Procter and Sir Julius Benedict.
With Benedict he played a Mozart duet at the Duchess of
Sutherland's. Whether he played at court the Queen can tell;
Niecks cannot. He met Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt and liked her
exceedingly--as did all who had the honor of knowing her. She
sided with him, woman-like, in the Sand affair--echoes of which
had floated across the channel--and visited him in Paris in 1849.
Chopin gave two matinees at the houses of Adelaide Kemble and
Lord Falmouth--June 23 and July 7. They were very recherche, so
it appears. Viardot-Garcia sang. The composer's face and frame
were wasted by illness and Mr. Solomon spoke of his "long
attenuated fingers." He made money and that was useful to him,
for doctors' bills and living had taken up his savings. There was
talk of his settling in London, but the climate, not to speak of
the unmusical atmosphere, would have been fatal to him. Wagner
succumbed to both, sturdy fighter that he was.
Chopin left for Scotland in August and stopped at the house of
his pupil, Miss Stirling. Her name is familiar to Chopin
students, for the two nocturnes, opus 55, are dedicated to her.
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