. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. h into society, making herappearance at balls, parties, theatres, and the othergaieties of the capital. One evening she was taken for the first time tohear Garcia sing. He made a deep impression uponher, and an introduction followed, which led to herfalling violently in love with the singer. He on hisside became no less completely a victim to hercharms, and lost no time in declaring his passion,and that was the end, or should one not perhapssay, the beginning ? J
. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. h into society, making herappearance at balls, parties, theatres, and the othergaieties of the capital. One evening she was taken for the first time tohear Garcia sing. He made a deep impression uponher, and an introduction followed, which led to herfalling violently in love with the singer. He on hisside became no less completely a victim to hercharms, and lost no time in declaring his passion,and that was the end, or should one not perhapssay, the beginning ? Joaquina paid a last visit to 12 FIRST PERIOD—PREPARATION. the convent to bid good-bye to the mother-superior,and soon afterwards the lovers were united. Senorita Sitches was possessed of great naturalgifts as a singer, and after her marriage becamedesirous of associating herself with his career. Shetherefore determined to put her musical talents touse and went on the stage, where she soon becamea worthy second to her husband. And so we come to the year 1805, which bringswith it the birth of a son, the subject of this MANUEL GARCIAS MOTHER. 13 CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD IN SPAIN.(1805-1814.) Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia — to givehis full name—was born on March 17, 1805, fourdays before the death of Greuze. The place ofhis birth was not Madrid, as has been so oftenstated, but Zafra, in Catalonia. What of the musical world in 1805 ? Beethovenhad not yet completed his thirty - seventh year,Schubert was a boy of eight, Auber, Bishop, CharlesBurney (who had been born in 1726), Callcott,Cherubini, Dibdin, Halevy, Papa Haydn, Meyer-beer, Paganini, Rossini, Spohr, Weber, these wereall living, and many of them had yet to becomefamous. As for Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann,and Brahms, they were not even born ; whileGounod, Wagner, and Verdi were still mere school-boys when Garcia was a full - blown operaticbaritone. The year of Manuels birth was the one in whichj the elder Ga
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