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Choral Music in Gilbert & Sullivan's Operas Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association ",' OCTOBER 1992 CHORALJO John Silantien Barton L.Tyner Jr. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR COLUMNS ARTICLES From the Executive Director ... 2 Herbert Howells: From the President ........... 3 A Personal Remembrance ... 9 by George Guest From the Editor ............. 4 Letters to the Editor ........... 6 The Choral Idiom of Herbert Howells ......... 11 Literature Forum ........... 41 by Robert W. Lehman by Corydon J. Carlson Book Reviews .............. 47 Stephen Town, editor Leading a Renaissance Choral Reviews ............. 55 Conan Castle, editor in Training Adolescent Boy Singers ............... 23 Repertoire and Standards by Darla Eshelman Committee Reports ......... 37 National Convention ........ 39 An Englishman's View of North American Youth Advertisers Index ........... 70 and Children's Choirs .... 31 Cover art: "Yeomen of rhe Savoy," a carica­ by Malcolm Goldring ture by Alfred Bryan depicting William Gilbert and Arrhur Sullivan, originally appeared in Percy Fitzgerald, The Savoy Opera (London: Chatto and Wind!JS, 1894). Reprinted from rhe collection of F. W. Wilson, curator of the REHEARSAL BREAI(s Victorian Opera and Theater Collection ofrhe Pierpont Morgap. Library, New York City. Since 1992 marks rhe 150rh anniversary of Sir Training Young Boys' Voices Arrhur Sullivan's birrh, this monrh's Literature by David Hill ........................................................................... 19 Forum features rhe choral music in Gilbert & Sullivan's operas. Sketch of Herbert Howells reprinted by permission ofNovello and Company, Limited. Josquin's Ave Maria ... virgo serena: A Question of Proportion Colorization of cover art and illustration for Goldring article by Christopher Moroney. by Chester Alwes ........................................................................ 29 OCTOBER 1992 PAGE 1 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS HE AMERICAN Choral Directors Association will hold its National INDIANA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, March 3-6, 1993. The ACDA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION .. national office will mail preregistration material for this convention to all President - Michael D. Shasberger T 410 Buckingham Drive members on November 1, 1992. Included in your packet will be a preregistration Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 form for the convention, a hotel housing form, and information regarding airlines and car rentals. to to housing reservation form is to be mailed to the housing bureau of the San Antonio IOWA Convention and Visitors Bureau. Hotel reservations are filled on a first-come, first­ CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION served basis by the housing bureau. Convention rates are guaranteed only through President - Robert Anderson the official cutoff date listed on the housing form. We urge you to book your hotel 608 East Clay reservations very early in order to secure desired accommodations and to assure the Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641 convention rate. Because of the popularity of San Antonio, hotels often fill months Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris 420 Maple Street in advance; therefore, it is very important that you send in your hotel reservation Mondamin, Iowa 51557 form upon receipt of your preregistration material. We are anticipating the largest attendance for a national convention in the history MONTANA of the American Choral Directors Association. Early preregistration will assist the CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION national office in processing your form and will save you time at the convention in President - Terry J. Annalora 617 South Prairie avoiding registration lines. Preregistered ACDA members will need only to proceed Miles City, Montana 59301 to the designated preregistration area in the convention center to secure their conven­ Treasurer - John Haughey tion packets. 2126 Northridge Circle Outstanding choirs have been invited to perform, and some of the most exciting Billings, Montana 59102 interest sessions ever presented on a national convention program have been planned. NEBRASKA San Antonio is one of this nation's most beautiful and popular convention cities. The CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION convention facilities and concert halls are among the best in our country. The weather President - Ron Troester in San Antonio during March is normally very mild and should provide the opportu­ 2112 Viking Road nity for a wonderful visit to the city during the National Convention. Grand Island, Nebraska 68803 Treasurer - Clay Blackman The next five issues of the Choral Journal will include important information 9536 U Court, #5 about the convention. I am sure you will find each of the articles most informative. Omaha, Nebraska 68127 Should you have additional questions about the 1993 National