The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-01
MUSIC
For the Masses
Means Much.
A DUBLIN CONTEST
Furnishes a Suggestion
Worthy of Adoption.

mere NdS recently Nelu III DuDlih d
band contest. in which several Of the
metropolitan and provincial bands COM
peted for prizes, chief among which was
p silver cup presented by Sir Henry
Irving, the actor. The contest was a
most interesting affair, and large audi
ences filed the rotunda during the per
Torrance OF the different competitors.
There were really two competitions,
for junior and senior bands. The iudg-
ing was done by j. Ord Hume of Lon
don. an expert on band music, whose
decisions are so highly respected that
his services as Adjudication in such con-
tests are certainly in demand in the
large cities Of Great Britain and Ire
land.
The pieces played in the Dublin con
test We're selections from Mariana"
in the junior competition, and from
Donizetti's Marine Faliero," in the
senior. Each band got one weeks no
tice to practice its piece. and the work
of each, when the day of decision came,
was intensely gratifying both to the
5udge and the people who attended the
contest. In all, nine bands entered the
~ &c JqliloIS ana SIX seniors.
those pahu contests 90 great QTiI
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and for the raising of the public stand
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idea underlying them is a most lauda-
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musical, not many would De found OBJ
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IN the inauguration, as an ana 10 pop
ular musical education, Of an annual
inuhiclpal pand contest winch would
inevitably leau 10 such a spirit OF emu
laloll among the pands OF tins section
tnat IN rev years our genial and pop
ular friend Mr. Doe would have to
travel farther a1eld than Millbury in
search OF inspiration tor some OF his
clever imitation sketches.
-Ihere is another field open for the
provision Of a healthy, uplifting and
enjoyable treat for the great masses
of the people, who, while they may
not be all Rubinsteins or BeethoVens
nave IN them, in great or small de-
gree, each and every one, a love for
music. That field lies in the holding
of Sunday afternoon organ rectals or
concerts in Mechanics Hall, the per-
formers TO be in order of succession
the different organists of the city u
nominal admission fee, just to cover ex-
penses, to be charged, and a program
devoted wholly TO music-strictly sa-
cred music if you will-but no preach
ing, offering of prayer or Scripture
reading. These belong to the churches
and perhaps the grand sacred music
of the hour may in itself prove an evan
gelist of no mean force, and cause some
non-church goers to wish for more such
music an hour or two later, when he
hears the church bells ring out on the