The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-20

linstrument), and doubtless took
HandePs own manuscript for a
guide.
The words and music were nei-
Their requiredtO be adjudged together
nor (sorry to say were they so
adjudged,S They were only required
ito accompany each other, as one
would be useless without the other
for the purpose intended-eye to
business again-and they were ad-
Judged separately and separated in
1.-THE awarding of prizes whenever
ldeemed necessary. even to the
breaking of their own rules.
Seeing he mentions the Welsh
eisteddfOd, l would advice him to
notice if they carry out his cast
iron rules in their arrangements.
lido they ever let authors choose
their own words, subjects, ETC.? To
be sure they make such rules as
may besnecessary for their good. So
have our committee. The concert
as mentioned, was uncalled for in
this case, as a previous concert had
furnished the money already to pay
for these compositions; while the
chance for vocal competing on these
productions is still left us, should
they SO desire.
| Next; Oh, to be a judge! Let me
transform this a little, as none
but great and learned
musician could possibly ina
| CINE the meaning of the
next torrent of appellations. We
shrink at such learning and to
think we may have dared to compete
with this dictionary Of harmonious
land melodiOuS terms. The judges
of your late New Y ears story should
have dissected every sentence con-
tanned in ali handed in, given the
name of every part OF speech, and
handed that to the vanquished as a
reward for his work; never mind
the whole as an art work Never
mind the thoughts or ideas con-
tanned! Be a teacher of grammar
to the writer and you have been a
Judge; be teacher of harmony and
composition in the technical sense
and you are musical judge. Of
course, you can tell nothing of the
merit of the piece by reading it
never so carefully and viewing it as
one whole, looking to the main
points You must diesect the SEN
licences word by word; that is the
way to find out their merits. Besides
this, Judgment must be published
in full. Horror, what reading!
! His next insinuations are not only
false, but are calculated to stain the
characters Of the gentlemen of the
committee, in his spleen. Because
certain "youpg aspirants" took a
good share of prizes, he brands the
.}committee with being dishonest
and planning" Does he mean to
say other composers are not compe-
tent to write pieces in each class
as designated by the committee
!, If they are, had they not the
chance, and is there one class that
is not necessary for our religious
ana social ga therings. Not one
piece of poetry or music failed to get
a prize, according to the repast, on
: the ground that the authors were
either not musicians or poets
nor was there any secular music in
under pretension of being religious
The classes were all explained long
before the peices were in, and each
class contained that which it
called for, if not, doubtless the
judges would either cast them out
or pat them in their proper places,
, While l believe judges ought not, as
a rule compete, yet where there are
three judges, two of the three must
rule and if the author does not
bring his own opinion to bear and
the other two award him the prize,
mot knowing the writer, rather
conclude he must deserve it and
nothing very dishonorable takes
place. Where is the harm of COM
petitor "oYerhauling" the music, if
necessary to place them in
their proper classes, etc. Would
he be likely to copy ideas
or does L. S. j. fear he
would change any of his harmonies
for him. The union officers, nc
doubt, would willingly let L. S. j.
examine and see if such pieces as he
may have sent Should he have sent
any still retain their primitive
purity.
There are but two important
points in the action Of the commit.
, tee, that the real lovers Of art regret
These have crept in through no dis
honorable motives; but, on the con
, trary, in their great anxiety to dc
the poet as we'll as the composer full
. Justice in the first case: second, in
: making their collection more useful
than artistic. Thus they had two
. separate set of adjudicRtors zone fol
= music and one for poetry to pass
+ separate judgments on that which
had now become one whole, forget
. ting that the Emusic was not with
i, ouG the words, not words without
: the music" as both being suitably
/ welded became one piece of art
i The educators of the music while
' they may not have been poets, were
: certainly able to understand the
+ poetry and decide whether it wa!
! Suitable to the music and fit for use
n The selections of words containing
\ musical thoughts should here be
+ come part of merit to the,author a