Music Trade Review
Issue: 1881 Vol. 5 N. 7 - Page 3
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BE-
VOL. V.
No. 7.
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5TH TO NOVEMBER 20TH, 1881.
:>$
MRS. E. ALINE OSGOOD.
MBS. E. A. OSGOOD.
MONG the few soprano singers who have
successfully passed through the crucial test
A
of oratorio singing must be classed the lady whose
portrait appears above.
To be distinguished as an oratorio singer, the
artist must be possessed of certain qualities of
voice which are extremely rare, viz.: great power
combined with sympathetic quality. A mere
mechanical voice, such as is so often heard now-
adays, inevitably fails when subjected to this test.
Mrs. Oagood's qualifications as an oratorio singer
were conspicuously tested on the occasion of the
resuscitation of Liszt's oratorio of " Saint Eliza-
bath " at St. James Hall, London, in 1876, when
she sang the principal soprano part, the result of her excellent rendering of 'Knowest Thou the
her performance of this important role being a Land,' Buck's 'When the Heart is Young,' and a
brilliant success for this gifted singer. The Lon- song by Maude White. The concert, in short, was
don press were unanimous in her praises, all predict- an unqualified success."
ing a brilliant career for her, which prediction has Mrs. Osgood, in addition te the fact that she
been abundantly verified by her subsequent ex- has been a hard working student, and has spared
perien ce both in Great Britain and in the United neither pains nor efforts to perfect herself in the
art which she has chosen, has natural advantages
States.
in her favor, having sprung from parents both of
The Lon don Musical World, writing about Mrs. whom were celebrated in the circle in which they
Osgood's singing at an English concert in 1881, moved for their fine voices. Her father had a rion
says:
basao voice, and her mother a full-toned contralto.
To this fact is probably to be attributed the early
"Mrs. Osgood sang 'With Verdure Clad' in the recognition
of her parents that she possessed a voice
spirit of a genuine mistress of her art, with grace of no common
order, and their timely attention to
and expression, all the more because wholly devoid
of pretence. Mrs. Osgood afforded other treats by its proper cultivation.
BE-
VOL. V.
No. 7.
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5TH TO NOVEMBER 20TH, 1881.
:>$
MRS. E. ALINE OSGOOD.
MBS. E. A. OSGOOD.
MONG the few soprano singers who have
successfully passed through the crucial test
A
of oratorio singing must be classed the lady whose
portrait appears above.
To be distinguished as an oratorio singer, the
artist must be possessed of certain qualities of
voice which are extremely rare, viz.: great power
combined with sympathetic quality. A mere
mechanical voice, such as is so often heard now-
adays, inevitably fails when subjected to this test.
Mrs. Oagood's qualifications as an oratorio singer
were conspicuously tested on the occasion of the
resuscitation of Liszt's oratorio of " Saint Eliza-
bath " at St. James Hall, London, in 1876, when
she sang the principal soprano part, the result of her excellent rendering of 'Knowest Thou the
her performance of this important role being a Land,' Buck's 'When the Heart is Young,' and a
brilliant success for this gifted singer. The Lon- song by Maude White. The concert, in short, was
don press were unanimous in her praises, all predict- an unqualified success."
ing a brilliant career for her, which prediction has Mrs. Osgood, in addition te the fact that she
been abundantly verified by her subsequent ex- has been a hard working student, and has spared
perien ce both in Great Britain and in the United neither pains nor efforts to perfect herself in the
art which she has chosen, has natural advantages
States.
in her favor, having sprung from parents both of
The Lon don Musical World, writing about Mrs. whom were celebrated in the circle in which they
Osgood's singing at an English concert in 1881, moved for their fine voices. Her father had a rion
says:
basao voice, and her mother a full-toned contralto.
To this fact is probably to be attributed the early
"Mrs. Osgood sang 'With Verdure Clad' in the recognition
of her parents that she possessed a voice
spirit of a genuine mistress of her art, with grace of no common
order, and their timely attention to
and expression, all the more because wholly devoid
of pretence. Mrs. Osgood afforded other treats by its proper cultivation.
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