on 22 october 1832, aged 14, she made her first public appearance, in a concert at windsor, with full success; and in december she took the soprano part in beethoven's "missa solennis". she was soon among the first singers of the day, being engaged at the whole series of ancient concerts, at the philharmonic concerts, and the three choirs festival. she sang in a sestet, grisi leading, at the handel commemoration in june 1834; lord mount-edgcumbe describes her as her father's friend, charles lamb, though quite unmusical, wrote the lines 'to clara n.' published in the "athenæum," 26 july 1834.