MAY-JUNE 1966 T E Official Publication of the AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION unison &; 2-part (tor adult singing) BREYDERT Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy) ............ SA (A-348) .25 DROSTE 0 Be Joyful In The Lord .................... SA (A-337) .20 ETLER Under The Cottonwood Tree ............... SA (A-342) .20 IVES Serenity ................................. Unison (A-377) .20 PINKHAM A Litany ................................. SA (A-483) .25 Ave Maria ................................ SA (A-367) :20 Five Canzonets ........... : ........ ; ...... SA (A-329) .25 women's chorus BEADELL Blow Prairie Wind ......................... SSAA (A-346) .25 BEN'fZ . ·-TheRoseFamily .... ; ... ;; ................ SSA- (A"386) .20··_····· ETLER Lord God, Hear Our Prayer ................. SSA (A-456) .20 Under Stars .............................. SSAA (A-341 ) .20 GLASER Homeric Hymn ........................... SSAA (A-355) .25 KANTOR Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee .............. SSA (A-366) .20 LONG>ON Five Haiku ............................... SSAA (A-374) .35 PINCKARD Velvet Shoes .......................... : .. SSA (A-475) .25 WALSH Spring, The Sweet Spring .................. SSA (A-484) .25 mixed chorus BINKERD Madrigal: Eyes of Clear Serenity .................... (A-477) .30 Scapulis Suis .................................... (A-428) .20 BECKERATH Animal Songs (English only) 1. The Sparrow and the Kangaroo ................ (A-464) .25 2. The Three Sparrows ...... ; ................... (A-465) .25 3. The Big Elephant ............................. (A-466) .25 BERGER 3 Hymns of Praise 1. Blessed Art Thou, 0 Lord (div.) ................. (A-459) .30 2. Thou Hast Given Abundance To Thy Servant (div.). (A-460) .35 3. In Thy Covenant Does My Heart Rejoice (div.) .... (A-461) .30 De Profundis Clamavi(div., sop. solo ad lib) ......... (A-416) .25 CALVIN The Half-Moon Westers Low ....................... (A-467) .25 Words of Comfort ................................ (A-468) .25 COLEMAN Sonnet of the Thrush ...................... : ....... (A-384) .25 DAVID 3 Animal Songs 1. Blessing of the Bees (Bienensegen) (Ger. & Eng.). (A-397) .20 2. The Owlet (Das Kauzchen) (Ger. & Eng.) ......... (A-414) .20 3. The Tom Cat (Der Kater) (Ger. & Eng.) .......... (A-415) .40 HEIDEN In Memoriam (A tribute to the late Pres. Kennedy) .... (A-39B) .85 LlTTEL Black Suns (De Trilla) (Sp. & Eng.) .................. (A-474) .25 PINKHAM I Was Glad ...................................... (A-426) .20 RAFFMAN Farewell, Thou Art TOQ Dear ....................... (A-429) .20 RATHAUS Lament, from "Iphigenia in Aulis" (SATB & Fr. Horn) (A-389) .40 TRUNK Brash and Gay ................................... (A-380) .20 Peace At Night (A-383) .20 WIENHORST Hear, 0 Lord .................................... (A-430) .20 Sample copies of any 10 of the above octavos available to Choral Directors On . request. Please state your position. Address Educational Dept. Associated Music Publishers, Inc. A SUBSIDiARY OF G. SCHIRMER. INC. 609 FIFTH AVENUE. NEWYORK. N.Y. 10017 C2 THE CHORAL JOqRNAL dJ/UUn the ------0 - -- Executive Secretary's PLEASE CHANGE OF DA Tf '--_____ ~e&Iz NOTE JULY 1st to 10th Space does not permit a long recital - .-. -- - - - of all ACDA friends we have had the - - - - - - - - - pleasure of seeing and Visiting with at the National Convention, but it was good to see so many of you, to get acquainted with many new members and unfortun­ ately to miss many of those who.m we had hoped to see. With a briefcase full SIXTH of notes we are hoping to get to all we planned to do, but should any of you not hear soon of desired aJction, please re­ mind us so We can cover all commit­ ments. This spring has allowed us the chance to bring greetings from ACDA CHORAL ARTS to Alexandria, Va., Baltimore, Md., Hunt­ ington and Mt. Hope, W. Va., and before you receive this we will have visited friends in Alabama, Mississippi and from April 27 to May 8 will be in Hawaii to INSTITUTE greet our Hawaiian chapter during their Hugh Ross all-state festival. Weare especially grateful to Dorothea Waddell of New York, Robert Godwin of North Dakota and John Cooper of university of minnesota Tennessee for their superior help at the ACDA tables during the convention. They and the Kelly girls worked perfectly with JULY 1st to 10th your executive secretary in keeping things moving 'after the f,irst deluge and, should any of you have any problems concerning dues, etc., be sure to notify Hugh Ross, music director and con­ our office. Those jOining at the conven­ ductor of the Schola Cantorum of.New tion will soon receive their cards, back issues of The Choral Journal and ACDA York wiII direct the Sixth Annual Membership Certificates. Choral Arts Institute at the' University Having elected National Offieers at the convention, we are now in the process of of Minnesota this summer. Study di­ electing State Chairmen in those