Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-24
GLEES AND MADRIGALS.
a style Of Song Which Director Geare
Wants to Introduce In WashingtOn.
BOYS CH0RCSES IN ENGLAND AND A woMAN'S
CHORUS IN BALrIMoRE-wHAT Mr.. GEARE
PROPOSES TO Do IF HE CAN GET THE BOYS.

CHORUS IN BALrIMoRE-wHAT Mr.. GEARE
PROPOSES TO DO IF HE CAN GET THE BOYS.
Among the special notices recently appearing
In The STAR was one announcing the forna-
ton Of a boys singing club BY Mr.. r. /. Geare
Mr.. Geare, who is director of the choir OF the
church of the Incarnation, has had severed
years experience with boys In Washington and
in Baltimore, where ne was connected with the
choir of st. Paurs church for five years. What
! now wish to do said Mr.. Geare to a STAR re-
porter last evening, lis TO Introduce the sing
ing of glees and madrigals In Washington, rem
dered by boys voices alone. believe the
sweetest music l ever heard in my life was sung
by forty or ffty boys at Evans supper rooms in
London. 1t was popular place OF resort after
place AT table In u large hall. eat your supper,
and listen TO The delieiously pure voices OF this
Their leader beat time for them. Men also
Sang there, both in solos and at times in chorus
WITH the boys Notable among the men Was
Jolly Nash, whom every LOndoner knows.
Il want 10 have for year or 30" con tin ued Mr..
Geare. "a chorus of about thiytr boys and take
up the simplest English glees. OF course at first
IL would be Impossible 30 do the harder ones. I
sho;:Ii have TO ne very careful in my cholce of
music, as dislike To strain my FIRST sopranos
b. keeping Them on +, u and A al the time. I
propose to use music as arranged for wornen's
voices In three and four parts. b. the way, a
successfully In Baltimore by Prof OIenthal
The highest part Is given TO the first soprano
corresponding 10 The Inst tenor IN a male quar-
tettc. the next part to the second soprano cor
responding TO the second tenor, the third part
t. TIE first alto corresponding to the first bass
anu the lowest part 10 the second alto CORE
spending 10 the second bass.
Il believe the effect will, ii succeed, be fur
sweeter than Ii produced by q mixed chorus. I
should concDs myself 10 glees until m: boys
Could read notes well and had sufficient conf
Gence and then Introduce madrgaIs. The slug
hly would be accOH panied Ut rehearsals with u
piano. but II the club should be successful and
fnrge enough t. admit Of my giving public re-
kes,rSai should have no accompaniment "a all;
thai il, il i should be fortunate enough to have
as large 4 chorus as eventually want 70 have
perhaps 100 ~ $50 voices. IT Is possible that
mems and wopens voices may some day be
added in which case a different class of music
would be attached, admitting of any accom-
paDiment, orchestral or merely piano. i doubt
very much whether this kind of thing will take
TN q hurry. as ii Is something rather novel in
Washington or for the matter of that in Amer
lea, believe; but IL Is my intention To try my
very best TO make Ii succeed. Until the num-
Der OF boys reaches twenty-five or thirty we
shall meet in the choir room OF the Church of
the Incarnation, corner OF 10Th and " after
which should rent a large room. A school
room with a large blackboard would be the
thing, as Of course intend TO train their voices
besides teaching them choruses, etc. We have
our first meeting ON Monday, November 2
hom 10 p. fixed on this hour So as not
70 keep anxious mothers waiting too late