Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20

the services in the fall, particularly on Yom
kippur, SO trying.
Very few singers ever go into these Holt
day services knowing their music we'll
that they are not dependent upon the strict
est counting of time, and half dozen hours
of that kind of strain leaves one in a nerv-
Gus. tired condition and not in good shape
for the two hours vet to follow on Yom
Kippur. Therefore sudden substitutes and
changes at the cantor's within are resented.
Often these are made at such short notice
that it Is impossible to change the music
sheets in time and certain songs must be
sung from memory.
The cantors, as a rule, have entire charge
or the engagement of their singers ana
engage them from month to MONTH that is.
a months notice is sufficient to terminate
an engagement.
Temple Bethel has trained more singers
for Jewish services in the last half dozen
who know services make long stays in the
synaGogues, having once landed. At Tenn
pie BETHEL there has been pretty steady
stream of musicians.
Some have gone because they found other
and more lucrative engagements, others
have gone because the cantor wanted them
to go. The list is long one Sometimes
he sends for them to come back and some
times they come.
There have been three regular organists
there in the last four years. S. Archer Glib
son of the Brick Church of 5th avenue,
Walter C. Gale and the incumbent, Mr..
Henroth Of the Church of the Ascension. A
number of others have served as substi-
tutes. Frank Taft, the organist. was there
for years. So We're. as soosts. Catherine
Hike and Leo Liberl?an, whose terms ran
close to a dozen years
The syna gogue record probably Is held by
DR.. Carl Martin, WHO has been the bass
a O q IA
Hashomayin at 3Jth street and Lexington
avenue for twenty-four years. There have
been few changes in that temple recently.
At Bethel the congrcga ton has had the
pleasure of hearing very many voices and
is getting SO that it is pretty fine judge of
respective merits. The cantor there is the
Rev. Herman Silverman, a Berlin-t trained
cantor.
THE synagogues will soon have to begin
paying their singers higher sal 4res,' said a
synagogue organ!st last week. They II
have to cut down the size of tie choir and
pay individuals more or they will have to
increase the music expense account.
they're getting trained up to better
class Of singers taan they once were used
to, and they'll have to pay for them. That
was brought to my attention by the fact
that the only candidates for several posi-
lions in my temple that the cantor would
consider told him they wouldn't even dis
cuss the matter with him unless he was
willing to pay at least one-third more than
he ever paid before. He had to have them
and / guess he must nave agreed to pay.
have heard that the choir will be cut down
to pay these soloists.
But look for an increase in pay in the
gentle churches. too, sort of result of
the raise in salaries of the labor classes
that has been made so generally
throughout the country. 1t is being forcibly
brought home to the attention of the people
that expenses of living have gone up. Mu-
sicians have no unions, that is church musi-
clans, and If their pay is increased it will be
in recognition of the rise in cost of living"