Goldschmidt
MADAME (gōld' shmit), maiden name JENNY LIND, a famous Swedish vocalist; born in Stockfamous Swedish vocalist; born in Stockof age she could sing correctly any piece she had once heard, and at 9 she was of age she could sing correctly any piece of music. Count Pücke, manager of the court theater, after hearing her sing, caused her name at once to be entered at the Musical Academy, where she made rapid progress. She acted repeatedly in children's parts on Stockholm stage till her 12th year, when her upper notes lost their sweetthe ness. For four years she studied music theoretically. Her voice having recovered, she appeared at the Royal Theater, Stockholm, as Agatha, in "Der covered, she appeared at the Royal theoretically. Her voice having reshe continued the star of the opera at GOLDSMITH principal towns of Norway and Sweden Stockholm. A series of concerts in the under Garcia. Declining Meyerbeer's offer to go to Berlin, she returned to gave her the means to study in Paris her native city, where she enjoyed_a 1844 she went to Dresden, and after- 1844 she went to Dresden, and afterward to Frankfort, Cologne, and Vienna. She first appeared before a London audithe Devil," followed by a series of unparalleled triumphs in "Sonnambula," "The Daughter of the Regiment," "Purience in May, 1847, as Alice, in "Robert tani," etc. She visited New York in "The Daughter of the Regiment," "Puri- 1850, under the auspices of P. T. ceived, but dissolved the engagement Barnum, and was enthusiastically reprematurely in 1851, was married to M. Otto Goldschmidt, a skillful pianist and conductor, and retired from the stage.
She reappeared in 1855, in 1861, in 1863, and in 1880, for a limited period. She College of Music, 1883-1886. She died was Professor of Singing at the Royal Nov. 2, 1887.