MASTERTON MUSICAL AND ELOCUTIONARY COMPETITIONS SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10183, 8 March 1911, Page 3

MASTERTON MUSICAL AND ELOCUTIONARY COMPETITIONS SOCIETY.

THE TEST PIECES. The Masterton Competitions Society has selected the following test pieces for the competitions to he held shortly MUSICAL. Soprano Solo, "Solveig's Song," (key A), Grieg; mezzo-soprano solo. "Shepherd's Cradle Song" (key G), Somervell ; contralto solo, "Looking back" (Key D), Sullivan; tenor solo, "On Wings of Se;ig" (key b fiat), Mendelssohn; baritone solo, "To Anthea" (key E flat), Hatton ; br.ss solo, recitative and aria, "I feel the Deity," "Arm, Arm Ye Bravo" (Judas), Handel; humorous song, own selection ; vocal song, girls under 17, own selection; vocal song, boys under 16, own selection; sacred solo, ladies, own selection ; sacred solo, gentlemen, own selection; Scotch song, lady or gentleman, own 'selection; Irish song, lady or gentleman, own selection ; memorised song, own accompaniment and own selection ; vocal duet, ladies voices, "Greeting," Mendelssohn, (Boosey): vocal duet, mixed voices, "Sunset," Goring Thomas; vocal duet, gentlemen, "Now We Are Ambassadors" (St. Paul), Mendelssohn: vocal quartet, male "Ab Andernach," Abt; vocal quartette, mixed, "0 Happy Eyes," Elgar: action song, for primary school children in squads of 24, own selection; test anthem, church choirs, "The Sun shall Be On Thee," Woodward, hymr. ''Lead, Kindly Light" ; piano solo, any age, "Andante' and Rondo," op. 14, Mendelssohn; piano solo, for pupils 16 and under, "Nocturne in E flat", op. 9, No. 2, Chopin; piano solo, pupils 13 and under, "Riders Song," Gente Pictures, op. 31, Merkel; piano duet, pupils, any age, "Arabian Dance," op. 55*. No. 2, Grieg; piano solo, any age, reading at sight, pieces to be selected bv judge; violin solo (open)', any age, Hunnsreake, op. 101, No. 7, Devorak; violin solo, pupils 16 and under, "Serenade," op. 7, No. 5, Pierne; mandolin solo (open), any age, own selection; brass quartette, "Tanhauser" (Wagner), arranged by Ord Hume; B flat cornet solo, own selection; euphonium solo, own'selection; tenor horn solo, own selection; B flat trombone, own selection; bugle calls, general salute,, ( assembly and reveille; hag-pipe competition, open, marches. ELOCUTIONARY. / Musical monologue, "The Game-of Life"; recitation, ladies, any age, "A Spring Chorus" (Clarke) ; recitation, gentlemen, any age, "The Midnight Charge" (Clement Scott); recitation, girls, 15 and under, "The Skylark" (Wordsworth); recitation, boys,15 and under, "The Love of Country" (Scott); recitation, girls, 11 and under, "Among the Buds" (Bracken); recitation, boys, 11 and under, "The Battle -of Blenheim" (Southey); Shakespearean recitation, ladies, third part of Henry VI, act 5, scene 3, Queen Margaret's speech at Tawkesbury; Shakespearean recitation, gentleman, Henry V, act 3, scene 1, Henry's speech before Harfleur; Shakespearean diologue, lady and gentleman, Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2; humorous recitation, lady or gentleman, own selection; prepared reading, lady or gentleman, "London," (Hon. Roden Noel); impromtu speech, gentlemen; prepared speech, lady or gentleman, "The Future of New Zealand"; essay, adults, "Music, Art and Literature in New Zealand" (a critical and historical survey); essay, juniors under 16 years, "The British Navy" ;"original story; original- poem. JUDGING. The following is the system of marking adopted by Dr. Bradshaw, of Christchurch,, for judging at musical competitions Pianoforte playing. —Technical correctness of notes, time and pace, 10; tone, quality and touch (and for the duet "balance"), 10 ; attack, phrasing, use of pedal, 10; general effect and expression, 20; maximum, 50. Violin playing.—Technical correctness of notes, time and pace, 10.; tone, quality nnd intonation, 10; bowing and phrasing, 10, expression and general effect, 20; maximum, 50. Solo Singing.—Technical correctness of notes, time and pace, 10; tone, quality and intonation, 10;. distinctness of words, pronunciation and enunciation, 10; attack and. phrasing', 10; expression and general effect, 20; maximum, 60. For duet singing the marking is the same as solos, but add the words "blend" and "ballance" to the second line (tone, quality, etc.). For chorus singing the marking is the same as for ducts. For quartette singing add to duet marking "absolute" maintenance of pitch, 10 marks (total 70). 1 Brass. Band Solo Instruments.— Technical correctness of notes, time and pace, 10; tone, quality, and in■tonation, 10; phrasing and attack, 10 ; expression and general effect, 20; maximum, 50. For brass guartette Add "blend and balance" to second line (tone, quality, etc.) of above.