Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . concerts with which his name willalways be associated. He always would have the very best musicians that he couldfind for his orchestra, and in this year (1843) among themwere Barrett, Baumann, Harper, Koenig, Richardson, Hill,Lazarus, Patey, Howell and Jarrett, and in after years he hadsuch soloists as Ernst, Sivori, Bottesini,- Wieniawski andSainton. In 1857 he came, financially, to grief; he then wentto Paris, was imprisoned for debt in Clichy, in 1859, and diedin a lunatic asylum on 14 March, i860. In his later years he became much stouter t
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . concerts with which his name willalways be associated. He always would have the very best musicians that he couldfind for his orchestra, and in this year (1843) among themwere Barrett, Baumann, Harper, Koenig, Richardson, Hill,Lazarus, Patey, Howell and Jarrett, and in after years he hadsuch soloists as Ernst, Sivori, Bottesini,- Wieniawski andSainton. In 1857 he came, financially, to grief; he then wentto Paris, was imprisoned for debt in Clichy, in 1859, and diedin a lunatic asylum on 14 March, i860. In his later years he became much stouter than he is hererepresented, and, as a conductor, posed a great deal too much. 1843] M. JULLIEN. 229 Those of my readers who recollect him will acknowledge thetruth of the following description of him, when conductinghis British Army Quadrilles, taken from his biography inGroves History of Music and Musicians -. With coat thrownwidely open, white waistcoat, elaborately embroidered shirtfront, wristbands of extravagant length, turned back over his. M. Jullien. [///. Lon. News, 2$ Nov. 1S43, P- 348- cuffs, a wealth of black hair, and a black moustache—itselfa striking novelty—he wielded his baton, encouraged hisforces, repressed the turbulence of his audience with indescrib-able gravity and magnificence, went through all the panto-mime of the British Army or Navy Quadrilles, seized a violinor a piccolo at the moment of climax, and, at last, sunkexhausted into his gorgeous velvet chair. All pieces ofBeethovens were conducted with a jewelled baton, and in 230 GOSSIP. [1843 a pair of clean kid gloves, handed him, at the moment, on asilver salver. Prince Albert took a great interest in Agriculture, and hisFlemish Farm at Windsor was a model; but it was hard tomake the average Englishman believe that a foreigner couldever do any good as a Farmer, and John Leech drew a fancy
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