The sun., 1895-04-14

the Church Charity Foundation in Brooklyn. In
the p, Il SUCH as
Bartholomews and All Souls In this city and
Calvary Church in Brooklyn, general apr, approyall 4
women who move in procession TO their stalls
and render the service In a revsrent manner
q One Of the most complete types Of choir nausi
cally considered, ia furnished by ~. Bar
prSnos ten contrssos Steven tenor. and twelve
bassos. They enter the church together by q
single door ascend The chanesi % steps; ana me
vested like tho men, but wear in distinction lit,
tie black silk caps. The choir is in full view OF
80 that were the women In ordinary costume
they would appear an ineTnGirsons nGis n,,,erm eln
OF d0H II. Td,c biaek gown @ over which is slipped
the plain white Gotta they are dressed in
with ,hs male .nS. AND 6s Are pssens
completed organ, a colossal trune construction,
uniting tho hno old gallery. organ with a new
largest Instruments In the world, ne well rs Won
derful in design. The new choir arrangement
% nentIy W .ssIsfsesory, was begun aboht two year,
ago. when tho chancel was enlarged to admit
Another illustration Of musical SUCCESS 10 pre-
choristsrs should be back Of the choir. screened
cG" PqSS fa6ns /. y:S at fsF6
by six women chorsters. who form part Of =
ss s1 Of about s s 'ty boy. :as sSs Ss
chancel. and are hardly visible behind the upper
open,work screen. The eh.ncel = ssparat.
sr.tns sq 1rem in 'hs verscS Sys.. .ass ca"ce r
from which The enclosure receives is Us
to screen tho vested choir. The musical blend.
ings which are produced In this church ~ n are 1 OF
and tn9: 1ocss
effects are also noticsable, as characterized BY
The most unique type of present choir organi-
Mslr.n ss Mn: poo mnS ai5s prr
hymnsis. has served As orEanist and choir
OF this church consists Of a chorus Of men and
women, and . quartet Of soloists. arranged as
members. The instrumental accompaniment
combines with single organ, harp
s.a e Thu Of h. @nsc
VhAr but 4. Rector and tho orssnist alike prefer
that the women shall not be vested. They are
quartet OF artists with the harpist, Mr.. Toulmin.
the the chorus @ form MI the opposite group. The entire
choir 10 concealed from Wow Of the congregation
during the service and in entrances and depart
ures by meaus OF screens on either side OF the
pulpit. The choir is conducted on religious
principles as we'll as wish great reversnce for
rhurch to 81 set apart p tho singers. With the charge
"what thou believest in thine heart that
ssy sTE Nth Il. r1s thy s and rSon... 1ss psssei psser
The musical director In this church has no OBJ
lection TO the surplced choir. while preferrinR
to have his own choir withdrawn from obsorva-
tion. His belief is simply that 1t 10 better not to
see the machinery Of music, when under such
sensuous or spiritual world. This is not new
arrangement of tho choir Of st. Thomas's. but
one existing since or even prior to the removal
of tho church in 1870 from Houston street and
Broadway to its present location. 1t also cor
responds in effect to the plan OF Wagnsrs music
drama IN tho Festspislhaus at Bayreuth. with
At St. Thomas's the bells are runs by a
musician IN with the The
carols 10 one of tho festival features. The in
PRODUCTION Of interlude. on the chimes in the
service, and an additional accompan nment of
csrillon l25 small oellal are also noted at times
musical service is rendered BY q choir OF boys
:. In some Of the Protestant and Roman Catho-
lic churches alike. women choristers alternate
with men In the regular musical services. At
vices is rendered By sixty orphan boys, vested
joining the grand altar. At other times the
:smo place 70 filled BY the sodality girls. bu.
the gallery ali rye choir consists Of as many as = hum.
drsd male and female singers. The Christmas
and Easter o9:sr,ances % requiem mnss , for
are some Of the occasions to call out the full
In churches having boy ehoirs women some
choir. In this way girls give their services in
tho Church of the Holy Communion, whore only
the men and boys are vested. This Is also tho
case At All Angels. which has a regular choir
Of boys and men. and where. In some Of tho sor-
vices the singing 10 by q volunteer choir Of men
and women.
Tho belief is stated by some Of the church mu-
sicians that the quartet choir as such Is to bo
entirely superseded by one or the other of tho
recent types ca careful sur survey wiz show that
quartet choir shows certain corresponding do
veopment. Thus. at the Church Of the Incar-
nation there are four quartets OF hno singers all
well paid. OF this type OF choir In its Oldest
form. the rost notable illustration exists in st.
Paurs ChHpel with an arrangement unchanged
since Washington WAS among tho worshippsrs
In Its pews choir of fourteen men and
twelve women continues to ronder the musical
service from the old gallery with its venerable
organ. and forms almost the only exception to
and observed throughout its series Of chapels.
The criticism that "everything runa to organ
technique" suggests another division of opinion.
reaction already mark ed has expression in
unaccompanied service. Of which an example Is
found in the music of the Russian Church. To
struction In church music in the General Theo-
logical Seminary At Chelsea square. as we'll
as in training his IT. Agnes's boy choir, has de-
voted much attention
The three parts OF church music-the congre-
CATION. the trained choir. and tho Instruments
hold variable relations Of Importance. Tho In
struments have had some ascendancy since or
gans like those of st. Rartholomew's and of the
cathedral at Garden City have been built- An
even balance Of these different parts Ii still sat
isfactory. as illustrated at Trinity Church at the
Feast OF the Ascension or at other great musical
and ecclesiastical celebrations when also the Or
chsstra in tho gallery serves as an effective
auxiliary of the chancel choir.