Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-02

| NclPnt interest III IUuNlc W w""' W.
make" the glee club that he has
to be considerably more o! musician
now than those who achieved that
honor n few years ago were Obliged
to BE-.
1t is not essential to dwell upon the
requirements of making n college glee
club Of decade or more ago: sniilcc II
to say that the requirements were by
no means all musical. But it Will take
considerable Of an amateur musician TO
make the Glce Club of tn" University
| of PENNSYLVANIA or Harvard under the
new regime. II the ability to read notes
is not there the applicant VIII be
obliged to enter the sight singing classes
before he is eligible for the Glee Club
proper.
This is in itself good thing for 1t
| automatically raises the standard or the
| organization ut the start. b"sidcs the
psychological factor of having an or.
ganization membership IN when Is
| based upon something more than the
ability to sing fairly well.
LIVERY ONE knows how the young
~ American, whether college student
! or not. loves to belong to something
! which is difficult TO enter. or ut least
to which there nrc certain restrictions.
| But membership in such an organization
/ will have rewards far beyond those Of
| the old college Cleo Club.
Not only will the Gle" Club as now
being carried out at the University
teach the members a lot about the
! literature Of vocal music of the better
class. but the Orchestra. which is
! affiliated with the Glcc Clu1 under the
\ Il, al tl,,h psi Utc hn,
by association and practice Il working
! knowledge of instrumental music. BE-
. tween them thcr" is assured tn" ''gradu-
ation' each year Of large number Of
trained and critical listcnerS--the best
asset that any country which hopes to
rise high in the art Of music can pos.
Siby have.
! Both organizations which participated
in the concert of last Wednesday eve.
ming have certain conditions to over.
come before they can b. clnssed as
highly as DR.. Matthews hopes to place
them within Il few years. The Glec
club has the obvious difficulty Of q pre-
pondrrance - the middle voice, that is
the first bass or baritone and the second
tenor. In fact, listening TO the club
the other evening, it was by no means
clear that Il good many Of the second
trnors were not really buritones, as
! there was II certain hcavin"ss OF voice
In his nurt which did not suggest the
lnwer tenor vuicc'
DCT, Of course among men, the BARI
d tone voice is the predominant one
! in numbers. Tcnvrs of the higher
! r,yist.r ,re n,wnvs the most difficult
vnicos "a srcure whether for n male or
n miycd chorus. and this is IL problem
u.L;nh 10 iil,nlv tn givo DR.. Matthews
! cnms;d.ro bln ,hourht. as il has done the
snmn for every choral conductor since
chorus singing began.
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