| Show THE adjudicators the real educational part of the late was given through the adjudications on OD the different contests the musical adjudicators evans watkins and bavle were gentlemen of high nau musical ability and ana culture and their opinions opi niona as 8 to the merits and demerits of the different renditions are very valuable to the student of music anti and the lover of voice culture following are some of the verdicts exactly as given by the adjudicators in the eisteddfod and their heir perusal will be interesting THE GRAND CHORUS ahn th first paper is the adjudication on the grand chorus of mixed voices CHORAL competition chorus A glorious songs of freedom dom voices rather coarse bass bad iu in the opening efing op opel ing too boisterous reading heading as a correct intonation very much in danger throughout owing to be of the be antona tion on ath page bad for the first fint live five measures mea Burce articulation was wae fairly good phrasing ph razing not good see eee ath m 2nd and page sop sopranos ratios hinging triplet which la Is wrone accent forced and ir in some borne places to in the wrong place eee no lib 7 th page accenting toe the second syllable of toie the word power grower 11 time a little fast lacked firmness firm nea and precision in places owing to this attack was quite good excepting ou on ath m jtb page change of time oo on the prayer bad very ragged chorus b vales valea of deseret attack ut of this nut not good N no 3 working out of climaxes taking too nuch liberty with the time waiting between different movements work as an a whole was crude CHO NO 2 chorus a glorious songs of freedom better quality of voices wan than no 1 blending ble wood good balance good good one place bad on 2nd and m ath page word bot good wrongly phrased razed good interpretation pre pro tation climaxes well worked ex x preaston pree prea sion good throughout articulation good dramatic ending chorus b vales of deseret the whole work well sung singing lightly and easily ws as a glue glee chouju be sung nice shading articulation very clean tue tra la la very playful and not too loud to cover tenor and bass base which should shoula be a little prominent as sung aung by this choir A very good NO 8 3 first chorus glorious songs of Fro freedom edom coloe of chis choir good reft ed quality work on good but too tome tame introduction was good excepting on the fth pane page in the unison parts which were badly badaj F out oj of tune expression was waa goo glois J excepting the prayer this lacked feeling there was wae a jack a ok of falness in the he body of tone lone debond chorus vales of deseret Dee eret nut not as well sung eung as ae the drat cherup did not eing as ae it if they were eure ot of it lacked firmness throughout on the he 2nd and page jtb m parts at sea ea almost a complete break attack throughout this thie chorus was waa uncertain this choir has bae refined voices and shows intelligence if augmented in numbers and practiced well together would make a very formidable competitor choir NO 4 first chorus glorious songs of freedous Freed oui this choir had good voices but were too toa bulky in executing the bass on the opening were particularly un unwieldy and stiff be beding beading ding and articulation were good the intonation through the whole chorus wai wa i lii it doubt owl g to the forcing or of the voices attack was wag fair very bad on nn ath m w esth page expression not good forcing too much the etz z marks were very much overdone second chorus vales of deseret opening was rough forcing asin the first chorus the chorus lacked character throughout ending first brat page not dot ghou parts part not dot stopping together no effective shad shading edg done athla choir would be capable of good work if li it woula give more attention to we the characters and finis finishing bing of their work HAYDN EVANS T J J T Follow following lair is given in full tho tb yet terl diet as rendered by the abe adjudicators on the male chorus competition chorus no 1 C J thomas voices fair balance fair intonation faulty articulation pour poor attack fair anu and precision poor gaining very tory much from the allegro to the eni en J tempo a little too slow alow on the start although it was well worked out bya by t e leader faulty intonation by first brat tenors tenon page no 1 bar ID 0 sharp ebarp wid and second tenor page no 1 ib bar B 01 0 1 word loab 1 1 vt vry ry opan same page no 2 seventh liar har ana again the brat tenon were slightly off preb pane page no 8 fth bar ID D sharp the first geors tei on grow grew weaker as aa the climax antho on the last page was being reached should have bad reserve force enough to have made the ending the fitting climax which to intended by the composer this chorus bad its ite merits 3 and demerits merito de chorus no 2 Har harmony mouy voice better than first party but still there was a voice or two in the brat eoon so prominent that it marred to a considerable extent the loging throughout balance good intonation good go id with the above exception articulation very good blending good phrasing ghou precision steady anu vigorous tempo good expression very good tol party sang saag with finish but the first fint and second tenors tenon through the be many open tones produced destroyed in some borne