The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-07
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MUSICAL CONVENTION.


conversation during the past week, has
been the Musical Convention. which on the
whole proved a great success. The talent
secured was unusually fine and the public
have shown their appreciation by packing
Academy Hall every afternoon and even
ing. and many savage breast and many a
civilized one too has been sOOthed by the
sweet music SO lavishly discourscd by the
great Beethoven Quintcttc, the accom-
plishcd and popular voralists, from abroad.
and talent OF no mean order here ut home.
Mrs. Carter Is the posscssor of very fine,
pure soprano voice which has been so far
cultivated rs TO be under perfect control,
and not so far a- to have all the music Gull
tivatcd out of it, a peculiar result of en-
ccssivc training which we frequently
notice in professional singers. which is
great source of admiration and envy to
those aSpirants who have howled them
selves into state of musical idiocy in the
vain attempt t. utter musical idea which
they never had, and who deem it hcresy
and schism to admire anything they can un-
derstand, and are great source of disgust
mr. n;,v to no,nlo who bovo so,s
Mrs Snrinr,s cor,rol,o 10 ot.o ,rro aud
sweet and her rendition of "Thc Three
Fishes will leave \ nleasont echo in our
memory for many long week to come
Miss Annie y Keith of fine Enjsconol choir
ceiyed an encore which must have bccn
very 1attrrinr TO lady. both musicollv
and by the calenlor. so vounc Miss Kel.
lor,r also ~ u,;, .,,,,o, inv, l.a.
IS "'' '''7 paw """''' nave "eeu
eh'hu9ihstcalIy chcored after her singing
of "Ihc Grand Old Ocean. had not the
strict rnles of tba. evnninp fLrid.,l for
,.,, ~
o"''"" iiri N""e Is Que vi I''re anu pc
cullar quality and sounded in our ear
with wondrOus sweetness. She il n pupil
of Mrs Ellsworth. We ,ro,,;c, f,r ho, no
wei Us MISS he'lii' I'''iNeu success Ill inc
musical field, and we pray them both in
hehalf of an unsrientifc Inf hum,n Inn.
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'''''n'''' " ''''" "I""' 1t 'no i'S' anu pc'oc
and exquisite pleasure which it is in their
power as pricstesses of song to rive rather
Than fin. ,,o;r ,u1i,o., anil oro,o uo,.
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'hfoatS III reaching after those high notes
which Of Iioht belong exclusively TO the
bor nine mud ,bc devil and which :, :, MA
i'F Nv
greater 'lolor |" them TO utter than IL Is to
the youngest member OF the family to drive
the older numbers thereof into brain fever
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ica'i"' ''h norm nh'he'hs on thc KEY OF H.
The great Cobb was in attendance and,
az usual, exceedingly popular We have
been led to wonder why Mr. Cobb whose
torrc Is so unmlstakeable, should waste his
valuable time in singing sentimental songs,
nun we think we see through it now. You
VIII hotlcc That he never sings one which
occupies more than Il certain number of
minutes, winch length OF time is calculated
10 nlctity TO work inc audience up toJust Il
certain pItch OF excited anticipation OF the
comic song which is sure to follow. Verify,
Cobb, thou art genius and more of real
beneit To- thy fellow man than at least
three dillcrcht taA-collcctols we could
name. We wake mp in the night and think
abouty"li slhilc mat IS "Chlldllke and bland
as you sing OF the 'lieathen Chlnec,
and next morning al breakfast we are CUES
uohc WIN great seriousness, by the differ
ent female members OF the family. as to
whether we did or did not manage for once
IN our HE to wake up when that shock of
earthquake came ana ialllcd the dishes in
the china closet III such a blood curdling
manner Ana when we snake our head and
swell up WIN suppressed rcmolsc and swal-
l,.r
beng reminded mat every rose has its
morn, we are Indignantly told that every
lhdlvldual person IN the house might be
murdered in bed and then blown to atoms
WIN a smell or grapc-shot or some awful
thing ana we would sltmber still.
Inc choruses were very well executed
we should say, but, owing to violent peri
odlcal hcadache which invariably came on
just as the singers arose IN obedience to the
mandate OF Ifol. Eincrsons baton, and
lasted untli they sat down again, perhaps
we ought not To- attempt an opinion. The
"Stabat Mater was very finely rendered
ana the audience seemed completely
wrapped up IN lis melody. But there are
always some people IN such place who
won appreciate anything or let you
VINO are us destructive To your peace of
ihlnd as Drldal par IN the car seat next
IN 'front.' OF you. On this occasion there
was an old lady seated very near lis with
an enormous pair OF spectaclcs on, the re-
hecled hght from which would ever and
anon hit us IN the eye and make us think
we were struck by lightning, You have
probably seen her at lectures and concerts
she was SO homely and OF such determined
ana uncompromlsing aspect that il gave us
,ne Ierllgo every tlme we looked at her,
put after while in listening to the Sta
BAT Mater we entirely forgot her cX-
istence ana were getting almost happy
again when we got an awful flash
IRON the spectacles in our left eye
and harsh interrogatory whisper convey
ed TO our ear the question "Aint they
goln to gll through with this tarna trash
pooty soon an sing some Son9ss' We de-
sire in this connection to call the attention
OF the public to that unjust and grinding