Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-22

cheStra arrived ana renedI SOU WIN ' -
The artists were also in the hall, PRAGUE
ing their several pieces during the FORE
noon.
AFTERNOON.
Promptly at half-past two the cnil-
dren were all in their seats. Ihey pre-
scented beautiful appearance. Inc
Young ladies, dressed in white, renewed
bv cav colored sashes and bows, looked
charming. There were enough to MI
the entire chorus department, ana on
looking at them one was strongly re-
minded of the great Jubilee OF ~, IN
which the Boston school children took
part. Parents of the children who were
present must have seen sight that did
their hearts good, and must have felt ex-
ceedingly grieved at the short-sighted
policy which dispenses with music in our
public schools. Prof. MietZke had them
under perfect control, and never deliver
ed such strong argument in favor OF
music in our schools as he did at this
matinee. The different classes had pre-
viously rehearsed in separate class-rooms,
and were brought together yesterday IN
one grand chorus for the first time.
Their performance must have left the
impression on the audience that the man
who could train them separately to blend
their voices in such harmony, must be
musical genius of the highest rank.
Some of those gents who talk so much
against music in the public schools
should have been there to see the smiling
faces and glowing countenances OF the
children, as happy as the day is long,
and sight that would make even the
most stolid and unsympathetic the better
for the seeing, and inspire the resolution
to incur any expense or trouble If they
could only see the children always so
smiling and happy.
There is no art which so elevates the
tastes and refines heindividual as music,
and why not continue to cultivate it in
our schools, and teach our children
something which we all love and which
makes us mortals so much happier, and
raises us one step nearer heaven at each
opportunity we have of hearing it.
The children performed all their
choruscs very nicely. To be sure,
they were light, but just such music as
child loves to sing and an audience
loves to hear from children.
Miss Marie-playfully called "Nizzie"
probably on account of her charming
manner, daughter of Nine. Van Zandt,
II years old, sung an accompaniment in
the ''The Herdsman's Mountain Song,
with the chorus of children, and, receiv-
ing a very decided encore, returned and
sung Prof Mietzke's composition "Sleep
ny Darling" This little lady is a charm
ing singer and perfect prodigy for one
so young. She renders the music very
correctly and has a sweet voice of great
compass. We have nothing to retract
from our previous assertion that she
bids fair to become a second Adelina
Patti.
Nine. Van Zandt, in the ''Bolero," did
as well as at any previous appearance,
and that is according to the lady much
praise. She received a very hearty
encore and readily responded. receiving
boquet of beautiful flowers from an
admirer
The Germania performed their over
lures grandly and carried the audience
away with rapture. Messrs. Goering
and Rietzel played a very beautiful du-
EFT from 'sWensell" which was raptur-
Ously received.
The aria warriors Song" by Mr..
Remertz, was well done. This is light
er music than some Nr. r. has previous
" favored us with and did not try his
splendid voice to its full capacity.
In the trio, Life has no Power" Mrs.
Van Zandt and Messrs. Fessenden and
Remcrtz, received a hearty encore,
which was gracefully responded to with
a repetition of the piece.
The fifth days matinee was a still
greater success than the matinee of any
previous day. the hall being un-comfort-
ably crowded
EVENING.
As early as half-past six, crowds of
people were slowly vending thci~ way
to the Town Hall, and in an hour nearly
all the seats were taken; and at the hour
for opening the concert the hall was alb
solutely crowded, large numbers being
compelled to stand. This was undoubt-
edly the largest audience ever assembled
at musical gathering in Rutland, and
probably in the State. The festival was
without question the most successful
musical convention, in all respects, ever
held in the State.
The concert opened with an introduc-
ton and then followed that grand old
hymn of Jacohones', "Stabat Mater. :"
written in the fourteenth century and set
to music by nearly all of the worlds
great composers. The music rendered
to it on this occasion was composed by
Rossini, one of the most popular and
perhaps the greatest of Italian dramatic
composers. This was one, and the most
important one, of his last efforts,
The tenor solo, ''Cujus Amman" was
well sung by Mr.. Fessenden, and the
bass solo was equally well done by Mr..
Remmertz.
The ladies also accomplished their
parts creditaDiy in the solos, but each
one of the artists, ladies and gentlemen
acquitted themselves most excellently
in the quartettes. Their voices blended
SO beautifully at times that they carried
the audience along with them apparently
to the third heaven, but the music sud-
denly dying away they find themselves
again on earth.
Mrs. Van zandt and Nine. De Ryther
were both in excellent voice and were
equally popular, with the audience,
although Nine Van Zandt has the