“Teresa Bandettini, the Improvisatrice” (Bentley’s Miscellany)
The author gives a romanticized biography of La Bandettini’s education and travels, and describes how one of her performances saved her country from peril.
Tag: Leoni
Countess of Blessington, The Idler in Italy
Blessington describes and records a performance by Signor Leoni, in which the latter improvises a poem on the death of Lord Byron. Blessington also discusses the gift of genius required for improvisational poetry, and her experience of watching improvised performances in Italy.