MDLLE. DUBOIN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1028, 6 August 1879, Page 2

MDLLE. DUBOIN.

We have already reprinted authorita*. testimony as to the ability of this lady. 5 now give a short sketch, as it apprarci l ., the Victorian papers, of her life:— j. young lady, who gave a pianoforte rccita; Thursday evening in the Town Hall,;, French parentage, but a native of Mosc, Her mother is still living. She is a \vo~ ; of refined and cultivated tastes, aiij T many years occupied the position of Froteacher at the Moscow Imperial Tnstit.established for the education of the ters of the Kitssian nobility. On her rotment from this position she came into the> ccipt of an annual jicnsion. The sulij,,this memoir very early displayed a for music. Iler talent soon became kaat Court, and in consideration oi . mother's long services at the Jnstitiii v; Empress of Russia sent her to the It.;. Conservatory of Music, founded by f delssohn in 1544. Here she completej studies under the direction of the eeleh. Moschelles, the intimate friend of V delssohn. In IS6S Mdlle. Duboin, t; the imjiulse of a romantic love of is visited in succession Dresden, Berlin,! cow, the principal towns of eastern Si;, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the l*of Bielte More (the White Sea), spendingabouttliree years in these excu Mdlle. Duboin visited Constantinoplmost of the principal towns of Europct Asiatic Turkey, whence she passed; Egypt. While in that land of rninan;: love of the marvellous induced her it the ancient city of Memphis. Ear! 1874 she returned to Europe. 111 Ita!; skill and refined taste as a pianisti fully appreciated and acknowledged 1.exaeting critics of that land of soul', ft visited Greece, she was honored ly Queen consort of George I. with an; graph letter of introduction to H.R.H Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Kilinl: and the late Princess Mary of Russia, stay in England extended only over months of the summer of IS7-1. ft that short time, however, her perform in Loudon excited a considerable amo: attention, very favorable notices hi appeared in the Times, the Atlicr and other papers. Her next journeyt, her native Moscow, which she risk France and Germany, and remained™ mother during the winter of 1874-5. f there she received inteligenee of th tended visit of the Prince of Wales toiM| This at once induced her to nial;eaj:H| sional tour to that part of Asia. SkKj obtained at St. Petersburgh in July,'Bp from the Duchess of Edinburgh, letting introduction to H.R.H. the PrinceotlHi : and to Lord Northbrook, Govcrm.r-üBK of Irdirr. and on her arrival at CalalflH had the honor of performing before tl;H| the Viceroy's Palace, Jan. 1-, 157(5in India Mdlle Duboin visited i»ostß| principal towns of that extensive panS British dominions. Its niagnificcii:|Bj| ; tecture, romantic scenery, and wei || eiations, impressed her mind with ine S sensations of wonder and. delight. J 2 ■ festival given at Delhi on the occasio: |f 1 proclamation of Queen \ ictoria as £ ||« i of India especially fascinated her. . j ; her stay there she was the guest oi | Davis, the wife of the LieutcuauWo'- | , of the territory of the Punjab, tail 1 Continent of India by the April mail 0 | year, she stayed a Ceylon, that "l'aw | ! the earth." for a month, and gave.-: | concerts there, both at Colombo anil E | " In June last Mademoiselle arrivc-il ® | bourne, and has given the music-lot: | & habitants of that city many opportuir | hearing her marvellous execution ffi jj