Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-24
PART SINGING"
An Appeal to Holc u Taught to tho Children

~ EVAN srEplleNM

Nus.Ily can luarn to sing parts ana
hold" their own iu such singing has
been nly demonstrated At least for
the past % years Nm SAT- Lake CITY, The
class has mover been too large, small
young on old, ~ do part alnglnA ANA
what has been done In Salt Lake CITY
has been equally well done BY classes In
the country settlements, surely we
are not Gping ~ permit tho
present ana coming generations TO
lapse back TO that CrudoHt Of all sing.
lug, merely IN unison and oCtavos,
when they are all IN readiness aud IN
time ag II We're, for part singing,
The training W the past Cfor the
training Of the parents does 0ncct the
abllIly OF the children enables the
present generation Of children 90 mas
tor his IN a tenth part of the time and
rfort Of those of 70 years ago, We
must not lose sight of the path Of
progress Just because we fancy We
have no time ~ advance | viii ven.
luro 10 state that IN the matter Of
part singing the sabbath school child
rem ~ the jublloop Of 20 years ago
oquhlled II not oXccllod those Of last
sunday and that because the proper
EFFORT was now lacking To excel IN this
llNlWllhNl llllIi lllNNlll' wv NhN'l lluf
Gle choir nlnostonths singing lead
with hero ana there q stray alto, tenor
or bass. trying Ia stem the tide would
such attempts be worthy the namc uf
"muslc| We arc unbalanced enough
a5 We are, because Of the lack of bass,
tonors and altos available,
The chore Of the future are ot the
mercy Of lho sabbath schools and day
schools ~ today our great work IN
the schools Ms Ia prepare material
hence the tremendous Importance Of
this subject "Ono part" singing IN IN.
oycuSohle and unworthy OF the small
est sloepltst school In our community
We have abundant proof that the
smallest lIsrerN can learn 10 sing IN
parts, II ~ merely a matter Of aim,
and n little determined perseverance on
the part Of tho teacher
My fellow workers, I appeal 10 you
all--lt IN all important Music without
harmony IN hardly music, mako The
"narts" and Chords" tell out, they are
the soul ~ the soma The day Of Sim
pic part sIngIng has happily gono by
II noyor woH whore cholrn were fOs.
tered, and music received any attention
ns an art bet no one convince you
that 80 long as the lead Of the song
IL sung, Il Nv AL right The organ win
supply an accompaniment Such nm
adviser IN unsteady non progressive,
and ought io have been carefully laid
away ON the shelf ag 4 relic these
many, many years What ~ worth do.
ing NJ all N worth doing Woll" 10
way nothing Of completely and correct
w. I'm chldrone singing JET the alto
ovor prodomlnato without forcing the
voices n particle, In this way VIII the
child learn The beautiful sense Of har
mon2Ing Ms VOICE with other voices
10 some purpose, enrich rather than
ruin its voice, every child should
he taught no least thc "alto and
treble of oyory SOM rendered, ana
no child should bo Kept constantly
singing the same part but should often
exchange, always singing with nntu.
raj ease whether the part be high or
low. In this way the voice NJ naturally
developed into Nv ful compass, and
not dwarfod into either eo.caled
alto or treble yolcO The way any part
should be made 10 predominant n TO
pul "a larger number 10 sing H. and
not by loud singing
This Nv not written IN the spirit q,
fOult.nndng, but with the keones,
concern Tor this most important matter,
which I fear In the present great rush
Of studies and duties Crowdlng upon ne
n hoing overlooked II Ia our weak
point let ue pet TO work unltodly 10
strengthen NJ II VIII go Tar towards