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VISIT OF T £ CZ3 INCORPORATED. SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS TO LLANDUDNO. SPECIAL SERVICE AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. CONFERENCE OPENED BY LORD MOSTYN. MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT. PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW OPERETTA. Llandudno this week has ben the venue of the annual conference of the members of the In- corporated Society of Musicians, many of whom arrived on Saturday with the object of tak- ing advantage of the bracing seA and mountain air, and enjoying the lovely scenery of the dis- trict. Altogether the visitors numbered about six hundred. The week has "en a combina- tion of business and pleasure, the papers and discussions having been of a most instructive and interesting character to lovers of music, the lighter phases of the conference proved equally erjovable. Amongst the members present were:- Mr J. A. Adcock, Leicester; ltr J. W. Aldous, M.A., Cantab, Lancaster; |jtiss M. Allen, Newark-on-Trent; Madame E. jLrnold, London Mr A. T. Lee Ashton, Edinburgh; Mr H. Aspa, Leamington; Miss A. K. Aubrey, London; Mr C. Morton Bailey, Mus. B., Dunelm, F.R.C.O., Wrexham: Mr John Barret4 Bristol; Mr A. Bayliss, A.R.C.M., London; Air G. W. Bebbing- ion, Knutsford: Miss M. K. Jjell, L.L.A., Mar- gate; Mr W. H. Bonner, London; Mr E. Brans- combe, London Mrs Brarufcombe, London; Miss E. L. Bridger, LondiSn; Dr. Bunnett, F.RC.O., Norwich; Mr B. H. Burrows, Leices- ter: Miss K. L. Cann, Prof.JMp. I.S.M., Liver- pool Dr W. Carroll, Manchester; Miss M. Car- ter, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., London; Mr Edward Chadfield, London; Mr Hugo Chadfield, Lon- don Miss Chadfield, London: Mr F. A. Chal- linor, Mus. B.. Dunelm, Longton; Miss Cherry, London; Miss C. H. Clemmts, London; Mr J. H. Clough, Yorks;, Miss M J> Coath, Plymouth Miss L. Cockburn, L.R.A.M., London; Miss M. K. Comper, Brighton Mr A. J. Cotton, Birming- ham Mr G. H. Cox, Wolverhampton; Mr T. Craig, Edinburgh; Mr John Crapps, F.R.C.O., Brighton; Miss E. Cook Creedy, TeSgnratoutli 5 Mr F. H. Crossley, Liverpool; Dr. E. J. -Good, F.R.C.O., Ripon; Dr. J. C. Culwick, Dublin; Dr. W .H. Cummings, London; Mr A. T., Cum- mings, London; Mr N. p.: Cummings, London: Mr James Dawber, Mu3,. B., Cantab, Wigan; Mr F. Dewberry, Mus. B., Cantab., F.R.C.O.. Cambridge: Miss A. C. Dixon, L.R.A.M., Cambridge: Miss A. C. Dixon, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., Southpcrt; Miss Edmunds, A.R.A.M., London Mr Charles Ellison, London Miss M. Evans, Dip. Leip. Cons, London; Miss F. E. A. Faulke, Lowestoft; Mr A. C. Faull, Plymouth; Mr F. Fertel, Bromley: Dr C. J. Frost. F.R.C.O., London; Mr J A Gaccon, A.R.C.O., Monmouth: ¡ Miss S. Gairdner, Middlesex; Mr Charles Gard- ner, L.R.A.M., London; Miss F. J. Giles, Ply- mouth; Mr C. H. Allen Gill, London; Mrs Gill, London; Miss J. Goode, Birmingham; Mr F. E. Greenhalgh. F.R.C.O., A.R.C.O., Bolton Mr P. J. Griffith. Dublin; Mi G. J. Halford, Mus. B., Dunelm, F.R.C.O., Birmingham; Mr W. D. Hall, Liverpool: Mr George D Haller, A.R.C.O., Yorks; Mr Charles Hanedck, Leicester; Mr F. Harold Hankins, don; Mr L. Hann. A.R.A.M., Cheltenham: Mr E. B. Harding. Gateshead Dr. H. A. Harding, F.R.C.O., Bed- ford; Miss A. Harvey. Canterbury; Mr Thomas IJenderson, Mus. B., Dunelm, Darlington; Miss Kate Hewins, L.R.A.M.. A.R.C.M., Grimsby: I Pr. H. Hiles, F.R.C.O., Manchester; Mr S. C. Hirst, Dundee; Miss E. Holt, Plymouth'; Miss' L. Hovey, Sheffield; Mr A. W. Huff, Bath: Dr. T. Hutchinson, DarlMgton; Miss V. Innocent, Hastings: Mr J S A.C.T.L., Aberdeen; Mr Llewelyn Jones, A.R.C.O., Llanfairfechan; Mr Wilfred Jones, Weexham Miss J. W. Julius, Manchester; Mr T.vJKeighleyy Mus. B., Viet.; F.R.C.O., Manchester Miss E Kenyon, L.T.C.L. Altrincham; Dr. A. King, F.R.C.O., Brighton; Mr Charles Kuowles,, London.; Mr H. M. Lamerton, Bodmill Miss J Langford, A.R.C.M.. Hull; Mr J. E. Lawson, Clifton; Miss Lead- better, Prof. Dip. I.9EM.» Wrexham; Mr. George Leake, F.R.C.O., Southampton; Dr. Markham Lee, F.R.C'.O., London-; Mr C.. M. Lees, Con- way Miss Leggatt,. Iri ghton; Miss B. Lewiivj Plymouth; Miss S. Lewin, Plymouth; Mr G. Liebling, London; Miss A M Linton, A.