Convention in San Antonio please contact the national office: ACDA, Post Office Box 6310, Lawton, OHIO CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Oklahoma 73506. Telephone: 405/355-8161. Fax: 405/248-1465. President - Richard D. Mathey 524 South Grove Gene Brooks Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 Treasurer - Jay Mann 225 Clinton Avenue Tiffon, Ohio 44883 TEXAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP President - Jan Juneau The American Choral Directors Association Is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors; 2531 Glen Loch Drive its active membership is composed of directors from schools, colleges, universities, community and Spring, Texas 77380 . industrial organizations, churches, and professional choral groups. The Choral Journal circulation: 15,500. Dues: Active $45, Industry $100, Institutional $75, Retired $10, and Student $10. Member­ Secretary/Treasurer - Elizabeth Volk ship Year: One year from date of acceptance of dues. 4407 Glenwick Dallas, Texas 75205 ~ ACDA is a Founding Member of the International Federation for Choral Music ACDA supports the goals and purposes of Chorus America and endorses them in promoting the WISCONSIN excellence of choral music throughout the world. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ACDA reserves the right to approve any applications for appearance and to edit all materials proposed for distribution. Permission is granted to all ACDA members to reprint articles from the Choral Journal for non-commercial, educational President - David Saladino . purposes. Non-members wishing to reprint articles may request permission from ACDA National Headquarters. 1001 Cuyler Avenue The Choral Journal Is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Placentia, California 92670 ACDA membership, recognizing its position of leadership, complies with the copyright laws of the United States of America. Treasurer - Carl E. Chapman Compliance with these laws is a condition of participation by clinicians and performing groups in ACDA meetings and 2849 Sheldon Drive conventions. Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 Copyright© 1992 by the American Choral Directors Association, 405/355-8161, P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506. Issued 10 times yearly: August through May. Subscriptions to libraries only. Rates: U.S. $25 a year; Canada $35; Foreign: Surface $60, Air Mail $70; Single Copy $3; Back Issues $4. PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL FROM ACDA THE PRESIDENT OFFICERS PRESIDENT ! N THE PAST few years, it has been my privilege to hear choral performances by William B. Hatcher I some of the fine choirs of the Baltic region, principally those from Estonia and School of Music, University ofIowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 I Latvia. My most recent experience occurred during the IFCM Choral Festival in VICE-PRESIDENT Namur, Belgium, where I heard a wonderful choir from Riga, Latvia, called "Ave DianaJ. Leland SoL" (I have had fewer opportunities thus far to hear choirs from Lithuania.) Valley View Junior High 6750 Valley View Road Without exception, the unique tonal Edina, Minnesora 55435 concepts, fascinating contemporary choral PRESIDENT-ELECT literature, and deep artistic commitment of John Haberlen these choirs have been exciting and chal­ School of Music, Georgia State University University Plaza lenging to me. The striking intensity of Atlanta, Georgia 30303 their performances somehow exceeds our TREASURER normal expectations. However, the monu­ Elaine McNamara 1340 South Ocean Boulevard, #402 mental political changes in the past two Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 years have also produced questions about EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the future of choral music for these people. Gene Broolrs For the past four decades, a remarkable Post Office Box 6310 Lawton, Oldahoma 73506 encounter between the arts and politics oc­ CENTRAL DMSION PRESIDENT curred in those countries (and other Eastern Mary Alice Stollale European cultures as well). The oppressive Music Department, University of Michigan-Flint rule of communism produced a strong com­ Flint, Michigan 48502 mon bond of resistance-that of singing. EASTERN DMSION PRESIDENT James W. Hudson Choral music, a long and wonderful tradition, became a special way of retaining their 243 East Pulteney Street cultures and national bonds. They saw to it that music was taught to everyone. Their Corning, New Yorlr 14830 leading choral conductors were looked upon as national heroes. Who will forget the NORTH CENTRAL DMSION PRESIDENT Gary R. Schwartzhoff incredible image we saw on television of the unbroken line of citizens stretching School of Music, University ofWisconsin-Eau Claire across the country, demonstrating against the oppressors, and singing} I also vividly Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702 remember when the citizens of Estonia gathered by the thousands in May 1990 NORTHWESTERN DMSION
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