DEATH OF JENNY LIND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1656, 5 November 1887, Page 3

DEATH OF JENNY LIND.

In cur cablegrams the death is reported of Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind), the famous songstress, at the age of 66. 'Doubtless the following brief particulars 'regarding her life will be read with Interest• ‘Madame Goldschmidt, better known by her maiden name of Jenny Lmd, was the daughter of a teacher of languages in Stockholm, in which city she was born, October 21st. 1821. At three years of age she could sir g oorrec ! ly any pirce she had once beard, and at nineshe was placed, by the advice of Madame Lundberg, a celebrated actress at Stockholm, under Crotlius, a famous teacher of music. She acted repeatedly in children’s parts on the Stockholm stage until her twelfth year, nhen her upper notes lost their sweetness, For four years she studied music theoretically, until on one occasion, when the (’fourth act of Meyerbeer’s “Robert le Diable ” was to be performed at a grand concert, and the humble part of Alice was declined by the female vocalists of the city, Berg, the Director of the Academy, applied to Jenny Lind. Her performance showed that every note of her register bad recovered its power and purity, and ihe was greeted with enthusiasm. Having by a series of concerts in the principle towns of Norway and Sweden, obtained the me i n> of going to Paris, she studied, not- without some previous discourageipeat wonder Garcia. A ; year -ift< r her i-rrival io Pdfis, she was introduced to Meyp' beer, who was anxious to engage herfor Berlin, but she preferred returning to her native oiiy, where she enjoyed a great triumph on her reappearance. In 1844 she went to Dresden, in 1845 sang at the fetes on the Rhine during the Queen of Ragland a

visit to Berlin, and afterwards at Frankfort, Cologne, and Vienna. She first appeared before a London audience in May, 18*7, as Alice, in “Robert le Diablo.” followed by a series of unparalleled under the ruspices of Mr Barnum, and triumphs in the “ Sonnatnbula," “Li Biglia del Reggiments ” “ Puritanl,” etc. She visited New York in 1850, was enthusiastically received, but dissolved the engagement prematurely in 1851, and was married to M. Otto Goldschmidt, a skilful pianist and conductor, and retired from the stage. She reappeared in 1855, in 1861, in 1863, and in 1864 for a limited period. She has shown a generous disposition, and has been instrumental in adding may thousands of pounds to the charitable institutions of every country she has visited,—Press.