The Black Swan at Home and Abroad: or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American VocalistAnonymous
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The Black Swan at Home and Abroad: or, A Biographical Sketch of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the American Vocalist
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Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor, approximately 1819-1876
_Grand scena_,--"All is lost," "Still so gently,"--(La
Somnambula,)--(Mr. W. Harrison,) Bellini.
_Air and variations_,--"Cease your funning,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne,) Dr.
Arne.
_Grand variations_,--Piano-forte,--"The Cracovienne,"--(Miss Bentley,)
Wallace.
_Duett_,--"I am free,"--(written expressly for Miss
Greenfield,)--Stephen Glover.
_Glee_,--"Ye spotted snakes,"--Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Miss
Greenfield, and Mr. W. Harrison.
PART SECOND.
_Duett_,--"O Maritina,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne, and Mr. W. Harrison,)
Wallace.
_Scotch Ballad_,--"Annie Laurie,"--Miss Pyne.
_Ballad_,--Home, sweet Home,--(Miss Greenfield,) Bishop.
_Solo, Violin_,--"Carnival de Venice," M. de Valadares.
_Ballad_,--"Remember Me,"--(Mr. W. Harrison.) Balfe.
_Ballad_,--"The Summer Night,"--(Miss Louisa Pyne,) L. Philips.
_Song_,--"When Stars are in the quiet Sky,"--(Miss Greenfield.)
_Duett_,--"I know a bank,"--(The Misses Pyne,) Home.
Nov. 3. 1853,--at Albion Hall, Hammersmith, she made her appearance,
under the patronage of her grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, her grace
the Duchess of Norfolk, her grace the Duchess of Beaufort, her grace the
Duchess of Argyll, the most noble the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the most
noble the Marchioness of Kildare, the most noble the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Earl and Countess of Shaftsbury, Earl of Carlisle, Countess
of Jersey, Countess of Granville, Countess of Wilton, Viscountess
Palmerston, the Lady Constance Grosvenor, and Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
_Artists_,--Miss E. T. Greenfield, Miss J. Brougham, Miss E. Brougham,
Mr. Charles Cotton, Mr. Augustus Braham, the eminent Tenor,--Piano-forte,
Miss Eliza Ward.
At the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Dec. 23, 1853,--under the same
distinguished patronage as at Hammersmith.
_Artists_,--Mrs. Alexander Newton (of her Majesty's Grand National
Concerts,) Miss Ward, Miss E. T. Greenfield, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr.
Charles Cotton (from Milan,) Mr. Distin.
Again to verify the fact of her having received the attention of very
distinguished personages, the following certificates are laid before the
reader:--
Sir George Smart has the pleasure to state that her Majesty, Queen
Victoria, commanded Miss Greenfield to attend at Buckingham Palace,
on May the 10, 1854, when she had the honour of singing several
songs, which he accompanied on the piano forte.
Sir George Smart has given Miss Greenfield some lessons in singing,
which she received with much attention and evident improvement.
To Miss Greenfield, from Sir George Smart, Kn't, Organist and
Composer, to Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, June 24th, 1854, No. 91,
Gr. Portland St. London.
This is to certify that Miss Greenfield had the honour of singing
before Her Majesty the Queen, at Buckingham Palace. By Her
Majesty's command,
C. B. PHIPPS,
Buckingham Palace, Ju. 22, 1854, London.
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