men's singing society, at its formation in 1871, and remained as such until 1901. He has also been the conductor of the Caecilia, a mixed chorus, since its establishment in 1874, and was conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society for two seasons, 1895-97. He has given several complete performances of 'Parsifal' in concert form.
9In the early sixties Mr. Lang became more
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