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Playing the White House: music on a higher scale
MELANCHOLY BALLAD
The first East Room concert for an invited audience took place on Feb. 23, 1883, when Chester Arthur had more than 100 guests hear members of Her Majesty's Opera Company sing Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. The star of the evening was famed Canadian soprano Emma Albani, who sang "Robin Adair" as her final selection. The song had special meaning for Arthur, whose late wife Ellen...
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