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Show The music editor of TTm i" receipt of n dearly wrd;, rm cation from John Mom, relative to the Sll, 0f "nR Lake City scud a represent .t 5- of sogers to compete j , f tcrnational eisteddfod at next year. Mr. Moran . ,,,, S testing,choirs nml iiici,intaJ M? pica for the formation "of ' 4V choral society in Srft In your issuo of Sj. ,Mt. ?. a suction anC,,u&"BR big prize iu the choral "',dlat$ is scheduled for Snif p 'iBl 10 IB. As an old 7l edffltb one who has kent T. fo flSf choral contests fTr i ish lo state that I agree with J. , lions. That is to c ?- R? joall coUtesting0ojffi i i correspondence w th Jones, the general ( " !ftEt made the s-WstL, $10,000 inl T fi ;"p WW Hocond ot 53000. n,ffiaj in our national ehtr,,lfn'E rule in choral conti, fft second only, with the LM ception of the chi,reW? to winch i manv ,V2B? a third pr zo ';, 'iNBr' TLcro waSP'ie Js , making the malo vnip . chief choral, InrJcT off or two of tho Welsh cSf choruses to compete as tkV'ftS11 cial coat would provont .W nnsetl choir of 150 voices ittJUP inB purt in the confi , g the promoters of tho ?l JSR cisco aft air arc living in ho-Mtfi inducing either the C"iJSHft Choral society or "he Gwent both 'of lhcmg iiownc.1 and superb cSo - l-large l-large and siWf,, expe iest competitive singinp, to en " Mi arena, ft is tn he hoped LS committee in Franc,. 0 MS follow the Welsh custom ol 'JR ing a small prize to the touMId who marshals his Vc?s cmmt-platform cmmt-platform in the least time, is a treat, of treats, to ce Oimr .lerly aud discipline, raan which a well trained choir? Khyniney Gwcut nrrie on thr9L . form. l-Jy nil means F?.U ought to he representor! hmSe I-raneisco. An elTort AauliK; made to induce Profcs-or JlfcB Ian to enter Imb heA' tUnim he had an excellent one in ticlt eisteddfod held here, and r)n'tS-- would be sure to ci'"c a ircal'B count of itself. While dealing with choirjiat choral singing, is it not &mW time that Suit Lake Citv h3t permanent choral soeietv wortlK" tho prctousions it makes of trtHi a musical city? Wc iav no iHi maiicut choral soeictv httf. fl-we fl-we have is the Tabcrn-trle (t That is not a choral joi'ipIt true sense of the word, skUIm? denomi national choi- bcbii?B: solely lo the Mormon chiirdi tflf organized nuunlv for churchtB-s noses. My I lie term choral fMtHi 1 mean a united choir drano IrSf all classes, no matter what their religious tenets, the iiB-f voices of the city and subofl. jMf," some ,'!0rt strong." So thut ln'riM7 give performances of 'oeSH works. Such as "MfjriiJBty "Stabal. Mater," "HjntlBa Praiso, "Judag IfctabriBf etc. At least two if not tbrretfl? plote wors each season. PciiH as oratorio is eoneorncd with 'B. our musical iirctensions, we tho back woods compared to jMti ens of cities T could name In RHr land and Wales with barely 1 1-jH' of the population of Salt LiltMS havo been a resident of Silt B,-and B,-and viciuitv since the fall of ljB and all in tho lino of onlonjB" havo heard or read of hns botHt "Messiah." " Elijah." "M, tion." and one of S. 'W'" Tavlor"s "Hiawatha," or ia ifl'i words in ton years not cqml. what is produced in man.1' lish and Welsh town of MM" 50,000 inhabitants in one It is time we woke, up locallt V made good our claims to fjM musical citv. I have jtisl porusea ing some details of the iamM' Liverpool Welsh Choral der the baton of Hnrrv tMfWr K. C. O., late of Uowlai-1. Wales. This choir, '"f.m. stroug. is now conceded to -Vw finest festival choir m Jstiimm: siin. and critics from f''M I ginm and Germany . atenU. , I livals, especially w1in ' has to be performed. i,8",,, M gauir.atioD somo cilu .CJi,,: the choir has pertornifjl .'M1 others Handel s nS, limes), "Israel in l.m!1 eon." "A ms ' 'fA das Maceabciis ' .(t 'fiajf j delssohn'r, " Elijah "llvmt. of PraUe'. ln,(fiiiBi Paul." llF0!F-Wtnmtl Mon" (both twccl s Muter," (Rois.in,,,nff ,m lev" (Dvorak), ontj JM. quieni Mass," Sir "M-a "Blest I'air of hirM!. WJMJ. 1 ' Golden Jem . UJMi. - Creniion ' ' f three ,t'V,f . " Last Judgment ' GnJf JBf lock's "Omar )M magnilicent fgM Brahms 's ' Ciorinn Rc-V Let local in"1 Cl i ponchaut for Haw I ? j3, tlV; par excellence a ; glance over mcM list and pon.lor a fc rt 6co what a lot ot ici ah to make up 'eforf..Jt3ntW' M comnience to W claim to bo a iiiudcai - seems to 'n,KBtbtA wc have hear, hu" ,. W during the last ton . paMI-J lovers of choral in f?:raCjftil those raised m ls n bt K mosphero'- otmxrs. ,h bettor arquwnlcd li, ; ous works ol -""jjii'hM? musicnl claims. ui'Bi Coop SailBWith SMj A personal mc'f't U'fB, Squire Coop, who I ft ,0 i&LV ban.l of arils" r ffl taklmr chnrKc of Ir 'V hl.i absence. n |