The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-13


adjudicators of yesterday. Music is an
art and q science and we must be
scientific to get in the atmosphere Of
appreciation; you can and l hope you
will appreciate this fact"
VIII Watkins, of Harrisburg, sang
the solo of Land of My Fathers" and
the audience sang the chorus in rich
volume and sweet tone, the subdued eff
fects in the last chorus being splendid.
Mr.. Broom, of Pottsville, was presi-
dent of the morning session. Rev. T.
c. Edwards was called upon and said:
/ came here to hear, enjoy and be
thrilled, not to please others. | am
thrilled to see so many bright faces full
of the expectation of winning. That is
not all there is To lose should furnish
inspiration to those who do so and
make them more cautious. The pres
ent adiudicators are the best we have
had thus far and impart some vital
points which have received but little
attention heretofore.
In the soprano solo Mrs. Z. T. Grif-
fifth and Miss Sarah Schmidt of Utica,
and Mrs. Lizzie Understandings, of
Scranton, were accepted out of seven
entries and sang in that order. The ad-
Indication was given at once by Mr..
Henderson,. He awarded the prize to
Mrs, Brundage, and after enumerating
the points to be considered in an ad-
Indication of this sort. Mr.. Henderson
said that some singers thought that
forcing the tones from the muscles of
hi N
occur so much, however, in the soprano
solo as in some of the previous ones.
Mr.. Henderson compiimented Mrs.
Brundage very highly on her observ-
ance of the technical points OF singing.
Prize for Miss Durkin.
The second competition was piano
solo, "Tarautelle" op. 20, by s. B. Mills,
for persons under 20 years OF age. Ihe
prize was SIS and a chair given by
Mr.. Housenick For this there We're
only three contestants, Miss Elsie
Cohen, of Wilkes-Barre, and John
O'Malley, of Avoca, winner of yester-
days piano contest, and Miss Annie
Durkn. of Scranton. Mr.. Huss rem
dered the adjudication on this one in
favor of Miss DurlSin, who also won the
same prize last year.
In DIR. Mason's "The Ramsomed Of
the Lord" the Minerville choir, under
the leadership of David NJ. Miles, was
the only one entered and they sang
the piece BEAUTIFULLY. The first move
ment was particularly well done, as
was the phrasing all through the selec-
tion. the tenors being strong. The in
tonation was somewhat faulty. There
were twenty-siX voices in this party.
The music given in the competition
was, in point of delicacy, up to, If not
exceeding, anything ever heard here
in competitive singing. The prize was
5000 and gold metal given by Mrs.
Heyer to the leader. AS this was the
only choir to contest, the adjudicators
submitted a written report, read by Mr..
Krehbiel, in which it was said that a
rule of the eisteddfod was not to award
a prize where there was no competition.
But in the chorus competition of the
morning wherein only the Minersville
choir sang, this rule had, by consent,
been partly waived and the choir was
allowed one-half of the prize, or $1O0.
The Female Chorus Contest.
The morning session closed with a
female chorus for not less than twenty
or more than thirty voices. The COM
petition was on "Annie Laurie" the
famous old Scotch melody, arranged
by Dudley Buck, and the prize was
800 with $40 and a piano lamp to the
successful leader, and $40 to each un-
successful leader. There were six en-
tries and they sang in this order: Scran-
ton, Mrs. Heckle; Wilkes-Barre, Miss
Maggie Lewis; Pittsburg. Mrs. Samuel