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Mdlle. Humler, the Swedish Violinist, 1858. 'This lady...began to play the violin in her seventh year, under the direction of her father, a zealous amateur. At her first debut she gave proof of her remarkable talent, and she was sent to the Conservatoire at Munich, where she received a classical education; thence to Paris, where she made a very rapid progress under the direction of her master, M. Alard. After studying two years in that city she received the second prize at the Conservatoire. She then proceeded, on a tour to Germany and the departments of France, where a brilliant success crowned her efforts. Her talent obtained her the particular patronage of the King of Wurtemberg and many artistic celebrities. Her first appearance in London was at Mr. Albert Schloss's concert...where she made such an impression that he was induced to engage her for the concerts of the Swedish National Singers now being given in St. James's Hall, where the favourable opinion first formed of her has been confirmed and augmented by the united applause of distinguished audiences and the unanimity of the public press. She is but sixteen years of age, and, since the appearance of the sisters Minonollo, no female violinist has caused so great a sensation'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.