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., London; Miss Bristol; Miss Lymm, Nottingham; Dr A H Mann, F.R.C.O., Cambridge: Dr J C Marks, Cork; Miss F Mar- shall, L.R.A.M., Leicester; Miss K. Mayes, I. R.A.M., Hull; MisslJ Mayes, t.R.A. M., Hull; Ar-s C. ter Meer, Bradford; Mr S. Midgley, Dip. Leip. Cons, Bradford; Mrs' Midgley, Bradford; Yiss Millar, Mus. B.; Vict. Prof. Dip. I.S.M., Bowdon; Madame M. Milward, Birmingham: W. Gould Monk, Southsea; Madame Z. Mon- tcith, London: Mr R. B. Moore, Mus. B., Oxon. F.R.C.O., Exeter: Mr T. Westlake Morgan,> y.R.S.L., Bangor; Mrs A. Morris, L.R.A.M., Monmouth: Mr S. Myersccugh, Mus. B.. Oxon. F.R.C.O., DubLn: Miss C. P. Neill, Prof. Dip., F. P. I.S.M., Shipley: Mr Henry Newboult, Mus. B." Cantab., F.R.C.O., Bradford; Miss H. J. Nightingale, A.R.C.M., Loughboro'; 'Miss L. Nixon, Bangor; Mr W ^Norton, Bradford; Mr J L. Owen, Festinog; Mr'Arthur J Page, F.R.C.O., Nottingham; Mr Herbert Parsons, Bridgwater; Dr. C. W. 'Pearce, F.R.C.O.. London; Miss E. Pearce, Plaistow; Miss Lily Pearce, L.R.A.M., Leeds; Mr Ena Pearson, F.R.C.O., Southport; Mr J. W. Pearson, Margate; Mr F. Peterson, Mus. B., Oxon, Edinburgh; Miss L. Powell, Prof. Dip. I.S.M., Cheshire; Mrs S. A. Powlson, Colwyn Bay; Mrs T. 0. Powlson, Penarth; Miss E. Preston, London: Mr Dan Price, A.R.C.M., london; Miss J. M. Price, Conway; Mr W. Price, Haverfordwest: Prof. E. Prout. B.A., London, Mus. D., Dub. and Edin., London Mr F Pugh, Mus. B., Oxon, F.R.C.O., Hamilton, N.B. Mr Frank Pullein, A.R.C.O., Wrexham: Mr Percy Ramsey, C.P.T.C.L., Southsea Mr M. Kandell, Birmingham: Mrs Regan, London: Miss Reunert, Brighton; Dr. C. T. Reynolds, F.R.C.O., Birkenhead; Mrs Richardson, L.R.A.M., Birmingham; Mr R. Scott Riddell, Viir.burgh; Mrs R. Scott Riddell, Prof. Dip. M., i«iUi;,nVgh; Mr A. J. Roberts, London; j. T. Roderick. Pf»itvT)ool t Miss M. S. Roe, ton; Mr J. M. Rogan, London; Mrs. J. M. Rogan, London: Miss G Rogers, Newport; D:. R. Rogers, Bangor;,Miss 0. Rowlands, Ban- ger; Mr T., Roylands-Smith, Torquay;- Miss F. Salisbury, Hull; Dr..F. J. Sawyer,' F.R.C.O.j Brighton; Mr M. Schneider, Liverpool; Mr A. F. C. Schottler, Bath -Mr W. Scott, Cardiff; Mr W H Scott, Leicester; ,"Dr F. G. Shinn, F.R.C.O., Sydenham: Miss C. Skinner, A.R.C.M., Bournemouth; IissE. Slater, Manchester; Miss Spackman, Oheltenham; Mr W. W. Starmer, A.R.A.M., unbridge Wells; Mr W. S. Stephenson, Wrexham; Mr S. S. Stratton, Edgbaston: Mr J. Stubbs. A.R.C.O., Wigan; Mr Suckley, Sheffield; r Frank E. Swan, Chelms- ford; Mr A. F. Sdflth, Mus. B., Derby; Mr A. W. Woodley Smitlft Windsor; Dr. G. H. Smith, Hull; Mr J. Tur^n Smith, Conway; Mr W. Macdonald Smitljfc London; Miss J. Tatham, Loi-don; Dr. E. vj. Taylor, F.R.C.O., Stafford; I': R. Taylor, Brighton; Mr W. G. Taylor, Nottingham; Miafe E. Tedder, London; Miss M. Tl-omas, Llandudno: Miss E. Thomas, Llan- dudno; Mrs J. Jlibbells, Liverpool; Mr Alex. Tucker, Middlesex; Miss K Unthank, A.R.C.M., Wakefield; Missr-K Van Noorden, London; Miss R. E. Vickess, Liverpool; Miss S. Vickess, Liver- pool; Dr. C. Vfhcent, London; Mr G. F. Vin- cent, Dip. Lei Cons, London; Mr Leonard Watkin, Settle Miss F. B. Weaver, York; Dr. S. Weekes, F.||.C.O., Plymouth; Miss L. M. Whitby, Llantwst; Mr Hamilton White, Ret- fed; Mr F. We Whitehead, Inverness; Miss E. Williams, London; Mr John Williams, Car- narvon; Mr U G. Winter, Worcester; Mr G. Wragg, Sheffield; Miss K. Wragg, Sheffield; Miss E. Young, London.

