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SAINTON, PROSPER PHILIPPE CATHERINE (1813-1890)

SAINTON, PROSPER PHILIPPE See also:
CATHERINE
CATHERINE, SAINT
CATHERINE (1813-1890) , See also:

French violinist, was the son of a See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant at See also:

Toulouse, where he was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 5th of See also:

JUNE

June 1813. He entered the See also:

Paris See also:

CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire under Habeneck in 1831, and became See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the See also:

VIOLIN

violin in the Conservatoire of Toulouse. In 1844 he made his first See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

England, at a Philharmonic See also:

CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert directed by Mendelssohn. Settling in See also:

LONDON

London, he was in 1845 appointed professor at the Royal See also:

Academy of See also:

MUSIC

Music. In the See also:

early organizations for chamber music which culminated in the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Popular concerts, Sainton See also:

BORE

bore an important II See also:

PART

part; and when the Royal See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera was started at Covent See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, he led the See also:

ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra under See also:

Costa, with whom he migrated to Her See also:

MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre in 1871. From 1848 to 1855 he was See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

Queen's See also:

BAND

Band, and in 1862 he conducted the music at the opening of the See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

EXHIBITION

Exhibition. In 186o, he married the famous See also:

CONTRALTO (from Ital. contra-alto, i.e. next above the alto)

contralto See also:

SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, See also:

MISS

Miss See also:

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte Dolby (see below). He was leader of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal provincial festivals for many years, and gave a farewell concert at the See also:

Albert See also:

Hall in 1883. He died on the 17th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1890. His method was See also:

sound, his See also:

style See also:

ARTISTIC

artistic, and his educational See also:

WORK

work of See also:

GREAT

great value, the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the most successful orchestral violinists having been his pupils. SAINTON-DOLBY, CHARLOTTE See also:

HELEN

HELEN (1821-1885), See also:

ENGLISH

English contralto singer, was born in London on the 17th of May 1821, studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1832 to 1837, See also:

CRIVELLI, CARLO

Crivelli being her principal singing-See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master. In 1837 she was elected to a See also:

king's scholarship, and first appeared at a Phil-See also:

HARMONIC

harmonic concert in 1841.

In October 1845 she sang at the Gewandhaus, See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig, through the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Mendelssohn, who had been delighted by her singing in St See also:

Paul. The contralto music in his See also:

ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah was written for her See also:

VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, but she did not appear in that work till the performance at See also:

Exeter Hall on the 16th of See also:

APRIL

April 1847. She married M. Sainton in 186o, and in r87o she retired from the career of a public singer, but two years afterwards started a " vocal academy " in London. She made various successful attempts as a composer, and the cantatas " The See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

Legend of St Dorothea" (1876), "The See also:

Story of the Faithful Soul "(1879), and " Florimel " (1885), enjoyed considerable success. Her last public appearance was at her See also:

HUSBAND

husband's farewell concert in June 1883, and she died on the 18th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1885. A scholarship in her memory was founded at the Royal Academy of Music. Her voice was of moderate See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and of See also:

FINE

fine quality, but it was her dignified and artistic style that gave her the high See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place she held for so many years both in See also:

ORATORIO

oratorio and See also:

BALLADS

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