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DEPARTMENT CONGRESS 
OF INSTRUCTION IN VOCAL MUSIC. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
FIRST SESSION—WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893. 
Trg Congress of Instruction in Vocal Music, held in Hall 31, Art Palace, was called 
0 order at 9:30 A.M., Wednesday, July 26. by the Chairman, Professor F. W. Root, of 
Chicago. 
After a few introductory remarks by the Chairman, a paper was read by Mr. Charles 
d. Greene, of Peoria, Il1., on * Learning to read Musical Notation.” 
This subject was discussed by Mr. Blackman and W. E. Watt, of Chicago; N. L. 
Glover, Akron, O.; Mrs. Liska Brachvogel, of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. J. S. Din- 
woodie, Duluth, Minn. 
The subject, *“ Harmony in Music,” was discussed by E. H. Norse, Mr. Blackman, 
and Mrs. Rose Gleason, of Chicago ; Mrs. Love, Muncie, Ind. ; Mrs. Rice, of California ; 
J. L. Barron, Ontario, Canada; Mr. Greene and Miss Hofer, of Illinois. 
3. What music is especially adapted to children from five to ten, and what from ten 
jo fifteen years ? 
4. The teasibility of forming a library of pieces of music of permanent value for the 
lifferent ages of youth—say, for example, selections from such composers as Nigeli 
for pupils from five to ten years. and from such as Mendelssohn for pupils from eleven 
to fifteen vears. 
The subjects of the above theses were discussed by Mr. Blackman, Mr. Watt, and Mrs. 
Roper, of Chicago ; Mr. Mueller, Spokane Falls, Wash. 
5. The danger of confining the course of study in music for a too long period to read- 
ng and singing mere mechanical exercises devoid of artistic merit and empty of all 
hought and feeling. 
This subject was discussed by W. A. McAndrews, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Grigg, Den- 
rer. Colo.: Mr. Watt and Miss Hofer, of Chicago ; Mr. Glover, of Ohio ; Mr. Lawrence. 
SECOND SESSION—THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1893. 
The Congress of Instruction in Vocal Music was called to order by the Chairman at 
10 o’clock A.M., Thursday. 
The first paper of this session was read by Mr. John IToward, of New York, on *‘ The 
Physiology and Hygiene of the Vocal Organs.” The discussion following this paper 
was participated in by Mr, Watt and Mr. Norse, of Chicago; Mr. Glover, of Ohio ; 
Mr. Howard, of New York ; and Mr. Holt, of Boston. 
The discussion was continued on ‘the vocal teacher's use of some instrument, as 
she piano or violin ; and also of classical music.”