4? ? —o> OPTING MEETING. p DR. PROÍJT ON THE BALANCE OF ORCIJESTRA AND CHORUS. ■C If. MILITARY jlUSIC AND MILITARY BANDS. >. HAPPY INCIDENT. I In connection with the opening of the confer- ence, a singblarly happy incident occurred at the St. Geoe's Hotel on Monday evening. At the close o: dinner Dr. Prout, the Dublin pro- fessor of mttsic, rose and asked those present to drink the health of one of the three original founders of the Society, the anniversary of whose birthday it chanced to be. He alluded to Dr Henry Hiles, the well-known Manchester niusician, vtho that day entered upon his 75th year, and i a few well-chosen and humorous sentences professor Prout expressed the hope that Dr Hiles, the Society's founder, might live '}o eompletli the century upon which he was about to ester. Dr. Hiles, who was received with acclamation, suitably responded. On Tuesday the opening day of the confer- ence, ideal >-eather prevailed, and the visitors were e'tlabfed,o see the tR>wn' at its best. At Haly trinity Church in the morning a special servffce was held. The Bishop (Dr. Wat- kin Williamt) was the preacher. He took as his text the folfbwing words, from the revised ver- sion of Psidm xlv.:—"My heart overfloweth with gôodÎy; matter." The Jewish Tabernacle, and then the Temple, he said, formed a great national selpool of music to the children of Israel, as 0% cathedrals ought to be, and as the goodly tajmpany of composers whose names appeared at the commencement of the "Book of Anthems"; showed that they had been. If the cynic 0111|eing told that the cathedrals were ,the national tchools of music made the retort that, after a the music hall was a great and powerful rival, then let the music hall see that it istoodi worthy of the vocation, that it rafted, 'elevated, and. exalted, and did not to lower and degrade and pander 4° sensual appetitite. While in the Bible- nflisic was' spoken of constantly as one of the highest gifts of God ,there was the most terrible <^nuniciation of those who used music as mere. an adjunct of wantonness. An uninstructed lawman, it seemed to him that the 1 eighteenth centiiry was richer in composers of "the highest order than that which caine to a close on the preceding day. As he listened in I his own cathedl.al on Christmas-day to "Unto us a child is boiii:i exquisitely rendered, he could not help wondering to what modern com- poser had it been given to proclaim that mes- sage with equal majesty. The first sitting of the conference took place at eleven o'clock in the spacious Pier Pavilion, From two' to tIiee. hundred members and numerous friends were present. Dr. E. Prout, professor of musiat the University of Dublin, occupied -tlie.chag, and was supported by Dr. W. II. Cummings, Dr. Alfred King, Dr. Henry Hiles, Dr. Culwick, Dr. Hutchinson, Dr. Mann, Dr. G. H. Smith, Messrs. W. S. Viniiinig, Morton Bailey, S. H. Stranon, S. Midgley, A. F. Smith, R. B Moore, J. LawSoh, F. James, Arthur Page, Walter Scott, W. H.>Hall, T. Westlake Morgan, and the general secretary (Mr Edward- Chad- field). The conference was to have been opened by Lord Mostyn, bik a telegram was read from His Lordship stating that he was confined' to bed with a feverish cold. He wished, however, rhe conference every success and the members a Happy New Century.—(Applause.) Dr. Prout I having reciprocated the kindly message in the name of -the member4 the general business of the meeting commenced. Mr E. Chadfield, in tiis annual report, stated that the Society had to|jleplore the loss last July of its President, the Upke of Saxe-Coburg and Getha, and of Sir Affhur Sullivan, whose genius had bequeatbeeoo the world a series of masterpieces of a most yaried character. Since the last conference a bijl had been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr J. W. Side- botliam for the registration of teachers of music, and would again be bought forward at the beginning of next session. The necessity for registration was never greater than at present when crowds of worthless titles and imitate- academic eosttiines were mi'a4.ed oij emxy side. These mifclefl "the public .fpd.brought taegbona- fide degrees obtained by steady work into con- tempt. During the past ylar the membership the Society had incftsSiW ami a se<rtu>n for Hull and district aiih a highland 'sub-section ,=yf the Society had incftsSiW ami a se<rtu>n for Hull and district aiih a highland 'sub-section for the North had beètl formed., The Orphanage Committee, whose rer also read, was to the effect that duri year the orphanage had been quit 9500 to. £ 600 had been received > and effcfrts were being made to 1"" T.ke orphai v ? for the benefit of the profession at large and the profession generally w4 urged to supports it. The Chairmarr read a p4er on "trtíe proper; balance of chorus