DEATH OF A FAMOUS SINGER.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1408, 2 June 1884, Page 2

DEATH OF A FAMOUS SINGER.

Madame Anne Bishop, w!io was one o" the most famous singers of her day, died very suddenly at- N"w Yo"k on March IK She iwJ for so^ie time previous been enjoying unusually good health, and that afternoon, on returning home after a walk, complained of dizziness, out one of her hands up to her forehead, and said : "I wonder what makes me so dizzy 1" These were her last, words. She had heeu seized with apoplexy, atid remained unconscious till her death n couple of hours later. Anna Bij-hoD-SchuUz, born in 1812. was tW -laugh' e~ of 3, musician nnmed Riviere. I * 1.83] ahe was married to Sir H"'iry 3n'ioji, composer, under w'sose inst'-uctio'i? her training was co>tii>«ied fo " several years. He debut and subsequent career are thus described *«y the ' New York Sun*;— •' lt was a< -,he do^e of the season of 1837, ami r.'ie famous harpist, Bochsa, was tobavo a •vnefft concert at Her Majesty's m liuatre in j London. Among those w'-»o whrre^o ! take part in t.he concert where Garcia. Grisi, Persiani, Rubini, M .no, Tambnrini, and Lahaohe. Tha,M»er.r *& at. tbe piano The audience wa'? -jomposed of the uobility and the celcbriti*"* of the capital. At the appointed time I Madame Bishop appeared on the utage j ani sang a selection from Rossini. The audience was electrified, and gree- ] ted her with a storm of applause, ! while the artists who surrounded her j were demonstrative in their expressions of admiration . " Persiani and Grisi kissed her repeatedly, while Lablache stood by and wept. No debutante has since had such an enthusiastic reception. In 1889 Madame Bishop started with Bochsa on her first tour. .The cities of Austria, Hungary, Bavaria, the northern German States, and Dermark were visited in turn. Her journey was o»e continued ovation. From' Dpi mark she sailed across to Sweden and appeared iv Stockholm, which was then the home of Jenny Lind. Madatn Bishop's reception was here as enthusiastic as it had been elsew'^re. At Upsala she captured the hearts of hearers so comnletely that she wa? escorted to her hotel by a procession 'numbering hundreds. A like ovation was given her when she left the city on the following day." All over the continent of "Europe her progress wn,? n triumph. In 1847 she went to Now York, and made a clean sweep of the Stn f es, being received with enthusiasm everywhere. Thence to Canada, Mexico, South America, and Amtr<«lia with similar success. In 1859 s*>e sang " Stabat Mater" in theOv«*.-0 Palace. London, before 38.000 p^o'ilp — tV largest andience that ba« -rrr-of-pn 1 a singer ir modern times. In 1850 she -etnrnerl to New York- and s .iveri there for a iumb°r of ywirs, '^visiting Mexico and Canada. She was able to rphfi her own obituary notices. At | St. Paul another Madame Bishop was turned to death through the upsetting of a l»,mp, and the leading papers, confounding the persona, published eulogistic articles concerni"g u er. In 1866 she was off to Hongkong, b>it wa<3 obipwreck^d, and was landed, at Manilla afte* suTfiFeriny rrvent privations. In 1875 -she made p torn' of the world, visiting New 7i a r*M"<*. for the first time. Signo* Mo"l-»y aM the late Charles Laseelle.q were members of the connanv she hron?bt to the colonies. She was tbft -Rr^t. >vora'\r) who ever j?ave a concert in t.be Mormon temple at Salt T.ake. City. He»final appearance was at. a concert, at the Steinwav Hall, New York, last year. Mr Scbu-ltz, b* 1 " second busband, survives her. She was not only a famous singer but an accomplished linguist. li ln all the civilised countries she sang to the people in their native lan£jnae;es. Sb.e was familiar with thirteen different modern languages. She boasted that neither, doctor nor dentist had ever attended her. She retained her vivacity in her old age."