The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-18
ON WORSHIP MUSIC.


 Dr. John c. Grlggs Before Yale Divinity School
 It has been arranged by the faculty of Yale university to give a series of lectures on Worship Music" before the Divinity school, Dr. John c. Griggs, secretary of the Metropolitan College of Music of New York, has been especially engaged for the work Dr. Griggs has been successfully iden- tified with a number of musical af- fairs in New Haven within the past year or two and at the present time directs the music at Center church. There are to be seven of these lec- lures during the winter and while they are given largely for the students of the Divinity school, they are equally complimentary to the public, and with out doubt many of our music-lovlng people will avail themselves of an in structive musical course of this char acter..
 The first lecture is to take place in Marquand chapel Friday evening, Oc- tober 20, and the subject will be: "The Quartet Choir-Its History-Its Limita- tions and Advantages. Custom of American Churches in Use of Quartet Music Suitable for Quartet"
 The soloists for this occasion will he Mrs. A. F. Gilbert, soprano; Miss Madge Roberts, alto; J. c. Griggs, bari tone, of the Center church quartet, and w. Otto Poleman, tenor, of New York. c. E. Ives of Center church will be the organist. MT. Poleman, the tenor, has been secured for the first concert, owing to the inability of MT. Moyle, the regular tenor, to be in the city at that time.
 The following is the music to be ren- dered:
 1. Music for Quartet of Solo Voices
 a. o Gladstone Light! (unaccom-
 panied)-From Dudley Bucks
 setting of Longfellow's Golden
 Legend
 b. O Come Every One That
 Thirsteth-From Mendelssohns
 Elijah.
 c. God Is a Spirit. Unaccom-
 panieO-From the Woman of
 Samaria .....................B Bennett
 d. Hic Breve VivituY--From Hora
 Novissima .,................. Parker ?. Andante Cantabile-From String
 Quartet, transcribed for organ
 ISCndlkOWSky 3. Example of Florid Quartet Style
 Awake My Soul.
 f. Music by English Composers
 Possible for quartet but not ex-
 pressly so written.
 a. The Eyes of All Wait Upon
 Thee, o Lord Sir Joseph Barnby b.OSaviour of the World. Sir John Goss
 c. Turn Thy Face From My Sins.
 ............. Sir Arthur Sullivan 5. Postlude
 The second lecture, which takes place November P, will treat the following topics:
 "The Chorale and the Modern Hymn Unison Singing School and Eyangelistic Music-Simplicity vs. Triv- iality-Dignity vs. Difficulty-The Ex- pressive Element in Worship Music Prime Requisites of Good Hymn Tune Artistic Development of the Hymn and the program will be by Miss Char lotte Gaynor Riley, soprano; Miss Ethel Houston, alto; Mir W. Otto Polemann, tenor; MT Edward s, Roe basso, of the Metropolitan College of Music, New York, assisted by Mrs. w. E. Haesche, soprano, of New Haven. MT. Harry Jepson, organist of Battell chapel, New Haven.
 The subsequent lectures are as fol- lows:
 Third lecture-December 13-Medieval and Biblical Hymns-Psalms in Ere quent Use-The Te Deum-The Stabat Mater-The Magniicat-The Hora No- and F. A. Fowler, organist, of St. Paul's church, New Haven.
 Fourth lecture-Saturday January IS, at D. m.-Forms of Service-The Angli- can Service-Puritan Usage-Brief Con- trast of Liturgcal and Non-Liturgical Traditions-Present Tendencies. Pro- gram by chorus choir and R. Hunting ton Woodman, organist, of the First Presbyterian church of Brooklyn, as- sisted by w. S. Moyle, tenor of New Haven.
  fish Anthem-Musical Development of England Compared With That of America-Heteroge Character of Music Used in Our Churches. Program by surpliced choir and Frederick H. Cheeswright, organist, of Trinity church, New Haven. 1 Sixth lecture-March 14-The Ora l torio-The German Passion Music and Modern Motet--The Early Musical Mar. 1 "a rative-Johann Sebastian Bach-Dra. matic Element in Worship Music-Han- deficiencies Short Cantata- | The Organ and Orchestra in Church Program by choir and organist of Cen 1 ter church, New Haven, assisted by | members of the Metropolitan College of Music, and by Professor Horatio W Parker of Yale university. 1 Seventh lecture-April 19-Choir Or anization-American Hymnody-The Pastors Relation to Worship Music 1 Program by choir and Thomas c. Shep- ard. organist, of the Church of the ! Dc II