Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-12

Of men singlas second tenor should
sling first base. THIS leaders n thsss
male chofuscs shouli be extremely
careful In the placing Of the voic..s.
and In order 10 set good reiuils the
puts should be well balanced aud
blended together. Tnie was the only
Parry observ.ng (which We think IL
corr ct aud sntctive)tho solo part page
No. 4. second brace, but the forcing OF
he tenor page 4, bar No. ~ made vory
bad work of II. TIE rall 40 arms"
ty the second tenors, page No. $, ow.
Ing 10 the weakness Of same, was very
iuaneo,ivc. The youthful conductor
siroye hard tor good aud effective
singing, but IN consequence OF the
poor material at hand, better results
could hardly have been expected.
Chorus No, I, (Orphtu')-Voices
very good, ospeolslly low bass; balance
very gooj; intonatlon goOi; afticula.
ton fair; pleading very good through
out; attack very good, with delermius.
tiOn to conquer and this effect feaOhed
without forcing the voices. Precision
well maintained 10 the end; tempo
good, the various changes wVll brought
oul and carried through 10 successful
and nttiDg climax, phrnsing good, cx.
preston very good. Toe singing Of
this chorus was characterized with
neldefaolo ilDish, the Hight aud
thaJe spiendidly, handled giving
confidence 10 tho ndIudicatofs that
they were well controlled. The great
fault found with this chorus was the
artculaiing Of the vowrls aad cona0n.
ants"ear the shout, ""Lan dot Monn,"
Instead Of "Hoar ths ,hnuW AMI
"Land of Mona" We found more or
les. Of this faulty articulation With oil
Of the chorusss. The s)lo parts were well
sung, In unison, page No. Z, Ith and
bth bars, md l9ih aud l5th. la this
party W. felt the true tpirit OF this
magnificent war song displayed. The
second tenOrs on rae No. ), ITO
arms," on II usinS very effective. tue
nfst o. pAftles 10 properly sustain II,
aud AL Of tue voices united In splendid
fOrnn In making this ending q ntting
climax 10 most Aftistio rem iition %
tho "Sound OF war falls ON my cat."
Toe aJjudlcntoru without hesitation
make the following awards
No. 3, frst prize.
No. 2, second prize.
THE FEMALE CHORUS.
Following /. the adjudication on the
female choTut;
rARTY no. |.
Voices, very good guilty aud we'll
balanced, pleasing, lsO05 information,
slightly on pitch, page 4, 10Th bar.
Articulation, very good, and the
voiooa blending nicely. Tue attack on
pages and o. "Comc, COME" eto.
Precision. air, somewhat hurried,
but we've well uuder the control Of the
leader. The tempo was rather fast, a
few pulsAtions slower would have been
better. The singing Of this party was
very good throughout aud made q very
pretty bridal rendition.
PARrY 2, FEMALE CHOIR.
Voices, good; the low alto very good
tho balance OF parts fair, the second
iopfano marring tho information Inc
many placer, aud In consequences tbs
blending OF the paris was not quite
satisfactory ~ The first. Attack on
page aud gioi. rhe tempo Of this
party was alsO too fast, somewhat faster
han the frat. Phtasing extremely
good, tho ending Of liars o, = and 10
wa, done to n nicsty; precision GOD;
EXPRESSION good. The singing OF this
IAtty as q whole was also very sweet,
exculllng IN attack aud precision the
hrs1 party, but lacked In light anu
shade.
FEiIALE CHORUS NO. 3.
Voices, fair; balance, fair; ariicula.
lion, fair; inlonatiop, fair; blending,
ordinary; the second soprano too light
sui OF poor quality, and the fret 40.
ptano on page 4, whsf. the solo starts,
oonlain,d too many vOicts OF different
qualities OF tonee, aud the alto sang
chest tones too high. IL this l. not
romediod soon, 10 will be the ruiz OF
their voice. Crest care should be taken
IN the blending OF the different regis-
tsrs of the voice ths transitions from
one to tho other should be made ~
smoothly and evenly ana passing
points made strong through careful
vocaliEztion and culture. Tempo too
slow phrasipg lair. IL was neverthe-
lees a commendab Q rendition.
Tue adjuuioalors Ia awarding tho
prize recognize tho closeness OF the
competition between the firft aud
econd part es that the only satisfactory
cane u,ion aud also n unanluoua one
that tue iifAt nrize he divided be
tween No. and and the second prize
given TO No. 3.
LADIES' QUARTET.
Tbs adjudication on the lAdieA' quar-.
TIT IL ~ fOllpTG
Quar'Rltr NJ. l-Voices fair. saur,nn