Theodore Thomas : a musical autobiography . r, and they made a strong impression uponme. Another feature of this engagement was theregular Sunday-night concerts given there, in whichI often appeared as soloist. My repertoire alreadyincluded Lipinskis Concerto Militaire,, Vieux-tempss First Concerto, and the Othello Fantaisieof Ernst. The next two or three years can be easily sketchedtogether. The right influence came to me at theright time, and, musically speaking, gave me theopportunities to prepare myself for my later-daytask, and shaped my future as no other influencecould have done. The be
Theodore Thomas : a musical autobiography . r, and they made a strong impression uponme. Another feature of this engagement was theregular Sunday-night concerts given there, in whichI often appeared as soloist. My repertoire alreadyincluded Lipinskis Concerto Militaire,, Vieux-tempss First Concerto, and the Othello Fantaisieof Ernst. The next two or three years can be easily sketchedtogether. The right influence came to me at theright time, and, musically speaking, gave me theopportunities to prepare myself for my later-daytask, and shaped my future as no other influencecould have done. The beginning of the fiftiesbrought over to this country not only instrumental-ists, but the most brilliant, finished, and maturevocalists of the world, such as Jenny Lind and Son-tag, besides a large number of eminent Italian sing-ers, among them Mario, Grisi, Bosio, Alboni, andothers. I doubt if there were ever brought togetherin any part of the world a larger number of talentedvocalists than were gathered in New York between CNOl/S ssswoia^mg.
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