plaats the harmony barmon yat at times almost going oft pitch nevertie nevert be lute the singing flinging of this club SO as ik a whole was waa very satisfactory chorus no 8 oden doloes fair balance fair intonation fair articulation on fair blending poor attack fair precision preci ilon and tempo good expression fair the firel fim and second tenors tenon of ef this parly arty were somewhat below the standard the secona tenors tenon especially biving us u more trouble the majority of wen men singing binding second tenor st bick nit first fint base the leaders leaden of cf these male choruses should be extremely careful in the placing of the voices and in order orde r to yet get good results the parts should be well balanced and blooded blended together this was the only party observing which we think Is in corr correct et and solo part page no 4 second brace but the forcing of the tenor page 4 bar no 12 made very bad work of it the call to armesa arms by the second tenon conors page no 8 owing to the weakness weak nesa of same was very ineffective the youthful conductor I 1 strove a I 1 rove hard bard for good and effective singing but in consequence of the poor material at hand band better results result could hardly have been expected chorus no 4 orpheus voices very good especially low bass balance very goo t intonation rood good art loula tion fair blending very good through out attack very good with determination to conquer and this thin effect reached without forcing the voices precision well maintained to the end tom tempo goods the various changes well brought 9 art out and carried through to successful and fitting climax phrasing rood good ex pres slon very good the singing of this chorus was characterized with considerable finish the light and shade splendidly handled giving confidence to the adjudicators that they were well controlled the great fault found with this chorus was waa the articulating of the vowels and conson ant an allear the about llan lan dof del mons mona 00 instead of hear the he shout and land of mons mona 1 I we found more or lem iona of this tau faulty ltv articulation with all of the choruses the solo parts were well sung sang in unison page no 4 ath and esth bars ban and and in I 1 a this party we felt the true spirit of this magn magnificent i dicent war song displayed the second tenors on page pace no 8 to arms arm oo on B being very effective the firstos elret of part parties lesto to properly sustain it and all of the voices united in splendid form in making this ending a fitting climax to a most moat artistic rendition of the bound of war falls on my ear J the adjudicators without hesitation make the foll following follows ng award no 8 first prize no 2 second prize THE FEMALE CHORUS following is the adjudication on the female chorus PARTY NO 1 voice very good quality and well balanced pleasing good intonation slightly off pitch page 4 bar articulation very good and the voices blending nicely the attack on I 1 and 6 come come sto etc precision fair air somewhat hurdled hurried but bot were well under the control of the leader the tempo was rather fast a few pulsations slower would have been better the singing of this party was very good throughout and made a very tory pretty bridal rendition PARTY 2 FEMALE CHOIR voices good the luw alto very good the balance of parts fair the second soprano marring the he intonation in many placer placed and in consequence the blending of the parts was not quite as satisfactory as the first attack on page I 1 and 6 good the tempo of this party was also too fast somewhat faster than the first phrasing extremely good the ending of bars bare Os 6 8 and 10 was done to a n nicety i cely precision good expression good the 1 singing nging I ot at this party as a whole was also very sweet excelling in attack and precision the first party but lacked in light and shade FEMALE CHORUS NO 3 voices voice fair balance lair fair art articulation ioula fair intonation fair blooding blending ordinary the second soprano too light and of poor quality and the first soprano on page 4 where the solo starts contained too many voices of different qualities of tones and the alto sang labbat est tones too high it if this Is dot remedied soon it will be the he ruin of their voice great care should betaken betoken in the blooding blending of the different registers of the voice the transitions from one to the other should be made as smoothly and evenly and passing points made strong through careful vocalization and culture tempo too slow phrasing fair it was nevertheless a commendable rendition the adjudicators iu in awarding the prize recognize the closeness of the competition between the first and second parties that the vonly satisfactory conclusion and also a unanimous one is that the first aurize be divided be tween no I 1 and 2 and the second prize given to no a 8 QUARTET the adjudication on the ladles quartette I 1 Is as follows quartette no I 1 voices fair saprano thin and unsteady in tons tone production balance second soprano and low alto too weak in moat places placed introduction second alto off pitch page 3 8 sixth bar articulation fair blending poor no n assimilation of the voices attack fair this selection election should have been rendered with more emphasis given the first beat