Everything points to the fact that in all branches of musical art, the time has come when England should work out her own salvation.
The result of a hundred and fifty years of foreign tutelage is not one of which any nation need be proud.
FOOTNOTES:
[21] The lead taken by Sir Henry Wood in this matter is one of his many claims to the gratitude of the country. His adoption of the French pitch, known as the "diapason normale," was an act of supreme importance, as tending to bring England in line with the rest of Europe.
[22] "Music in London: Impressions of a Stranger" (p. 11).
[23] L'ançienne école de chant Italienne est une chose du passé, dont je suis le seul et dernier représentant.
[24] To cite a few names that come most readily to the mind—Jenny Lind, Christine Nilsson, Madame Patey, Sims Reeves, Jean de Reszke, Charles Santley and Edouard de Reszke. Added to these, the great German singers, inseparably associated with the works of Wagner—all give colour to the idea.