The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-22
IN THE MUSICAL world
Notes Of Interest Concerning Artists Home
and Abroad.
PRESENT and FUTURE events

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Forecast of the Musical Enterprises
for the Coming Winter-Scranton
Singers to Attend the Allentown
Eisteddfod-The Laurel Hill Festi-
val Music to Be Repeated-An Ora
torio Society organized-Culture of
Welsh Vocalsts.
The choruses Of the great musical
festival which was held recently at
Laurel Hill park will be reproduced at
the rockingham on Thursday, Oct.
ii. The prize winners at the great fes
tival will tender the committee COM
plimentary, and Mr.. rockingham has
rendered his beautiful theater to the
committee gratuitously. The leading
members of the Cymric association,
upon three former occasions, when pre-
senting the great Gilmore festival in
our city under the management of j.
H. Laine, the people of our city, re-
sponded handsomely to the call and
were more than delighted with the
brilliancy of the unrivalled efforts of
the great band and the home chorus.
Mr.. Laine, who is one of the foremost
managers of lyric aggregations, had
| the entire charge of the Gilmore festi-
walls. He is atpresent the manager ofthe
rockingham and he has kindly con-
sented gratuitously to take charge of
the entire business end of the great
indoor festival. "The Hunting Chorus"
| (Mendelssohn) will be reproduced by
one of the victorious choirs, number
ing l2O voices, under the magnificent
leadership of w. Evans. "Gloria"
(Mozart) will be reproduced by the
victorious Catholic choir, under the
superb directorship of John T.
Watkins. "The Bridal of the Birds"
and "My True Love Hath My Heart"
will be reproduced by Mrs. ID. B.
Thomas unrivalled female party of
fifty voices. The victors in the double
quartette, quartette, duet and solos
will participate in the grand affair
Our own Bauer's band will reproduce
the Tampa overture, and the crown
ing glory of the festival, Mr.. Laine,
will introduce for the first time in our
city the Boston Ladies' Symphony
orchestra, an attraction of great musi.
cal interest This will be the grand.
est musical event ever held in this
city.
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1t is very foolish for anyone to say
that the Welsh people of this city are
not musically educated. From child
hood up they are taught the hardest of
oratorio music, and nearly every Welsh
singer one meets is perfectly familiar
with this class of music. There has
been produced by the Welsh singers of
this city such oratorlos as the "Crea-
tion," Messiah "Samson," "Judas
Maccabeus," "Elijah," and others.
Carl Zerrahn. of Boston, says that he
never heard such perfect choral sing
ing as among the Welsh people, and
as for male voice they could not be
equalled by any nation. So impressed
was he with the singing of male
voice music by the Welsh people
that he took the old Mendelssohn
Glee club to Boston, and had them
sing there at several concerts. Edward
Lloyd, said to be the finest oratorio
singer in the world, is a Welshman.
Ben Davies, of London, one of the fin
est tenors in all England, is Welsh
man Edward Jerman, the composer,
is Welshman, and so is Francyn Da-
vies. who appeared with Ben Davies
at the Queens theater, in London, in
"Ivanhoe" The music of DR.. Joseph
Parry ranks with that of the best COM
posers in England or America. The
| Germans are ahead of the Welsh peo-
pie in instrumental music, but all ma
tionalities readily admit that there is
no nation that can equal the Welsh as
vocalists.
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Tallie Morgan has Just written u
song for Mr.. Weeden who is the sing
ing associate Of Mr.. Schievera in the
evangelistic work, u song that is bound
to become very popular. Mr.. Weeden
says that he never had song that he
likes so well, and he will sing it at all
the meetings. He sang it for the first
time yesterday noon at the meeting
held in the car shops, and it made
deep impression. The title of the song
is "Dare to Say No." There is no at
tempt Of course at any intricate
harmony, but it is simple
song that is bound to reach
the heart of the hearer. 1t will appear
in sheet form in a few weeks. Mr.
Stebbins while here looked over MI.
Morgan's compositions of gospel
hymns, and he was very much i'm
pressed with their excellence and ad-
vised Mr.. Morgan to send them to a
publisher at once. He said that "Dare
to Say No" is bound to become very
popular sacred song in revival and
temperance work.
"a feature of the recent eisteddfod
at Laurel Hill park, Scranton, de.
serves" says the Wilkes-Barre Leader,
'rather more than a passing notice,
for it appeals to every patriotic Ameri-
can. A competition of school children
was had for prize of $75 for the best
singing of The Star-Spangled Ban
ner,' Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean, and other patriotic airs. lit
seems to be fact established without
argument that next to the preparation
of the standard choruses by the big
choirs, nothing is quite so worthy and
so worth commendation as this train
ing of young children to sing the ma
tional melodies. There are many rea
sons why this should be done, and not
any cause why it should not. The
teachers of all our schools are urging
the importance of teaching the chill
dren patriotism. Let them teach
themselves, catching the inspiration
by singing such airs and words as shall
bring every bit of latent patriotism to
the surface. A chorus of children thus
taught could teach their elders, for the
chances are two to one that the parents
can't sing The Star Spangled Banner
through one verse;"
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