Evening star., 1922-09-17

| posers. The stamps are SAID 10 oe
most artistic from the standpoint OF
as, for instance. Mozart on back.
ground of deep blue; black. the great
Beethoven; violet. Schubert; DARK
green, A. Bruckner: purple, the waltz
king. Johan Strauss; golden brown
Hugo Wolff and Joseph Haydn.
| If American composers do not pro-
duce works of real merit during the
present year it will not be for want
OF encouragement or stimulus In
material way. Following the an
nouncement some time ago from the
, National Federation of Music Clubs
OF about twenty prizes for compost
tions in practically every field Of
music comes one from the Chicago
North Shore Festival Association
Offering a prize Of $1,000 for an
orchestral composition to be present
| According to this announcement:
"All contestants shall be either OF
| American birth or naturalized Amer
ican citizens.
| Contestants must submit the
orchestral score legibly written in
| ink.
Each score must be without the
name of the contestant and must bear
| only a motto. The score must be ac-
I companied by a sealed envelope hav-
ing inside the name and address Of
the contestant and the motto on the
outside
mo work may exceed fifteen min
/ utes duration in performance.
| From the total number of works
, submitted the Ave considered best by
the Judges will be selected for per-
! iormance at an eveEing public re-
| fearsal. From these five the winning
composition will be selected by the
/ judges.
The term orchestral composition
under the provisions of this contest
Will signify work for orchestra
alone. not concerto for piano or
vloi1n, or composition for solo
voice. or for voices with orchestra
1t is open to the composer. however
10 use the piano as a purely orches-
tral instrument If he so desires.
The composers of the five works
that VIII be selected by the judges for
, Interpretation at the public rehearsal
VIII be notified of the decision of the
| judges. and they will be required to
! furnish orchestral parts. legibly writ
ten in ink. not later than month
before the date of the public re-
hearsal. The orchestral parts of the
| f1ve works selected for performance
must comprise. in addition to copies
for the wind instruments and percus-
sion fkettle drums, cytrbals. etc).
the following number of string parts:
Eight first violins, eight second vio-
| Inns, violas. Ave violincelIos and
! five double basses.
The five compositions selected for
performance at the public rehearsal
will be played without the identity
OF the composers being made known
| 10 the judges or the public. If after
the prize-winning work has been an
nounced at the public rehearsal it
,, Is desired to reveal tho identity of
the four other contestants whose COM
| positions had been performed such
announcement will be made only
after the consent of the contestants
i has been obtained
The five compositions selected for
performance at the public rehearsal
will be directed by the orchestral con-
ductor of the festival association.
The winning contestant will re-
ccive prize of $1,000 and his COM
position will be performed at the final
concert of the 1923 festival under
the direction of the orchestral con-
; ductor OF the festival association
If in the opinion of the festival
orchestral conductor the successful
| contestant is capable of directing his
own work. that contestant may do so
| If he desires.
NO work may be submitted that
, has previously been performed or
published. Compositions that have
/
petition and which failed to win the
, prize may be sent in again: provided
, however. that (in accordance with
rule p no public performance has
taken place or that the work has not
! been published. Trial of the compo-
! sitions at the public rehearsal of the
North Shore Festival Association in
| Evanston is not held to be a public
performance.
Each contestant shall submit the
score of his composition on or before
i January l, 1928. and no compositions
| shall be eligible if submitted after
that date Compositions should be
sent by insured parcel post to Carl
D. Kinsey. business manager. 624
South Michigan avenue. Chicago. H.
The North Shore Festival Association
will not hold itself responsible for
| the loss of manuscript scores or
orchestral parts and will accept such
scores and orchestral parts from
competitors only on that understand
ing. Every care. however. will be
taken of manuscripts
Aimas Glee Club. A male chorus.
whose membership is composed eX-
clusively of mobiles, of the Mystic
Shrine. is one musical organization
| that has not discontinued rehearsals
during tho summer months. Its di-
| rector is Charles r. Bartlett and the
kother officers are John p. Mullane,
president; H. H. Burroughs, vice
F. J. Goensch, librarian; Charles F.
Fitzgerald. assistant librarian: Theo-
dore c. Lewis, pianist, and J. l.. Nc
Grew, publicity representative. The
executive committee consists Of War
rem w. Grimes. Harry Forker and ].
L. McGrew. On September 10 the
club furnished the music at the after
noon services on Temple Heights, on
| which occasion 1t rendered two num-
bers. The Radiant Morn Hath Passed
Away" and Land Sighting"
An active season is in store for
music. will be furnished by the club
at the next meeting of the Shrine.
on September 25; arrangements have
been made for concert at Harding
/ Hall November 16. and an invitation
to sing for Acca Temple of Virginia
called that joint concert was given
last year by the Rubinstein Club and
Almas Glee Club. This proved so
pleasing to the music lovers of Wash
ington that a similar entertainment
for this season is being discussed
Miss Margaret Byrd Mansfield, a
gifted young violinist of Texas. will
play at a public meeting Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the
Women's Missionary Society of the
Takoma Park Baptist Church.
Edgar Gray, bass of the National
Male Quartet, will be the seloist at
this mornings service of Calvary
Baptist Church. when he will sing
"The Earth Is the Lords" by Lynes.
The quartet will render the anthems,
THE Lord Is My Shepherd by
Koschat; Come Unto Me-" by Flem-
ing, and God Is Love-" by Flotow.