| Sir George Grove - Music - 1879 - 802 pages
...altissimo, and she had two good octaves below : but Mozart himself heard her at Parma in 1 770, and says of her ' that she had ' a lovely voice, a flexible throat, and an incredibly high range. She sang the following notes and passages in my presence : — Ten years later, in speaking of Mara, he says,... | |
| Music - 1879 - 786 pages
...she had two good octaves below : but Mozart bimself heard her at Parma in 1 770, and says of tier ' that she had ' a lovely voice, a flexible throat, and an incredibly high range. She sang the following notes and passages in my proTun years later, in speaking of Mara, he says, ' She has... | |
| George Grove - Music - 1880 - 778 pages
...altissimo, and she had two good octaves below : but Mozart himself heard her at Parma in 1 770, and says of her ' that she had ' a lovely voice, a flexible throat, and an incredibly high range. She sang the following notes and passages in my preTen years later, in speaking of Mara, he says, ' She has... | |
| Music - 1890 - 790 pages
...altiseimo, and she had two good octaves below : but Mozart himself heard her at Parma in 1770, and says of her ' that she had ' a lovely voice, a flexible throat, and an incredibly high range. She sang the following notes and passages in my presence : — Ten years later, in speaking of Mara, he says,... | |
| Theodore Baker - Music - 1900 - 674 pages
...(cW); b. Ferrara, 1743; d. Parma, May 18, 1783. Her father entrusted her instruction to P. Lambertini; in 1764 she made a triumphant debut at Florence, followed by a successionof brilliant appearances in M ilan and other Italian cities, also in London. Mozart wrote... | |
| Theodore Baker - Music - 1905 - 724 pages
...1783. Her father entrusted her instruction to P. Lambertini; in 1764 she made a triumphant débutât Florence, followed by a succession of brilliant appearances...She sang by preference the music of Colla, a maestro ifif., whom she married in 1780, then retiring from the stage. Ah'le, Johann Rudolf, b. Muhlhausen,... | |
| Theodore Baker - Music - 1905 - 720 pages
...she made a triumphant débutât Florence, followed by a successionof brilliant appearances inMilan and other Italian cities, also in London. Mozart wrote...She sang by preference the music of Colla, a maestro die., whom she married in 1780, then retiring from the stage. Ah'le, Johann Rudolf, b. Mühlhausen.... | |
| Church music - 1906 - 868 pages
...that she once sang for him a B-flat in altissi»to,a.nd. Mozart, who heard her in Parma in 1770, wrote that she had "a lovely voice, a flexible throat and an incredibly high range." He jotted down a florid passage that she sang in his presence, which ranged from E on the first line... | |
| William Lines Hubbard - Music - 1908 - 572 pages
...(ä-goo-hä.rë). L u с rezi a. 1743-1783. A very remarkable Italian singer. Mozart records that she possessed a " lovely voice, a flexible throat and an incredibly high range." She was born at Ferrara, Italy, the natural daughter of a man of high degree, and was generally referred... | |
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