states rector, wiII be Julius Herford, Life w.hose membership is 20 or more as of March 1, 1966. Be sure to check The Professor, School of Music, Indiana Journal for the full 'page listing Nomin­ University. ees for each State eligible to vote for Chairman, tear out and fill in your Bal­ Planned for choral directors, the In­ lot and mail it back as quickly as pos­ Julius Herford sible to thi's offiice. The method, ap­ stitute wiII focus on study and analysis proved by the Board at Kansas City, al­ of the choral works of Mozart. Highlight of the lO-day Institute lows each State member to vote for his State Chairman and will have only him­ will be a public presentation of the C Minor Mass by Mozart self to blame if 'he doesn't get his vote and Tudor Portraits by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring those in by June 15. It is necessary to have at least 2 weeks in order to allow time enrolIed in the Institute, members of the Summer Session Chorus, for our auditing firm to sort, certify, the' Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and soloists. compile and announce the results by Ju­ ly 1, when the term of office begins. We hope each of you will take an active in­ terest in the election and get your bal­ Unique Summer Program - lot in early to help us. Remember, only PAID UP ACTIVE members are eligible The Choral Arts Institute is ,a part of to vote, so be certain your dues are' paid an exciting new program in music ed­ for 1965-66 when you vote. The ACDA fiscal year is from July 1 ucation at the University of Minneso­ to June 30 of each year, so new dues to - one that features the Minneapolis notice cards will be coming your way Symphony Orchestra in residence as a soon. To avoid forgetting about them dur­ ing the summer months, it might be well teaching instrument in the Summer to plan to send your 'Payment to this of­ Session. fice prior to the closing of this school year. Be sure to notify us of ANY change Stanislaw Skrowaczewski of address even for the summer months, Music Director since The Journal now is printed every Minneapolis Symphony 2 months including July and, August. It was good to 'See so many friends at the Convention and we hope that those of you who did not make it, will plan to )Je with us in the ,coming years. We Write lor details­ can only say, you missed onEl of the best ACDA conventions ever held. The next Dean of Summer Session few issues of The Journal will carry ac­ 6646 Johnston Hall, University ~f Minnesota counts, pictures, and materials from the Minneapolis. Minnesota 55455 convention to bring you as much of it as possible. • MAY-JUNE 1968 1 sidered absolute and should be adjusted treat all parts as of equal i l1lportance. D{}nni~gl{}v{}n~ to the best advantage of the singers. It is often obvious that one part or an­ There were no dynamic markings in other should be heard somewhat above these original manuscripts, of course, but the others. For example: one voice must gpeak~ at in modern scores of these works every­ predominate slightly until at least a com­ thing tends to be spelled out too clearly. plete phrase has been clearly heard (prop­ Convention It is better to let the individual perform­ erly introduced) in each new section of er decide some things. This is not only the composition. possible with the small group that usual­ Stevens encouraged the modern con­ THERON KIRK and WALTER S. COLLINS ly p'erforms this music but also adds the ductor not necessarily to use only a single important quality of spontaniety to the voice to a part, citing the argument that performance. we want greater numbers to enjoy this Stevens quoted Thomas Morley (1557- music, a moot argument. He closed by Denis Stevens, one of England's most 1602) as having written about the per- pointing out that the acoustical situation active musicologists and no:w professor formance of this music that you must of the original performance should have of music at Columbia University, ad~ absolutely be able to understand the te.-rt an influence on our ideas of performance dressed the ACDA Convention Wednes- but that we tend in modern practice to as well,· stating that the 17th cenfury day afternoon. Assisted by two fine take the music so fast that the text is madrigal was meant for the drawing chamber choirs, the University of Colo- actually unintelligible. The speaker sug­ rooms of homes and the anthem for 'a rado Singers, directed by Charles A. By- gested that the practice of looking at the large cathedral. A recording of a madri­ ers, and the EI Camino (California) most complicated section of the piece and gal by John Wilbye made.in the same Chorale, with Jane S. Hardester, direct- working back in order to determine the home where the composer worked 300 or, Mr. Stevens spoke on the subject of correct tempo was not proper either since years ago was played for the audience at The Seventeenth Ce11Jtnry English An- a considerable fluctuation in tempo was the conclusion of the session.