The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-07
'rhc Temple Qunrtette Concert.

Inc pef1cCtlOn OF mctOuN Ill lllule VOICES
was listened to at the Opera House on
Thursday evening, at the concert given by
the Temple Quartette of Boston. The
club are not only the best quartette in Bos-
ton, but we doubt if this country can, OF
has ever, furnished their equal. The gen.
tlemen composing the quartette are each
and every one true to their calling, and
abundantly fitted to the performance of its
most difficult portions. They have been,
we understand, but once before in Vermont
at st Johnsbury, and consequently but
little known in this section except by rep
utaton. They have been organized some
five years, and during that time have APP
peared often to the best houses in Boston
and in various portions of New England.
Success has everywhere crowned their mu-
steal banners and their gifts, peculiar to
themselves, are acknowledged with univcr-
sal appreciation by music-lovcrs.
The Opera House, on the occasion of
their debut in Rutland, and the audience
that assembled, undoubtedly gave these mu-
sicians the idea that our town has compar-
ativcly, "no ear for music, and none will
deny they had good grounds for thinking
| so. Although the reputation of the com.
pany is well established, and some of those
who compose it are well known in Rutland
as first-class musicians and despite the fact
that the press here has been lavish in
praises of the troupe, and their names have
been on almost every tongue for the past
few days, yet there was very small at
tendancc-thc smallest, we believe. that
has assembled at any entertainment given
here this season. This looks bad for the
musical tastes of our people, who thus fail
to patronizc one of the best concerts ever
given in this vicinity, and, consequently,
keep away other first-class entertainments
that would be likely to come here, were
this fact otherwise. Even now, Burling-
ton, st. Adams and Montpelier have more
entertainments of this kind than Rutland,
the cause of which is plainly discerniblc
in the want of patronage evinced on
Thursday evening. The remedy is in the
hands of the people here and should be
applied when such rare opportunity is
presented as was the case on that evening.
What the audience lacked in numbers it
endeavored, as best it could, to make up in
appreciation and from the programme pub
lished below it is plainly evident that any
amount of that quality was duly merited
by the singers.
PROGRAMME:
FART l.
l. Qulntette-"IIle thee Shalop" Kuckcn,
Mrs. Smith and Temple Quartette.
p Vocal March" IIurrah for the Fleld,'
Schneider.
Temple Quartette
3. Vocal Wat2-"Estclla." TORY
Mrs Smith.
4. Quartettos-a. "Thc Dreamy Lake." "Our
Days ON Earth" Schuinann and Bee
Temple Quartette.
b. Song-"Clcanslng Fires" Virginia Gabriel
Miss Bryant.
6. Rectativc and Ara-"Thc Shadows deepen"
lfron an unpublished Cantata.) Dudley
Mr.. Fessenden.
FART II.
:. Duct-"Chccrfulncss," Gumbert.
MIS- Snllln ana MISS bryant.
8. Bass Aria-"Who trcads the path of Duty ?"
Mr.. Ryder
.. Humorous Quartette -" Alphabet Song"
Iwllner. Introducing name OF composer
and date OF cOmpositon1
Temple Quartettc.
10. Scotch Ballad-"The Maid OF Dundee"
Gilbert.
Mrs. Smith.
II. Duct-"Vienl MecO," Campana
Miss Epgsnn1np
12. Grand Scena from al Trovatore" Verdi
Mrs Smith, Mr. Fessenden and Temple
Quartette.
The quartette gave good evidence of
their powers Of song and its harmony in
the first and second numbers, while Mrs.
Smith, in the quintette OF obligato solo,
showed her full, rich and magnificent voice
to good advantage. The quartette blends
with delicious melody, each voice vicing
with the other in due regard to chord and
perfect harmony, so that the sound
breaks upon the ear with sympathetic
sweetness and power. Mr.. j. +. Fitz, the
first tenor, has wonderful compass on the
high notes, voice as mellow and as sweet
as soprano, but capable, if necessary, of
splendid power, which latter quality was
effectively shown in the recitativc by
Beethoven. Mr. W. ii. Fessenden's voice
is familiar in solo singing to most of our
readers, and it is only necessary to add
that it proved its great sympathetic and
resonant powers in the quartette, blending
with perfect harmony with all In the
solo by Dudley Buck, he received decided
encore to which he responded by a beauti-
full Scotch song of Franz Abt's. Mr..
Ryder, the second basso, has deep,
powerful voice, and sang the aria by
Mozart, which runs to d, with ease and
effect. Mr.. Cook is a pleasing baritone
and in the new quartette. improvised for
the occasion, sang especially well.
Mrs. II. NJ. Smith is probably as well
known in Vermont as any artist now on
the boards, and is universal favorite. We
have never heard her matchless soprano to
better advantage than on this occasion, in
the Scotch ballad of "The Maid of Dun
dee" which was encored and IN the fine
duet with Miss Bryant, and in fact in every
number. Her information cannot be eX-
celled, hardly cqualed, by any singer, while
her voice apparently gathers new life and
freshness at every appearance as the years
go by. Miss Bryant is "A lady, young in
years, and as yet an amateur in singing,
but will doubtless achieve success by prac-
tice and culture.
lao. "
which closed the programme, was, per-
haps, the gem of the evening Fcssendcn
made "Manrico" that is hard to find,
while Mrs Smith and the quartette were
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