This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Dismissal of the band--Count Durazzo--My journey to Italy with Gluck -- Marini -- Sojourn in Venice and Bologna--Farinelli--Nicolini a
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Dismissal of the band--Count Durazzo--My journey to Italy with Gluck -- Marini -- Sojourn in Venice and Bologna--Farinelli--Nicolini and the blind beggar-- A deputation--Father Martin--Panic--Hurried return to Vienna--Lolli and I are rivals. The Prince, my patron, was great-uncle of the reigning Duke of Sachsen Hildburghausen, who died about this time, --the hereditary successor to the Dukedom being a child between six and seven years of age. The result was, that not only the guardianship of the ward devolved upon the Prince, but the administration and government of the Duchy as well. He willingly undertook both offices, and moved to Hildburghausen accordingly. As he found an orchestra ready made at this Court, and as he had his hands full with the education of the hereditary Prince and the administration of the estate, he felt obliged to dismiss the greater part of his own band. To prevent their losing a livelihood, he agreed with Count Durazzo, then the chief director of the Court Theatre, that we should be taken on by him. The contract bound us for three years' service, during which we were obliged to play in the Opera House and at Court, for the same pay that we had received in the Prince's service. No one suffered more than I did by this arrangement, for I had to play almost daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at operatic and ballet rehearsals, not to mention theatrical performances from 6.30 to 10.30 of an evening, as well as accompanying at the theatrical concerts, and playing solos every fortnight. I had also bound myself to appear before the Emperor and the Court on fite and gala days. One may easily suppose that, with so much hard work on hand, I had no time for teaching or attending private concerts, so that I was..
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September 12th 2013
by Theclassics.Us
(first published August 21st 2008)