and orchestra," a subjeett which he declared he had had in his mind for many years and to which fie had often thought of calling attention. Statistics which he had compiled proved that the swamping of the. orchestra by the chorus Was a thing of quite modern growth. Such authorities as Berlioz and Verdi prescribed an almost equal number, of chorus and orchestra, but if in this country a performance was given similar to that of Verdi's Requiem for the death of Manzoni, it was easy to imagine what an outcry would be raised against it. The fact was' that our audiences knew no more about the proper balance of chorus and orchestra than a cow knew about double coUfcter-point—(laughter),— and their taste had been so vitiated and so false a standard had been set up by the monster per- formances which were the rule at our great musical festivities and with our chief choral societies that unless'the chorus completely overpowered and swapped the instruments the conclusion was at onjie arrived at that the .iI; orchestra was just as important as the chorus and ought to be just as prominent, in many cases more so. The utter disproportion between orchestra and chorus-in this country was attri- butable, he thought, to two causes. The chief was the great chorsjl music of the past fifty years, and the second was, he feared, the mod- ern craze for sensationalism. Scch a ridicu- lous disproportion must in many cases result in a mere caricature? of the works of the great composers. Anotheresult of disproportionately large choirs was thdHhey necessarily tended to encourage in composers a coarse style of orches- tration. He ventures to say that there was a partial remedy for tiÜs kind of thing. He ad- mitted that in such: cases as the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society or the Handel Festival Choir little was to be hoped for. They were past praying for. To dismiss two hundred of the Albert Hall Chtiir and replace them by the same number of instrumentalists would be a tolerably effective remedy, but too drastic. The next bast thing would be to restrict the reper- toire of the choir to works like the oratorios of Handel. The same might be said of the Handel Festival Choir, though the matter stood dif- ferently here. It was a purely commercial speculation, and had nothing to do with art.- (Laughter and hear.") The public was attracted to it by its size, just as it was by Barnum's Show of, the great wheel at Earl's Court—(loud laughter)—and by the names of the popular vocalists engaged to sing in a locality where it was quite impossible that they could be properly hear4 It might seem a strong assertion that the festival had nothing whatever to do with art, but a single fact ought to suffice to prove it. Maql" would remember the atro- cious additions made to Handel's scores by the late Sir Michael at those festivals. After his death he (the ctmirman) offered to Mr Mann to remove Costa's arbitrary additions-and that free of charge,—but though Mr Mann approved of it, would it be lieved that the directors of the Handel Festiva ideelined it? Since then he (the chairman) hadj|aken no interest in the fes- tivals, but he believed that-many of Costa's atrocities were still! retained. Happily for art, the festival only occurred once in three years.— (Laughter.) He believed that the true remedy was to be found inlhe limitation of the size of the chorus for all w.Qrks to be given with orohesvj tral accompaniment. Let large choirs pi divided into two, one for each class of wptk, where the orchestra was of only average strength—say 50 or 60. The chorus should never exceed 150 voices. Personally he should: prefer 120. The present state of things was destroying the best choral music in the couniry, and it rested with artists and musicians to train and to elevate public t.ftste.-(Applaue.) Dr. W. H. Cummiags, in the course of the dis- cussion, deplored large halls *8 having acted- adversely on the art and interests of musicians:, Mr. S. S. Stratton dJirminghftln), Mr. W. Hard- ing Bonner (Londorf), Dr. 4i.R. Mann, Dr. Reyj rolds (Birkenhead)^-and MJ. W. G. Taylor (Not- tingham) took part,in the^discussion, and Pro fessor Prout, who .was Ranked for his papet, said in reply thatbis Suggestion was not thit orchestras should Be ifefcreased, but that choirs should be decreased,^ It was decided t$j|&ld next year's Conferei|ce in London. M At the afternoon Jp-ting Mr J. M. Rogan (bagid- master of the Col "tream Guards) read a paper on "Military Muaficand Military Bands." Hav- ing given an inting "resume" of the ofigin of martial mustJ, lie went on to deal with the formation, reg^atlbn, and tuition, of mflitary bands, remarMhg jthat he based his ol|serva- tion on personal poetical experience extending over a periodf between thirty and forti years, eighteen of