Scan 77
Voice and violin: sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T.L. Phipson, 1898
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1course, had Mademoiselle Fréry, with others, under his charge.
3Some short time previously Standish had himself taken the first prize in De Bériot's class, and it was now this young lady's turn to compete for the same honour. There were four or five other competitors, all men, whose names I have now forgotten, except that of Beumer, who was afterwards for many years the first violin in the orchestra of the Brussel's Opera.
5A little while before, I had attended the competition of the singing class, in which Mademoiselle Sherrington (afterwards Madame Lemmens-Sherrington) had obtained a first prize, and now I was about to witness a still greater triumph, when Mademoiselle Fréry came out victorious.
7The great concert hall of the Grande Harmonie was crammed; for these competitions are open to the public. Many students of the University, and pupils of the École Militaire, stood against the wall of the balcony, or gallery round the floor, and the body of the hall was filled with an enthusiastic audience. De Bériot led the small string orchestra in front of the stage or platform; and Fétis occupied the chair, with his committee of judges, all seated at a table covered with green baize, placed in a corner of the room, to the left of the orchestra.
9In front of Monsieur Fétis was his glass of water,
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