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Show SISTINE CHOIR ON y. TOUR : Pope's Choir to Be Heard j in Frisco Dec 7 SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aug. 18. ' The SJstlns chapel choir of tho Vatican, Rome, known as ths "fob' choir." wing sinf In San Francisco December T, aa part of It ten-week tour of the United States. Turins; the last century many futile attempts have, been made to bring this choir to Amor- I lea. but Frank W. Healy of San Francisco, through the cooperation coopera-tion of many prominent Iocs. I patrons pat-rons of "musical art, finally accomplished ac-complished tho feet. I Admittance to the Sistlne choir j Is an eagerly sought honor. Every applicant must be a perfect; musics n with a voice capable of j achieving distinction an a soloist,! and acceptable to the entire mem- hership. The vocal methods of. this famous body of singers have' never been adequately explained, j their manner of decreasing and i Increasing- tone and their fusion of I voices con veys wonder even t o j minds versed In the delicate sub-letiea sub-letiea of the art of song, cr Erics state. No other Institution of any time rivals the Slstine choir eltrt-ee eltrt-ee In eprerd ancient and gieert-1 ous tradition, or in contributing! t the evolution of choral s-t. j church heads assert. Bj nerfectl 1 Is th musln and so hsrmnnltus ' : the voices tht no Instrumental accompaniment is required. Mr. Healy, In order to make the American tour possible, had to obtain permission of Tops Pius XI. relfmins; pontiff, ind Monsla-nor Monsla-nor Antonio Rella, dtreotor of the ' organization. It was a)v) necessary nec-essary tn pled $50,000 for the choir, and this money was pur up by many prominent San Prsncls-co Prsncls-co and Los Amceleg music lovers. |