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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Marchesi
2Sheffield Opera Festival, and at Leeds in 1906 she received command to sing at the Court of Brussels, where she was most graciously received. She then went to Berlin, after an absence of ten years, and scored a great triumph. In spite of much work in opera and concert Madame Blanche Marchesi has formed a large class in London, and has developed some very fine pupils. She is exceedingly versatile, and is said to regret that she was unable to follow a career as a dramatic writer, in which line of work she was encouraged by Dumas, Laube and Björnson.
4Marchesi, Luigi or Lodovico. 1755-1829.
5Called Marchesini. Handsome and brilliant opera-singer; born at Milan. His father played the horn at Modena and was his first teacher. He received training at Bergamo, as a sopranist, under Caironi and Albujoii, later completing his musical education at Milan under the conductor, Fioroni. In 1774 he made his debut at Rome in a woman's part, and was immediately successful. In 1775 the Elector of Bavaria engaged him to sing at his chapel, but this engagement lasted only until the Elector's death, two years later. Marchesi now sang in Milan, Venice and Treviso, and also in Munich, receiving the greatest applause. By 1778 he had obtained a place in the San Carlo Theatre, where he sang two seasons. In 1780 he sang in the principal cities of Italy, in Vienna and Berlin, and in 1785 went to St. Petersburg, but, fearing the rigorous climate, he went to London in 1788, where he sang until 1790. He retired from the stage in 1806, passing the remainder of his life in Milan. He composed some songs.
7Marchesi, Mathilde. 1826-
8Concert-singer and teacher; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, where her father was a wealthy merchant. In 1843, on the loss of his fortune, she began to study singing at Vienna with Nicolai, going to Garcia in Paris in 1845, and at the same time studying declamation with Samson, who was Rachel's teacher. In 1849 she settled in London, and became well known as a concert-singer. She married Salvatore Marchesi in 1852, and with him toured Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and France. In 1854 she became professor of singing at Vienna Conservatory, where she developed Ilma de Murska and Fricci Kraus. In 1861 she went to Paris, where she published her École du Chant, considered by such masters as Rossini as a superior text-book. From 1865 to 1868 she taught at Cologne Conservatory, leaving to continue her work at the Vienna Conservatory, where she remained until 1878, having as her pupils Etelka Gerster, Madame Schuch, Proska and others. She returned to Paris in 1881, and, although advanced in years, she is still teaching, and is considered the foremost teacher for feminine voices. Among her former pupils are Melba, Calvé, Sander- son, Eames and Adams. The Emperor of Austria awarded her the Cross of Merit of the first class, besides which honor she has been decorated by the Emperor of Germany, the King of Saxony and the King of Italy. She belongs to the St. Cecilia Society at Rome and to the Academy at Florence. She has published twenty-four books of vocal exercises; a Grand Practical Method; Exercises Élémentaires; Études d'agilité avec par les; École Marchesi, l'Art du Chant, Vocalises pour une, deux et trois voix; besides her reminiscences, Marchesi and Music, which appeared in 1897.
10Marchesi, Salvatore, Cavaliere de Casttrone, Marchese della Rojata. 1822-
11Italian barytone singer and teacher; born at Palermo. While studying law at Palermo he also took singing and composition of Raimonde; continuing his musical education at Milan under Fontana and Lamperti. Banished from Italy in 1848, he came to America, where he made his debut in the opera, Ernani. He went to London, studying there with Garcia, and appeared in concert for many years, marrying Mlle. Graumann in 1852 and afterward appearing in concert with her in Berlin, Brussels, London and in Italy. In 1854 he taught singing at the Conservatory in Vienna. In 1862 he was appointed Court singer to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and in 1865 he went to the Cologne Conservatory, remaining there until 1869. He was in Vienna again from 1869 to 1881, and has since then stayed in Paris. He has written some beautiful music for French, German and Italian words, as well as a Vocal Method, his twenty vocallizzi elementari e progressivi,
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