ich(were spent abroad th the British ar UÃtil about thirty ytilrS ago military baife waslregarded as a luxi^y rather than as a n|cessit|| and it was only FY the es- tablishment of examinations in connection with Kneller Rtll abo 1871, which all, who were desirous el becoming army bandIDRsters were compelled to pass, fhat the present ystem really came into 'force. !Je regretted that native com- posers had not written directly: for military lands, t4e consequence being|"that martial music was for thg greater pajEt the work of foreign omposershamong wjaom Meyerbeer stood out prominency. He was sorry to say that a large number ofvarrangemefrits published for militaryfbands left, much tb be desired, and here thelspeaker giVe several glaring instances of badly\rranged fj»ssag&e, which were played on the pianoforte y Mr. Midgeley.. Dealing with the ^debatable^question of pitch, he said he was opposed tÛ'ija'e suggestion which had been madefy a dislihguished musician that the pitch for Ibwiafi instruments should be lowered a full half. tone. So far as military ban'ds were concerned there would be up very distinct gain by lowering to that extent, inas- much as for outdoor purpose^ a" high pitch was more brilliant sand had better carrying power than a low pjtcli. At the same time he had known at leastyone case in which the low pitch had been usect in the British army, when the tone quality had been very much admired for its mellowiiess.Applause.) The Chairman said the cause of uniformity of pitch would never be won unless it had the support of the military authorities. In his opinion a reduction^ half a tone was so slight as not seriously tojreduce the carrying power while what was lost in brilliancy would be gained in fullness and richness. Mr. Rogan having^been cordially thanked for his interesting and-gossipy paper, the proceed- ings- closed

& 4-0— WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday thire, was only one sitting of 1he Conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians at Llandndno for the purpose of dis- cussion, though several important committees met. The middle portion of the day was de- moted to visits to Conway Castle, the interesting Elizabethan mansion of Plas Mawr, Conway, the Church of Llanfairfechan, the residence of Col. Henry Platt igorddinog, Llanfairfechan), and the Cathedral of Bangor. Mr Clarence Whaite, president of the Cambrian Academy of Art, conducted thf musicians over Plas Mawr, the home of the ifcademy, Colonel Platt enter- tained a party at feorddinog, and Mr Westlake Morgan, took another party over Bangor Cathe- dral and showed tob them the fine organ. At the Conference Dr. Frank J. Sawyer pre- sided, and delivetJd an address on "Art for art's sake." Mankind/ he said, had by civilisation ^feec&lfre ciiviae(ffc,ii»^o three main groups—work- ers, drones, and artislik The arts were heaven's gifts to man for the Beautifying, purification, and strengthening of hik mind and character. Each of the arts in its owl way taught the true appreciation of jiltimate fcauty, and all alike tended to the elevation Qf fte human mind and character. It was the glorifus art of music that he and his audience were felled upon to serve. (Applause.) If Beethoven, SMozart, Bach, Schu- bert, and ether :great, comfose*-s were the high priests of the art, he ana those who listentd to him that day were thf working priesthood, endeavouring t6 purify ind raise the art and make it the greM elevajpng and cheering force that Heaven ihtendec^r it to be.—(Applause.) There was an iessentijfi difference between the musician and ,tjhe tvadesman. The baker sold his quartern loaf at its absolute worth, but who could reckon the good that was done by the performance of d Beethoven symphony? There were three gJjt divisions of the musical pro- fession. Fixstithere was the true artist who honestly put art first and self second, and he could be fou.ij^ in all ranks of the profession, They must not be astonished to find the man playing in the back row of the second fiddles a truer artist than was perhaps the long-haired piano virtuoso who had come to smash the piano and defight the gallery.—(Laughter.) At the other extreme were no priests of art out priests of Belial. For'these art as such did not exist. Their one idea of music was to see how much money they could make out of it. They were to be found playing the organ on Sunday ■ in church or chapel, not. with the idea of elevat- ing the music of the service, but simply with the idea of, pocketing the salary. The same night be sa^l of some so-called teachers of ^music, who^p one idea wras to pocket the fee. These were WadeSriien-musicians, who debased their art to the level of a trade, and between tjiese two extremes was the- great middle class Of the profession, which could do much towards uplifting that tone of music in England.