CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| HANDEL, | [7] |
| TARTINI, | [21] |
| HAYDN, | [39] |
| FRIEDEMANN BACH, | [75] |
| SEBASTIAN BACH, | [105] |
| THE OLD MUSICIAN, | [120] |
| MOZART, | [129] |
| THE ARTIST’S LESSON, | [169] |
| GLUCK IN PARIS, | [184] |
| BEETHOVEN, | [201] |
| THE MISSION OF GENIUS, | [227] |
| PALESTRINA, | [244] |
| THREE LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF A TRAVELLER, | [251] |
| THE YOUNG TRAGEDIAN, | [261] |
| FRANCIS LISZT, | [271] |
| TAMBURINI, | [292] |
| BELLINI, | [311] |
| LOVE VERSUS TASTE, | [320] |
Nouvellettes of the Musicians.
HANDEL.
In the parlor of the famous London tavern, “The Good Woman,” Fleet street, No. 77, sat Master John Farren, the host, in his arm-chair, his arms folded over his ample breast, ready to welcome his guests.
It was seven in the evening; the hour at which the members of the club were used to assemble, according to the good old custom in London, in 1741. Directly before John Farren, stood Mistress Bett, his wife, her withered arms akimbo, and an angry flush on her usually pale and sallow cheeks.
“Is it true, Master John,” she asked, in a shrill tone; “is it possible! do you really mean to throw our Ellen, our only child, into the arms of that vagabond German beggar?”
“Not exactly to throw her into his arms, Mistress Bett,” replied John, quietly; “but Ellen loves the lad, and he is a brave fellow—handsome, honest, gifted, industrious——”
“And poor as a church mouse!” interrupted Bett; “and nobody knows who or what he may be!”