Title | Scraps from an artist's sketchbook |
Alternative Title | Scraps from an artist's sketch book, with illustrations from the author's original sketches in Rome, Florence, and Venice , photographed by J. Greer, Pendleton |
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Publisher | Daily Chronicle |
Date | 1877 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 118 pages; 12 leaves; 19 cm |
Original Item Location | DG427 .R68 1877 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b2395052~S11 |
Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
Identifier | exotic_201304_003 |
Title | Page 99 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_118.jpg |
Transcript | THE RETURN. 99 Munich, Mannheim, and the Rhine. i T length the time had arrived for our homeward journey. Before leaving Venice, however, we had the opportunity of hearing Verdi's new opera, " Aida," which was given at the Malibran Theatre by the original performers at Cairo, and superbly mounted. The theatre, of considerable size, was quite full; one of the boxes was occupied by the Prefect of Venice and the King of Italy's Ministers for Marine and Foreign Affairs. And what shall we say of this much-talked-of opera ? Simply, then, that we were greatly disappointed, and were strongly reminded of one of the composers earlier works, " The Force of Destiny." "Aida" is one of the noisiest performances ever listened to, the plot being an Eastern one, with endless processions and some well executed characteristic dancing, The music is of the loudest; drums, trumpets, and cymbals having more than their share in every act. We should imagine that Verdi has wished to show in |