The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-24
KEY AND BOW
BY ELLA A. GILES

4 congress OF ecclesiastical music was
tststv ran, at Bordeaux. In the reports
"a /. sssn that ;,o ''tur.ical music, plain
sinSinr and ths Gres~rlrian chant met
with great favor. The olo, traditional
style of church singing is Urged a. more
truly RELIGIOUS and impressive than a~y
other. But it will not, we all know. be
accepted or returned to without protest.
CHURCH MUSIC.
the amount of energy and disintersssed
labor expended by the majority OF MEM
hers OF paid or unpaid church choir II
not, perhaps, in Los Angeles any more
than elsewhere. always appreciated by
the cohgr egation or public IN general as
It should be. More especially is this true
IN relation to the leaders, who are act to
be tho organists also. The details which
they have to closely attend to in order to
keep the choir well orsanized,and to pro-
ducs the best musical results. drs innu-
mefable, som times even very petty. yet
highly important. As a class the leaders
OF choirs are too seldom openly praised,
even by those who bel eve IN and in other
cases act upon the theory that tho hoior-
to- y nom .honor-is-due sentiment Is noble
and inst.
The field OF church music in los An
geles ID too wide to admit OF fair sum
mary without quito extended iiVestiea-
ton. But acc riding t, the reports of
average Listeners to different cho,rs at
different times, there is much good mu-
sic, both IN tue conspicuous churches ana
the smaller ones, which is eminently de-
serving of special mention in connection
with Los Angeles harmony or tone lille.
any mean, heard all the bsst church
music IN this city. AN whose opini IN
tberef re. II unfavorable. Is the result
of mere prejudice. Others who have been
gwen or rave Nv lied themselves of OPP
pOrtunities speak husiasticaily Of Los
Angeles church music In ths aggregate.
only few of the church choirs AMI their
b pal that the work Of equally meritor-
ious groups. and what they aim to accom-
pish. can be studi~d frum week to week.
THE ST. VIBfANA CHOIR
Very satisfactory has been the music
at the cathedral since Professor A. }.
Slamm became organist and choir leader.
The other m mbsrs Of tins quartet are
Miss Roth, soprano; Mrs. Paine alto;
An additional msmb'r is Mr.. Laub.
baritone, who takes some Of the
solus. Trey nave since last Seltrm-
Der, under the direction II Professor
Stamm, b en- studying mass s--Haydn's
Tnlru, Mozart's First. Muzart's Tw,l th
and Haydn's Sixtssnth. During this
comparatively sho time much has been
seem to be Professor Stamm's favorlte
composers. His organ work is except
tionally fine. Miss Roth has q very
pleasing voic,, am always SINGS with
cool expression. Mrs. Paine, the con-
tralto, has lad much experience in
church SINGING aud her services ara de-
cidedly valuable. LIST Sunday Haydn's
sixteenth mass WAS sune quite effectively.
1t is Une OF the most difficult on account
OF the intricate harmony, the parts oeins
mostly in dependent OF each other and
several melouies being carried out at the
sal me time. Mr.. Werner recently sang
Cherubini's Ave Maria very beautifully
The cathedral choir will give concert
IN the near future, wbicn promises much.
They are reh tarsins b eth ,sen's Mass in
q. and in their con ,ert will be as listed
los an the attr .ctibn OF a large chorus
there will be some selections nv prom
nent Lo, Angeles yocalists.
First MEPHO DIST CHOIR
The leader of the FIRST Meth dis .
churcn CHI # is the gifted baritone, i TO.
fssso. G. s. Cornell. Mrs. Ugilvie is Or
ga list. Tnsre are thirty-tve mem bers.
i.Iciuling leader aud ortali,t. the cnor us
bein. we'll balanced, as shown by the
fast that there ara nj ,e sopra nos, sight
altos, Sven tenors and nine ba>sos.
Thew have recently been STUDYING Euck,
Sal ler. Guss, WOODWARD Sullivan, Tours
and Gouno They have as> made a
special study of all the chor from til g
passion music Of John Sc sstian Bach.