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THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST
'"THERE is no more interesting figure
* before the public to-day than that
rarely fascinating woman and artist Teresa
Carreno, whose fame, art and life are at
their greatest height. Her beauty has not
faded; to the contrary, her charms have
«
when her name has not been a household
word in America, since her first appear-
ance at the age of nine, when she accom-
plished marvelous things, and unlike the
usual child prodigy, she continued to study
and to improve. Born at Caracas, Vene-
zuela, she came early to New York and she
has spent a large part of her life in Amer-
ica. Her father was a minister of Fin-
ance, at Caracas, and she received from
him her first musical instruction. Her
musical talent was discovered when
she was but three years of age, when
with chords. Her father watched her for
some time in silence, but he heard enough
to convince him of her talent and he began
to teach her. At the age of nine she ap-
peared in a concert at the Academy of
Music, New York, after which she made
a tour of America, creating a sensation by
her remarkable talent. She attracted the
attention of Gottschalk, then at the height
of his fame, who taught her for three
years. To Gottschalk she ascribes her
first appreciation of the broad field of clas-
A RARE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN HAVANA.
mellowed like a glorious violin that
comes into its fulness as years close
in upon it. Many artists hardly
more than achieve fame at Carreno's
present period, but she who as ivun-
der kind was so great, has reached
that great breadth and perfect ma-
TAKEN ON HER VISIT TO PARIS.
sical music, as also the success of her
early years. At ten she made her de-
but in Boston, where she had a sensa-
tional success. At the end of her visit
a reception was held at Music Hall for
about three thousand school children
CARRENO OF TO-DAY.
one night after she was undressed and
ready for bed, finding the members of her
family all busied, she stole into the draw-
ing room to the piano where she began to
pick out melodies and accompany them
TAKEN IN HAVANA AT A LATER PERIOD.
turity that one expects only hand in hand
with age instead of an accompaniment
to beauty, vivacity, and womanhood in
her most beautiful years. Her history
is an interesting one, especially so up-
on the artistic side, and her present
position in the world of music is no less
due to her indomitable and powerful de-
termination than to that genius which is
given to very few. Carreno has a unique
position in art; there has been no time
AN EARLY NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPH.
CARRENO IN 189I—TAKEN IN NEW YORK.
whom she wished to have hear her. At
twelve she went to Rubinstein, with whom
she made astonishing strides, and was re-
ceived as fellow artist by the greatest mu-
sicians. Tietjens, the great contralto, was
one of her friends, and through her occurred
a little episode which is not generally known.
Carreno was in Edinburgh while Mapleson
was giving a season of Italian opera. Ma-