—(Ap- plause.) Taking the piano teacher's work, a sore temptation existed for many teachers to provide their pupils with music instead of mak- ing the pupil buy it at a music-shop. In former times it used to be the custom for the doctor to charge little, if anything, for his visit, but to send the'patient a sixteen-ounce bottle of medicine that cost him perhaps threepence and charge the patent five shillings for it. Now this was changed'; the doctor was paid his fee, and his prescription was made up by the chemist. Many in the musical profession were in the same position as those old practitioners, feeling that beside their fees they must earn something ,on the music they prescribed.—(Laughter.) What wonder, therefore, if they gave a sixteen- ounce bottle of music where a silver pilule would have done more good?—(Laughter.) It was a temptation to some teachers to buy cheap rubbish from 'some traveller for a shoddy firm and then, having bought a four-shilling piece of music for twopence, to palm it off on a pupil for two shillings and pocket an undeserved Is. lOd. on the transaction. Or, to put it in another way, let them remember the proverb "Live and let live." Thtf existed to supply the teaching; the music-sh existed to supply the music teachers who gave "piano lessons at 7s. 6d. a quarter," persons who considered themselves well paid at lld. an hour. Yet, bad as this seemed, there were hundreds of music gover- rxsses in boarc^ttg schools who were not paid even that amount.—(Shame.) These did eight hours' teaching on five days a week and two hours on Saturday, or 504 hours per term, for R,10, or at the ijate of 4d. an hour, and they considered themselves well off. He had met others who received only 2d. per hour.— (Shame.) Either These teachers were frauds and ought not to be allowed to teach, or they were adequately trained teachers, and, if regis- tered, should be paid a fair wage. Coming to the vocalist, therfr were unfortunately compara- tively few singers Who were also true artists, and the present condition of the song-publishing trade intensified -the evil. A song publisher was purely a tradesman. He accepted the copy- right of a song not because it was good music but because he thought it would hit the. more or leas vulgar taste ol a general''audience. Hav- ing published it, li$,hired singers, like so many sandwich-men, to go. round the country crying his wares, and the celebrated "Miss So-and-So," in addition to the fe which she got for singing, did her guinea's woqh of sandwich-board work as the publisher's waking advertisement. This might be trade, but-It certainly was not art.- (Hear, hear.) In the world of musical composi- tion, again, what a heap of rubbish was written, published, and called a song. How were the copies sold? Were toere people who bought a dozen fresh songs asrthey would buy a bundle of fresh sprats ?—(Laughter.) A recent critic had objected to a song in which "weather bloomed in May." But that was nothing now- $ adays, when they heard of "Tiolets that come in whispers," and of a lover .0 begged "Let me sit beside you in your ey^jg."—(Laughter.) In the world of composition the two classes of art work and pot-boiling work were sufficiently clearly marked. Among gther abases in the profession he pointed to pie' existing in the orchestral world in the deduction of unwarrant- able commission from the es paid to artists of all kinds, not by bona-fljpe concert agents, which would be legitimate! but by the conduc- tor of a band or arranger bf a concert, which was nothing short of illegal blackmail. Some of the clergy who were eithfr ignorant, conceited or grasping were responsiljfce for appointing as organists and choirmastetJ persons who were half taught or indolent, a. who were a dis- grace to musical art ,but vlho might be got at a cheaper rate than the arflsis. Primarily the one thing they should ai at was thef raising of the tone of music for teaching purposes was bound to lower t-lte teacher is well as the pupil. The introduction of feeblelanthems by feeble writers was a sure certificate that the organist himself was a feeble creiture.(Applause.) Professor Prout moved vote of thanks to Dr. Sawyer. With regard tt the distinction be- tween secular and sacred usic, he thought it a matter upon which the public needed a great deal of education. His view was that every- thing was sacred in musiwhen not distinctly' f and directly connected wfth secular associa- tions.—(Cheers.) In his fepinion it, was ab- solutely impossible for music "per se" to excite bad feelings, and he was very proud to think, after ail, that so very little^nusic was associated with bad surroundings.—^Applause.) The motion was seconded by Mr Culwick (Dublin) and carried by acclamation.

