The American in Paris, during the summer - being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 (1844) (14595222169)

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Title: The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844

Year: 1844 (1840s)

Authors: Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874

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Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

Contributing Library: The Centre for 19th Century French Studies - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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singers, even those of the opera, consider it apleasure, to repeat the compositions of Mademoiselle Pujet.These lines which I write in her praise, are penned to thesound of military music, which plays her finest airs. Is it notstrange, an army marching to fight, while music plays in thedistance, melodies sprung from the head of a young girl ? Cer-tainly, this may be called success ! You understand then all the interest presented by a Parisiansaloon thus occupied in this vain passion; there, are boldlyproduced all the compositions of France, of Italy, of Germany;there, come to exhibit themselves, the rarest talents in Europe ;there, you may suddenly see enter the celebrated cosmopolitesof the musical art; Ernst, whose violin is filled with such sweetstrains; Panofka, who will only play to chosen friends; theinspired Hauraan; and the great pianists who make Paris theirsolemn rendezvous, Doelher, the charming and poetic genius ;Thai berg, dreams personified; Halle, who thoroughly under-

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FAMILY CONCERT. 223 Stands the genius of Beethoven; and, finally, Liszt,—Liszt thethundering, Liszt the irresistible, who burns, who crashes, andthen suddenly brings you the melodies he has picked up, hereand there, in the world. It is a delight to hear them, it is apleasure to see them, as animated as if for a battle ! Each yearthey wish to know where Paris is, what it is doing, and what itthinks; each year you may therefore see them coming to solicit,—better than their approbation,—to solicit the friendship, of theseartistes of the fashionable world, their worthy brethren, impartialand benevolent judges, who accept for themselves all the dangersof the struggle, all the sorrows of defeat, yielding to whoeverhas the right, the triumph, the popularity, the glory ! Happily,in all this triumph or defeat, the pleasure is for all. The day of which I speak, all the family was assembled in thesmall music room ; there was no one there but a few intimatefriends, of those friends who call

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