. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. Copyright sf.§o$ hy Pkotogi -aphische Gesellschaft. THE CENTENARY PORTRAIT OF MANUEL GARCIA BY JOHN S. hy the Maestro Six Weeks before his Hundred-and-First Birthday. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel GarciasLife and Labours for the Advance-ment of Music and Science BY M. STERLING MACKINLAY Oxon. AUTHOR OF ANTOINETTE STERLING AND OTHER CELEBRITIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONSEDINBURGH AND LONDON MCM
. Garcia the centenarian and his times; being a memoir of Manuel Garcia's life and labours for the advancement of music and science. Copyright sf.§o$ hy Pkotogi -aphische Gesellschaft. THE CENTENARY PORTRAIT OF MANUEL GARCIA BY JOHN S. hy the Maestro Six Weeks before his Hundred-and-First Birthday. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel GarciasLife and Labours for the Advance-ment of Music and Science BY M. STERLING MACKINLAY Oxon. AUTHOR OF ANTOINETTE STERLING AND OTHER CELEBRITIES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONSEDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMVIII. Franzoi, Madrid. THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN.(From a Photograph specially forwarded to the Author by His Majesty.) JSefcucateb TO THE KING OF SPAIN BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION PEEFACE. In presenting this Memoir of Don Manuel Garcia,I wish to thank those friends and pupils of theMaestro who have assisted me with reminiscences,photographs, and other material. But especially Iwould thank Mrs Alec Tweedie for the kind wayin which she read through the MS., when itwas still in a rough state, and made many in-valuable suggestions with regard to its arrange-ment and improvement generally. M. S. M. Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club, Leicester Square, March 1908. CONTENTS. FIRST PERIOD. PREPARATION. (1805-1830.) IAP. I. INTRODUCTORY .... II. garcias CHILDHOOD IN SPAIN (1805-1814)HI. NAPLES (1814-1816)IV. PARIS AND LONDON (1816-1825) .V. OPERA IN AMERICA (1825-1826) .VI. NEW YORK AND MEXICO (1826-1827)VII. OPERATIC CAREER ABANDONED (1828-1830) 3 132540577386 SECOND PERIOD. PARIS.
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