The British Musical Biography

[E] Poole, Fanny Kemble, born Barnett,
contralto vocalist, born, 1845, in London.
She did not begin her public career until
after her marriage ; but from about 1870 until
1891 she sang in concerts, chiefly in oratorio,
in all the large towns in England, Scotland,
and Wales. After the death of Mr. Poole, in
1891, she retired from the platform, and gave
herself up to teaching, having a large connec-
tion in the neighbourhood of Surbiton.

[+] Her sister, Alice Barnett (Mrs. Dickens),
sang for some years at the Savoy Theatre,
creating the contralto parts in many of the
Gilbert-Sullivan operas ; also sang in the Carl
Rosa, and other companies. Toured in
Australia, 1886. The sisters are connections
of the celebrated Kemble family.

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