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SUMMARY:Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum Come to St. Louis, March 1851
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 <strong>Library Colloquia Series\n
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 Jenny Lind 
 and P. T. Barnum Come to St. Louis, March 1851</strong>\n
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 Wednesday, 
 October 12\n
 Main Library, 
 North Conference Room (4 West), 7:00pm\n
 Speaker:Harlan 
 Jennings, College of Music\n
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 Before dawn on a chilly March morning in 1851, 
 a woman stepped off a steamboat in Missouri 
 where a large crowd had gathered to catch 
 a glimpse of her. What unfolded was the most 
 exciting musical event St. Louis had ever witnessed: 
 five concerts given by Jenny Lind, known 
 as the "Swedish Nightingale," one of the 
 most celebrated singers of all time. Under the 
 brilliant management of circus magnate P.T. 
 Barnum, Jenny Lind became a sensation. Her concerts 
 commanded as much as $150 a seat, the 
 equivalent of $3000 today. By marketing the 
 singer as an emblem of feminine virtue and benevolence, 
 Barnum managed to infect the entire 
 nation with "Jenny Lind mania."\n
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 Harlan Jennings 
 is associate professor of voice (baritone) 
 at the Michigan State University College 
 of Music. Dr. Jennings has sung with a number 
 of regional opera companies, including the 
 Cincinnati Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, and 
 the St. Louis Municipal Opera, and is the author 
 of numerous articles concerning opera in 
 the American West.\n
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 Refreshments will be 
 served.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.lib.msu.edu/features/?e=33\n
LOCATION:Main Library North Conference Room, W449
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