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MUSICAL AND LITERARY MISCELLANY.
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My heart is sair for somebody ;
I could wake a winter night
A' for the sake o' somebody.
Oh hon I for somebody I
Oh hey I for somebody I
1 could range the world around.
For the sake o' somebody.
Ye powers that smile on virtuous love,
O, sweetly smile on somebody I
Frae ilka danger keep him free,
And send me safe my somebody.
Oh hon 1 for somebody !
Oh hey I for somebody I
I wad do — what wad I no' ?
For the sake o' somebody !
MEMOIR OF RUBIN I.
(^Concluded from page 43.^
It was in 1816, when Rubini was in his one-and-
twentieth year, that the first opera was written that
contained an air written on purpose for Kis voice ;
this was in the " Adelson e Salvina," composed by
Fioravanti. The air was a duo, sung by this tenor
and Pellegrini; the eftect was admirable. The
same composer wrote " ComingioRomito," in 1817.
The principal part was confided to Rubini, whose
success was so great, that it extorted even from the
manager, Barbaja, a handsome sum, in addition to
the youngsinger's monthly appointment. Rubini, in
1818, went to Rome with Pellegrini; Fioravanti,
who had got the situation of master of the chapel
at the cathedral of St. Peter, here greeted his friends
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with the intelligence that he was writing his opera
of " Enrico IV." As the composer finished his acts
he sent them piece-meal to be studied by Rubini
and Pellegrini. It was not till the evening before
the representation that Rubini got the grand cav-
atina of his part of Henry the Fourth ; he read it,
whistled it over, and sung it the next evening.
It was at the carnival of 1819 that the opera of
" La Gazza Ladra" was first represented at Rome.
Rubini, Ambroggi, Pellegrini, and Mademoiselle
Mombelle performed in this chef-d'oeuvre. Am-
broggi represented the Innkeeper, the part that had
been originally written for him ; Pellegrini sustained
the character oi Fernando. The opera, thus strongly
cast, was welcomed at Rome with enthusiasm that
amounted to a mania. Every evening was encored
repeatedly the prison duo of " Forse uu di conos-