A DESIDERATUM. A DESIDERATUM.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 129, 30 April 1872, Page 6

A DESIDERATUM.

A DESIDERATUM.

To the. Editor of the Cromwell Aroits. Sir, —With a view to overcome the difficulty encountered by our amateur vocalists in “getting up” songs, ducts, and glees for the Popular Entertainments, I would respectfully suggest that the Committee should either hire or purchase a piano for use at rehearsals and concerts. It is well known that even the best professional singers require constant practice to enable them to give a creditable performance in public : how much more necessary is it, then, that amateurs, who perhaps have not practised singing for many months, should be afforded the assistance of a pianoforte and accompanist in preparing themselves for the trying ordeal of a public appearance? It would he unreasonable to expect that those ladies and gentlemen who have so generously placed their instruments at the disposal of the Entertainment Committee on previous occasions, will continue to do so in the future. Besides, if the singers are expected to rise above mediocrity, it is absolutely necessary that they should have the opportunity of practising with the accompanist at least three or four times prior to the night of the concert ; and unless the instrument is kept constantly in the practiceroom, so that all the vocalists may have the benelit of its assistance from time to time, a borrowed piano can be of little service to those taking part in the entertainments. i feel confident that the Committee would experience very little difficulty in filling up their programmes were this suggestion adopted. Yours, &e., Ax Amateur.