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" ... received. She did not excel in expression, but in execution she surpassed all rivals. The extent of her register was beyond all comparison. Sacchini said he had heard her sing as high as... "
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians - Page 12
by Theodore Baker, Alfred Remy - 1919 - 1094 pages
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent ..., Volume 2

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,...
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent ..., Volume 1

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...
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by Eminent ..., Volume 1

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...
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir ...

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,...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

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...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

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,...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

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....
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Church Music Review and Official Bulletin of the American ..., Volumes 15-16

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...
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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, Volume 5

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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