. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. rested bypainting beautiful pictures; would dress as a man,and drive the coach from place to place, and whenshe arrived, brown with the sun and dust of Italy,would sometimes jump into the sea. Then she 124 SECOND PERIOD—PARIS. would go straight to the opera and, having sung Amina, Norma, or The Maid of Artois, aswe shall perhaps never hear them sung again,return home to write or sing comic songs. Atcock-crow she was out galloping her horse off itslegs before a re
. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. rested bypainting beautiful pictures; would dress as a man,and drive the coach from place to place, and whenshe arrived, brown with the sun and dust of Italy,would sometimes jump into the sea. Then she 124 SECOND PERIOD—PARIS. would go straight to the opera and, having sung Amina, Norma, or The Maid of Artois, aswe shall perhaps never hear them sung again,return home to write or sing comic songs. Atcock-crow she was out galloping her horse off itslegs before a rehearsal in the morning, a concertin the afternoon, and the opera at night. Such was Maria Malibran, untiring in energy,scarcely resting a moment. Little wonder thatshe did not live to the same age as the rest ofher family, for she died at twenty - eight, whereasher mother lived to be eighty-three, and her sisterPauline is still living, approaching her ninetiethbirthday, while Manuel entered on his 102nd yearbefore the Reaper summoned him. Well did Lablache say of Maria Malibran, Sonesprit est trop fort pour son petit 125 CHAPTER IX. PAULINE VIARDOT-GARCIA.(1837-1841.) After the death of Malibran in 1836, the ensuing-years of Manuel Garcias life were spent in steadyprogress of fame as a teacher. The next event ofimportance in his career took place four years intervening years were, however, brightenedby much reflected glory, for as the period between1830 and 1836 saw the triumphs of his eldest sisterand pupil, Maria Malibran, so this next one broughtthe success of his youngest sister, Pauline Viardot,also his pupil. Her first lessons had been received as a child atthe hands of her father, but seeing that she wasonly eleven years old when he died, it may becertainly claimed that her brother was responsiblefor the greater part of her training. It was in 1837, the year which saw the accessionof Queen Victoria, that she made her debut as asinger at Brussels. Th
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