The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-11
CHORAL UNION OPENS YEAR
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Society Will Give Haydn's Gre ation as the First Offer
 ing of the Season.


 The first meeting for the season of
 the New Haven Choral union was held
 last night in City Mission hall, with
 good many of the old members present
 and some fifty new asprants.
 President w. L. Phelps greeted those
 present and congratulated the choral
 union upon past successes and express
 cd assurance of his belief in their fur-
 ther success. Mir. Fogarty the treas
 urer was called upon for his report. He
 wasn't long about it. but it was voted
 very satisfactory and accepted-inas-
 much as the society is absolutely free
 from debt. The president again ex-
 pressed congratulations his opinion be-
 ing that one of the greatest reasons for
 the successful career of the society is
 that they are the only musical organi-
 zltion that goes on without any debts.
 The secretary's report was read by C.
 w. Comfort, "who has come back to
 take a post graduate course ill the
 choral union" the president said.
 President Phelps then announced the
 names of the officers nominated for the
 coming year, and the entire ticket
 was elected as follows: Presidnt, Will
 liam Lyon Phelps; vic-president, Ben jamin Jepson; musical advisor, Prof.
 Horatio Parker conductor, William
 Haesche; treasurer, Thomas y. Fogar-
 ty; secretary, c. w. Comfort; librar- ian, Mir Manwarlng In charge of sing
 ing classes, Miss Lynch and Miss Fo-
 garty; division ofIlcers--soprano, c. w. Comfort; altos, s. o. Preston; te~ors,
 G. D. Loveday; bass, L. Sullivan and N. Patri; door Keeper, MT. Riley; com mittee, Mrs II. Grant Thompson, Mrs. { F. c. Porter, Mrs. G. B. Martin, Mrs H. F. English, Mrs A. E. Morrell, Mrs II. w. Farnam, Mrs, Irving Fisher, Mrs. Elford Trowbridge, Mrs John slade Ely, Mrs. Frank Trowbridge, Mrs. James Hillhouse. Mrs. Eugene 1 Bristol, Mrs. William Haesche. Announcement was made that there will be an honorary membership list this year, the fee being s20O, which will admit holder offs honorary membership ticket to the visitors gallery at all re- hearsals, and entities him to three seats for the final concert. Regarding the work for the coming year, 1t has been decided that the \ Creation" will be taken up, and will be given late in the winter, President Phelps gave little outline \ of the life of Haydn the composer of s the Creation" and spoke of it as one ' of the masterpieces of the world. \ Haydn was born in a small German town in 1732 He came of the peasant Al class, was one of twelve children, and { the only one who showed any genius among them all During his youth he 4 was a choir boy at St. Stevens church N in Vienna and when he was sixteen years of age and his voice had lost it's l sweetness he was left without anything X to do, and when he had no money and was i'll, he felt that the only way left N was to become the valet of a great \ composer whose notice he desired to E gain. After having been his slave all Y most, Haydn was heard and notice giv> N en to his ability and he was given a X position of responsibility. He directed \ an orchestra and wrote the music which they played and so he became the father of Instrumental music. N The fact was particularly pointed out II that Germany has done more for mu- II sic than any other country in the II world.
 I Tn 179o Haydn went to England and I Oxford conferred honors upon him, 1t 4 was after he had passed his sixtieth n birthday that this great composer wrote I his greatest and best work. The Gre l ation" was first performed on March
 19, 1799.
 I On May Si. 1909 Haydn died. Tho | music of Haydn was composed to a Il bright May day, full or sunshine and II joyousness
 q Miss Rena Barnes sang two dainty II songs, and sang them delightfully."- Mir 4 Charles Fowler accompanied her songs' I Professor Jepson was called upon by T the president, and made few remarks
 thanking Mir Phelps for the fattering
 title of the Grand Old Man of Music,
 which was voted to him last night with ! his ofaceof vice resident.
 | MT. Jepson expressed the hope that tl he would hear the Creation sung by E the Choral union. as he felt sure it < would be sung thereby adding another ll feather to the conductors chaueau. MT. Haesche also sooke few words h of thanks for the work already done, F. and of what must be done this year
 The first year there were four hundred 1 voices in the Choral union-only mono i tones being denied admission. Each i year the chorus has improved and last
 year the concert was quite as satisfac-
 tory as could be desired
 ,J Those perSent were earnestly request U ed to bring others with them next week RI It Is absolutely necessary for the Chor- E al union to have a much larger mem
 bership for the work they are under All taking this year,
 The next meeting and first rehearsal N will be held next Thursday, october IT U at o'clock. Let every one who is now N a member bring another. The meet. \ ing closed with the singing of Amer. E ica,"
 " Mss Edna F. Hall will bethe accom-. M panist again this year,