Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-01
THE MUSICAL ooNvENrIor.

THE MUSICAL CONVENTION.
The Events Of Yesterday-Large Audit
ences at the Concerts and the Pub
lie school Children,s Exhibit OF
Observation-Disclosures Papers Read
-To-Day,s Program-The Crowning
Brilliant Event Tonight. ~ & 3:
The brilliant success which has attended
the convention of the State Music Teachers
association eliminates with to-nights SPLEEN
did program. The greatest interest of the
weeks exercises centers in this grand clos
ing event, when the oratorio of the Re-
demption will be given by the Gounod
society, assisted by the Germania orchestra
of Boston, being the same magnificent en-
tertainment given by the Gounod society
not long since, which proved 80 notable an
attraction and caused SO large and clam
orous demand for seats that hundreds
were unable to procure them. The same
talent will present the oratorio tonight,
and the entertainment will be on
the same grand scale as before,
and if anything even more sue
cessful. The same brilliant solo talent
will take part-Mrs. S. S. Thompson as
l6ttQ1uR SOplduO, pOSlblOu Luz WutCu Suo
is eminently fitted by her splendid voice
and previous successes in oratorical and
high class concerts and whose brilliant
success achieved at the eliminating enter
tainment given by this association last year
reflected SO much credit upon our city and
was so enthusiastically commented upon
| by the Hartford papers. That grand basso
Ericsson Bushnell will also participate
| His phenomenally fine voice is an acquisi-
| ton indeed to the entertainment. Mr..
Bushnell is, as is widely known, leading
| Paxton's church, New York city, of which
| the celebrated vocalist Clementine De We're
is the leading soprano. The part he takes
| tonight is one in which he has won bril-
| liant successes in recent grand concerts in
Philadelphia and Baltimore, arousing great
| enthusiasm. Mrs. Warwick, the contralto
| of Hartford, has voice of rare power and
| merit. MICH. Clark, tenor, made most
| favorable impression in his role when he
| sang here at the Gounod society's first
| Redemption concert. The Gounod society
has its final rehearsal of the Redemption
| this afternoon at $50, at the United
| church chapel, when they will be assisted
| by the Germania orchestra, which will ar
| rive from Boston this noon. The sale of
| tickets and seats for tonight, for the pub
| lie at large, opens at the Hyperion box
| Office st nine o'clock this morning, and as
| there is large number of admirable seats
| yet remaining open to the general public,
there will be, no doubt, much eagerness te
| obtain them. The associations work is a
labor of love and of devotion to
any event but little exceed the
| $4,000 expenses of holding the convention,
with its array of attendant musical events.
/ The Gourod society and all the state talent
| taking part in the concert generously
| bestoW their services without charge. The
| chief item Of expense is $700-the cost of
hiring the orchestra. The association
| hopes to exceed the expenses sufficiently
to leave the necessary balance in the treas
ury for the printing and other preliminary
OUTLAWS of the next years convention. The
| the program far exceeds in brilliancy the
| initial efforts of the association last year
in Hartford, which were highly successful.
| R. P. Paine of New Britain is the con-
ductor for to-night's entertainment. OF
him the Springfield Republican notes as
| follows:
| ''Signs of an exceptional interest in the
| serious study of music continue to multiply
| throughout New England and the selection
of R.P. Paine of New Britain as director of
| the Hosmer Hall Choral union of Hartford
is step looking toward union of choral
interests across the border. Says the Hart
| ford Courant: Those who remember the
wonderfully fine performance of Elijah
Brtan and fad Wy eRoras
| who have heard the concerts of these soci-
cites in their own towns, understand Mr.
Paine's exceptional value as a conductor
/ and trainer, and will be glad to know that
| he is to have his work intimately associat-
I ri III al so
| Paine can unite the musical societies of
| the three cities in an annual festival such
as Worcester and Springfield now sup
port"
The second day of the convention, yes
terday, was begun with business meeting
which was held at Warner hall at 9 O'Clock
in the morning, President N. II. Allen
presiding, and there was quite number
of prominent musicians of the state who
are interested in the association, present,
including the secretary, F. A. Fowler OF
this city, Alex S: Gibson of Waterbury, T =.
F. Mccormick of New London, John S.
Camp of Hartford, George A. Kies of Nor
wich, B. Jepson, Mr.. Haesche, Thomas q
Shepard and A. E. Parsons of this city, ali
of whom took part in the discussions
brought forward.
The chairman of the committee on the
presidents address, Alex S. Gibson OF
Waterbury, introduced the following reso-
lutions, based on the recommendations in
the address:
| Resolved, That it is most desirable that the
| general that of any other branch of educa
ton and that it is the duty of each member OF
| ton.
Resolved, That committee of three be ap
| pointed by the chair, who shall take such pre-
| iminary steps as may seem best toward the
| recommendation of this association of uniform
| system Of organ construction and nomenclature
Resolved, That a COMMITTEES INIT se Of two be ap
pointed by the chair to prepare a classified list
Of this association to be handed to the secretary
| Other points to which your committee will cal
| special attention are the matter of uniform low
| pitch, to which the association is already com
| mitted and the desirability of larger interest
in publication of musical history.
The first resolution was passed after re-
marks by Mr.. Mccormick and President
Allen. The second was also passed.
On motion of Mr.. Camp the resolution
in respect to the preparing of a classified
| list of musical compositions published by
| members of the association, was amended,
limiting the list to those members of the
| association who reside in this state. A
motion was made by Mr.. Haesche and was
| passed, that at the next meeting of the
| association one of the entertainments be
| given over to the production of six origi-
| nal compositions (never before published),
written by members of the association, the
compositions to be selected according to
| merit from those handed in to the pro
gram committee.
Mr.. T. G. Shepard reported for the NOM
mating committe, presenting the following
| names for officers for the ensuing year,
which were approved:
Presdent-Alexander G.. Gibson of Water
bury. --.-
Secretary and treasurer-A. J. Wilkins of
Bridgeport.
Program committee Samuel s. Sanford of
Bridgeport, T. F. Mccormick of New London,
John S. Camp of Hartford
Mr.. Gibson in taking the chair said:
can only say that this is a working matter,
not talking matter. We cannot hope to equal
the success Of this meeting, but we can try next
year. .s~zs g4..>A :!
A vote of thanks, was extended, to ST..
Mary's church for the use of their edifce
and organ the day before.
The meeting then adjourned to the
| Hyperion, where Edmund J. Myer of New
York delivered sermon on "The English
Language in Song" which was admirably
| illustrated by Miss Tirzah P. Hamlen and