--0- THE CONCERT. At night a musical evening was held at the Pavilion, the audience including a large number of the residents of Llandudno and dis- trict, admission being by ticket, the invitations being freely distrbuted by the local secretary, Mr. Llewelyn Jones, wh^ worked indefatigably throughout the week, aiid to whom, in a large measure, the success of the conference is due. The-opening item was, a cycle song, "The Princess" by Miss K. Cherry, Madame Marie Hooton, Mr E. Bransconjbe, and Mr Dan Price, with Mr F. Harold HaVkins as accompanist. Such a combination of talent is but rarely heard in a provincial town, and it need hardly be added the song was heartily applauded. Miss Dew again appeared onj-the platform and gave "Solveig's Song," in ihich she achieved an even greater success th^ph on the previous even- ing the applause, not^thstanding the critical audience being both l<jud and prolonged. Mr Westlake Morgan accompanied in faultless 1', styled, but it might her* "Pe mentioned that Miss Dew is a pupil of G i tav Garcia and Herr Heintz, of London. The violin solo (a) Adagio from 9th Concerto; (b) La Ronde des Lutins, by Miss Amethe Leadbettor, a young daughter of Major Leadbetter, the chief constable of Den- bighshire, was one of the most enjoyable items of the concert, and a "rilliant future for this talented artiste was predicted by all who heard her. The songs (a) "Since I have loved thee" (b) "Love in the Meadows," Madame Zippora Monteith; song, "Now Phoebus sinketh in the West," Mr E. Branscoinbe; pianoforte solo (a) Polish Miniature (b).farhpanelia, Herr Georg Liebling; and song, "Young Dietrich" by Mr. Charles Knowles, werdSall charmingly rendered, and elicited wen-desed applause. The second half of the programme consisted of a New Year's Ode, written by Dr. John Blow in the year 1685, and Edited by Dr. A. H. Mann. The chorus consisted of thirty voices, and the orchestra numbered about twenty performers. Dr. A. H. Mann was the conductor, and the principals were Miss K. Cherry, Miss K. Van Noorden, Mrs Culwick, Madame Marie Horton, Dr. C. E. Vincent, Mr Dan Price, and Dr. F. Sawyer. Dr. Prout presided at the pianoforte. --0-

THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The members of the Society assembled at the Pavilion on Thursday forenoon, for the third day's business. Mr., John Barrett, of Bristol presided, and gave an interesting address en- titled "Practical Hints." Mr J. L. Roeckel, of Bristol ,the well-known writer of ballad music, discussed the questions "Is it a fact that singing is degenerating? If so, what are the causes of such degeneration, and what can be done to arrest it?" He said he re- garded the golden age of the vocal art as the period when Rossini and his contemporaries were producing works which gave scope for the utmost powers of the vocalist, and when the necessary training for such demands pro- duced Rubini and Jenny Lind. There had been a remarkable advance since in the standard of instrumental efficiency as compared with vocal proficiency, and he felt that Wagner or rather his followers were responsible. To Wagner we owed the creation of the musical drama, as dis- tinguished from th&: opera pure and simple. But Wagner's singeraihad t obe vocalist, actor, and interpreter in equal degrees. The Wag- nerian singer was exgfected to be far more than an executive vocalist.1 But young vocalists would be quite wrong in thinking that the study of vocal technique wajs no longer of paramount important because th^ great master purged the opera, of the meretricious effects and the drama- tic unfitness of much that had been accepted before, because he insisted that the drama and the acting should beff equal importance with the music. Was it nteessary that, so many fol- lowers should out-Wagner Wagner, and in their anxiety to disestablish the old form of melody wage uncompromising war upon melody itself, so that the voice became merely a vehicle for declamation, and often declamation of a very ugly kind ?—(Applause.) If that were to be the future of vocalism, reciters and not singers would be needed, and vocalists could not be ex- pected to devote years^of study to the perfection of an art for which tfiere would be only a re- stricted use. In his Jpinion the future of the art of music lay chijpy with the composers, who could foster it Isjy providing the melodic and vocal food necessary for its existence, or kill it by means of the almost unsingable de- clamation which took the place^piTyocal music in so many of the compositions of the day. Melody was the singer's art. Without the vocal art must become obsolete..Applause.) Hel would implore the coaliposers to moderate their symphonic zeal and n treatt human voice as an enemy which it' was the duty of an in- flated orchestra to crush.(Applause.) The emotional and the intellectual aspect of the music must be kept itlf equipoise. What was termed the music-hall iystem of singing could not fail to vitiate the taste of the frequenters of those places of amuseipents, and as a great proportion of Jpleasure^eekers continued to I frequent such places thmillennium of cheap opera vocal art must b* distinctly bad, inas- much as in spite of thepaudabie but intermit- tent efforts of some' managers the general character of the sfilgin at those places re- mained essentially vuLll r.(Applause.) He doubted the soundness of the present system of postponing the study of Ringing until the "stu- dent was seventeen years Of age. That at present was the earliest limit a^ which a candidate might compete for ~a voobl scholarship at one of our great music schobls. Did not this ex- pose the student to the jdanger of contracting faulty habits of voice production was difficult and sometimes i eradicate ?-(Applause.) Someth. done to ensure the more careful the singing of children in the nat (Applause.) | Mr Randal (Birminghanl) opent sion. He said the musi*-hall s meating, the drawing-roodts and ( certs, and a prominent dause of dence was the modern cjirse of tL vibrato.