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...JENNY LIND, THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE (345 pp.)-Gladys Denny Schultz-Lippincott...
When Sweden's Jenny Lind entered New York Harbor on a paddle-wheel steamer in 1850, P.T. Barnum went out in a rowboat to greet her, carrying a spray of red roses in his arms. She was a plain young woman of 29, hair parted in the middle. Her nose was a Nordic spud. She had a wide mouth, and she wore no cosmetics. But she was the most celebrated operatic soprano in the world, and a few days later a man bid $225 to buy the first ticket to her first concert in America...
Barnum was tone deaf, but he had brought Jenny Lind to America because he absurdly hoped to change his image. When people thought of Barnum, they thought of sheer bazazz, and he wanted them to think of fine arts and culture. This cost him a down payment of $187,500 before the singer would set foot on board ship. But his investment paid off in cash if not in permanent dignity, as Jenny Lind made a 12,000-mile, 165-concert sellout tour during which a single seat went for $653; another time, 1,000 standing-room tickets were sold...
...your passage, walk, take up a collection to pay expenses, raise money on a mortgage, sell 'Tom' into perpetual slavery, stop smoking for a year, give up tea, coffee and sugar, dispense with bread, meat, garden sass and such like luxuries-and then come and hear Jenny Lind." She sang Mozart, Weber, and Meyer beer, offset by such additional items as Comin' Through the Rye and The Last Rose of Summer. Presenting a little-known song from an opera called Clari, she immortalized Home, Sweet Home. Her voice spanned nearly three octaves, top ping...
...Dinah Shore Show (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Guests are Steve Allen and Audrey Meadows, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, Yves Montand. Color...