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Soirée at Palazzo Sunbaldi. Passion Sunday. Horace Vernet. Lying in state of a cardinal. Miserere at Sistine Chapel. Holy Thursday at St. Peter's. Third cardinal dies. Meets Thorwaldsen at Signor Persianis's. Manners of English, French, and Americans. Landi's pictures. Funeral of a young girl. Trip to Tivoli, Subiaco. Procession of the Corpus Domini. Disagreeable experience Working hard.
From her earliest childhood she had, so to speak, been brought up on Landi; on Landi's music and Landi's views of life. He had been her mother's music teacher soon after he first made a name in London; and long before he was the star whose singing or accompanying was a rare favour, and whose presence gave a cachet to any entertainment.
In my nineteenth year I journeyed to Rome, where I went to work under several masters, studied the antiquities of the city, earned a great deal of money, and constantly sent the best part of my gains to my father. At the expiration of two years I returned to Florence, where I engaged a shop hard by Landi's bank, and executed many works.
Anything about the Court he saw, at a glance, would genuinely interest Madame Frabelle. Edith was amused as she saw that lady becoming more and more convinced of Landi's importance, and of his respectful admiration. Long before dinner was over there was no doubt that everyone was delighted with Madame Frabelle. She talked so well, suited herself to everyone, and simply charmed them all. Yet why?
Manners of English, French, and Americans. Landi's pictures. Funeral of a young girl. Trip to Tivoli, Subiaco. Procession of the Corpus Domini. Disagreeable experience.
'I'm very sorry, dear, but you remember I told you I'm in a hurry.... I've an appointment at Landi's studio. 'Landi? And who is that? 'You know him the composer Sir Tito. 'Oh, darling Sir Tito! Of course I do know him! She smiled reminiscently. 'Won't you have anything to eat, dear? Do have a muffin! Oh, bother, there are none. I wonder how it is cook always forgets?
Always loyal to old friends, he had deserted royalty itself tonight to greet Mrs. Mitchell and was persuaded by adoring ladies to sing his celebrated old song, 'After Several Years. It pleased and thrilled the audience even more than Landi's 'Adieu Hiver'. Indeed, tonight it was Valdez who was the success of the evening. Middle-aged ladies who had loved him for years loved him now more than ever.
All the women present imagined that he was making love to them, while each man felt that he, personally, was making love to his ideal woman. Such was the effect of Landi's music. It made the most material, even the most unmusical, remember some little romance, some tendresse, some sentiment of the past; Landi seemed to get at the soft spot in everybody's heart. All the audience looked dreamy.
"The American is in this, perhaps, too unsuspicious and the others may have good reasons for their mode, but that of the Americans has more of generous sincerity and frankness and kindness in it. "Friday, April 30. Painting all day except two hours at the Colonna Palace Landi's pictures horrible!! How I was disappointed.
But, if Landi is a colorist, then are Titian and Veronese never more to be admired. In short, I have never met with the works of an artist who had a name like Landi's so utterly destitute of even the shadow of merit. There is but one word which can express their character, they are execrable!
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