—(Applause.) Tte shutting young women from the sanctuary was another cause. Many of our nob^st singers had been fostered by the Church of Rome, which always gave an impetus to the study of the earnest singer. Now there had been substituted a pretty little boy and a pretty little procession, and from the vocal point of view vocalism had deteriorated.—(Cries of "No, no.") He pointed to the excellent singing of mixed choirs, such as Glasgow Select Choir. If female voices were trained for choirs they would be available for from ten to thirty years, whereas boys were only becoming useful when their voices were lost.— (Applause.) Dr. Cummings said he did not recognise any decadence of singing himself, but he suggested that composers should study the limits :-< human voice, and should recollect that the halls were much larger in these days. He could re- collect pernicious examples of vibrato from the earliest years of his experience. Singing had to be learned from practical experience, guided by a competent teacher.. Registration of teach- ers would remove the fijeaps of charlatans who were now found in Ltfndon.—fArmlmisp ,yy-¡ On the motion of Dr. Harding, of Bedford, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Barrett and Mr Roeckel. At the afternoon sitting M*. J. W. Sidebotham, of Hyde, read a paper on "The registration of teachers of music and its prospective results." He said he was a musical amateur, though he possessed a degree, and he had therefore the advantage of being in a position to look upon the matter from the point of view of the public, not from the professional point of view. This was a public, and not kprofessional question, (Applause.) If the idea became current that re- gistration was promoted for the purpose of nar- rowing the circle of teaching interests or im- proving their prospects., the scheme woud be doomed to failure. --(Aaplau s e.) A public de- mand for legislation onaeuch matters could sel- dom be obtained, but a public lead there m" be in such a scheme, and they believed sue! a lead had been supplied.—(Applause.) A scheme for the registration of teachers had been con- sidered by a Select CoxnJpittee of the House of Commons, and the Coifemittee reported that, while they did not consider it essential that teachers of music shoul be placed on the re- gister ,such teachers wea entitled to speak or their own behalf. Th« Government havinf made up its mind that tl|fere should be registra tion of teachers, it was for the music teachin profession to see that thpir case for inclusio was properly put forward to check the traffic i worthless degrees and t prevent the publi from being imposed upon Dr. Cummings, Dr, Prout, and Mr. Chadfieldbad drafted a bill for registration, which was introduced in the lasl session. It was moderate in its demands practical in its- working And purely intendec for the public interest anduthe advancements o. the art. It had been received with favour bj every member of Parliamtot he had spoken tc on the subejet.—(Applaud.) Three points ir. connection with the bill hid led to a somewhat -y warm discussion. The fhtt was, Who should be admitted to the register? Some proposed that only those engaged in teaching should be registered, but the clause |rrovided that a per- son should not be qualified for registration with a diploma or degree or professional certi- cate awarded at an examination considered by the Council satisfactory of without havinf been engaged in tu:T:'pg_ itftisic for at least two years before the passing OfAheAtt as a pi-ufca- sion and means of livelihood. The object was to register person': qualified to teach, an dtime would in due course remove the incom- petent ones, who woa, d be admitted at first,' bfsauee. Parliament made it a rule in any legislation of this kind not to deprive any person of his livelihood. This was the second point of discussion, and the third was the question of penalty. He thought that the bill wisely laid down no penalty for the teaching of music by an unregistered teacher describing himself as registered. The Board of Education was actually dealing with the registration question, and music teachers woud be in a much better Pisiton in the matter, because they had a bill befpre Parliament, and the bill would be again introduced in the next session.—(Applause.) Dr. Prout, Dr. Hiles, Dr. C. W. Pearce, Dr. Culwick End, the Rev. Dr. Bell (Glasgow) took part in thE discussion.

-0_ THURSDAY'S MUSICAL EVENING. PERFOIMANCE OF A NEW OPERETTA. t The genu-al public evidently appreciated the courteous tction of the Incorporated Society in allowing tiem to be present at the musical evenings, is the demand for tickets on Thurs- day evenirg was very large, and when the con- ceit was o.)ened the Pavilion was filled with a music-loviig audience, in, evening dress, the scene pres-nted being of a"bright and pleasing character. The first portion of the programme was as folhws, the differenjS items being greeted with loud tpplause:- Song, "A Border Ballad" (Cowen), Mr Dan Price; sonr, "L'Ete" (Chammade), Miss Kate Cherry; puno solo (a) "Nocturne" in B flat (J. Field) (b) itude, "L'Appassionata" (Sterndale Bennett), IVrs. Stansfield Prior (Miss Hester V. Sloman); sjng, "A Cradle Song" (Henschel), Madame Mirie Hooton; violin solo, Mr John Dunn; son;, 'E'ndymion" Liza Lehinanv); Madame Rith Lamb; song, "Qui Sde^j (Mozart), Alexander lacker. Part two consisted of i,4i entirely new and original opretta entitle "The Battle of the Orchestra, >r the Resolution of Some Violent Discords." The libretto, which was bright and witty throighout, was by Mr. Bernard Page, and the qusic composed by Sir Frederick Budge, Mui. D., Messrs W. H. Cummings, Mus. D., H .Hilej, Mus. D., T. Hutchinson, Mus .D., R. Orlandc Morgan, Arthur Page, E. Prout, Mus. D., J. L. Roeckel, 11:. J. Sawyer, Mus. D., Charles Vincent., Mus. D.. and George F. Vin- cent. All Üe characters were excellently pour- trayed, but special mention should be made of the fine Siting and singing of Mr. Norman Page as "Bogus Degree" and "Vi O'Lynn" Miss Katie Van Soorden. i| Later in the evening dancing took place, and was much enjoyed. The arrangements of the Pavilion throughout the week have been under the supervision of Mr. Shepherd, who has carried out his duties to the satisfaction cf alln r if —asss

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