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ScIENCES ASIC CRITIC ScIENCES by Richard Aldrich
The piece profiles Upton a Chicago-born music critic who chronicled half a century of city music. It recalls Upton’s memories of Jenny Lind Patti Sontag Albani and other prima donnas, tenors like Brignoli Campanini and Vieuxtemps, and anecdotes about Gottschalk Ole Bull Rosa and Rosina Hersee.
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Upton
Chicago
Mr. Upton
Jenny Lind
Patti
Sontag
Albani
Carlotta Patti
Nissan
Lucca
Gerster
Lagrange
Minnie Hauck
Frezzolini
Piccolomini
di Murska
Brignoli
Louisa Pyne
Caroline Richings
Carl Rosa
Mme. Parepa
Rose Hersee
Ole Bull
Blondel
Bemenyi
Vieuxtemps
Thalberg
Mme. Nilsson
Arkansas Traveler
Uman
Maurice Strakosch
Maretzek