in the bar precision poor the low alto dragging very much making the singing sluggish slug gieh and cumbersome the tempo extremely slow throughout and became very monotonous they failed to carry the pitch raising it a half tons tone this fact alone sometimes debales competitors from winning the expression won was very ordinary LADIES QUARTETTE xo NO 2 voices lair fair low alto poor first soprano shrill in the upper register second soprano on page 3 bar 6 was bad blooding blending there seemed to have been a fraction between the voices and lack of affinity which made blending almost impossible balance we found the second soprano too weak for the other voices voice iii intonation lair low alto off pitch page 8 second bar articulated fair phrasing fair precision poor tempo too slow slaw both parties being very diffident in the expressive quality necessary to better portray the sentiment of this beautiful song they also failed to maintain the pitch raising the same halt half a tone given by bujno J no T Wat kine CHURCH CHOIR CONTEST the church or ward choir contest was decided as follows follow and for the to 01 ol lowing reasons reasone contest Cou teeton on the glee the summer by gwilym ghent we have heard this glee so frequently that like all other familiar things it must be exceptionally well rendered to in order to make any remarkable impression generally speaking the three choirs that competed acquitted themselves very creditably CHOIR NO 1 the andante was taken up in 10 good style and time and the coo commodo taken gradually faster as it should be the quality of the voices was not to be commanded to in this choir the altos and tenors being at times a little harsh barsh and strai aeJ I 1 should have liked the andante maresto movement somewhat slower in order to give better contrast to the other movements it would also show up the melody to better e in this portion while the voices accompanied it softly in staccato the sopranos took the liberty of too much port amanto in the melody at times which slightly warred marred the beauty of its lagatto character I 1 should prefer it cleanly sang bang without this thin gliding gilding effect the allegro was in good tune it is faulty to end the tied notes in the last bar with an accent or jar CHOIR NO 2 this choir sang the movement much in ia the same name tempo as choir no 1 the voices were somewhat better and fuller the alto part in this thin choir was much weaker than the other parts in the andante marcato mar the lower voices alto tenor and base would have showed the melody better bad they sang ang softer bolter the tempo here also might be a little slower the runs in the last movement were nicely done and the was better than that of the first choir CHOIR NO 3 the andante moes maestoso maesto loso eo tempo was proper the con commodo was wasi wagi I should say slightly last fast andante maronto was shown to better advantage than that given by the first and second choirs the time was slower the melody was more beautiful while the lower part was light and soft as aa it 16 should be the allegro was clear light and cleanly executed the voices in this choir were better than that of the choirs nos non one and two and the lights and shades blen blending dlugg and general interpretation better without the least hesitation we award the prize to choir no th three roe T J DAVIS DA vis mua bao PRIZE composition the adjudication on the composition for the male chorus to is as follows adjudicator mr T J davies mus mum bao bac scranton Bo ranton pa on the male chorus composition salt lake city eisteddfod october 8 and 4 1895 twelve compositions were received for the best musical composition suit able for male chorus composers to select their own words bearing the following names 0 cambrian ap apollo ohio A sailor nauman naaman ak K F parry berlint Ber tint oregonian oregonians Ore gonian pioneer glyndwr basso cantania Can tanta tants and plaidy since I 1 have direfully marked the erroneous progress ons one of each composer on the MSS I 1 will not mention them here but simply confine myself to a few brief remarks on the corn com para tive character and merit of each writer the least pretentious of these theme compositions is the one assigned to E F parry it being cast in the plainest part song form without any desire for extension or independent part writing the next in length is a beautiful parkong part song entitled aone J by cambrian he uses the proper calef C clef for the tenor parts this writer is melodious schol scholarly ariy and finished in every detail basso Cant antas subject is the sailor bailers Bai lors Is song bong the initial unison phrase Is not a happy one pa passing asing as an it does from the tonto tonic to the seventh of the key unhappily this portion is in frequently repeated throughout the work the in several places are rather crude nevertheless bassa can tate shows shown much ability and would fare to better advantage in this thin competition were it no not for his intro duo log ing so much foreign matter to the home key toward the end after which he falls fails to establish the freedom necessary to form a happy and satisfactory finish oregonian oregonians Ore gonian gives his hie description of A storm at sea which covers twenty one pages of full sized music paper he doubtless has |
