PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
WE extract the following spirited and just exhortation to the Di- rectors, concerning the vocal department of their concerts, from the Harmonicon ; a publication which labours heartily and un- weariedly in the cause of sound musical taste. No subscriber, we think, can dissent from the opinion here expressed.
" We earnestly recommend the new set of Directors to pay more atten- tion to the vocal department than was bestowed on this branch last sea- son. Let us not have to complain of the introduction of singers without talent, or even the reputation of it. And let whatever they perform be chosen for them ; for they ought on no account to be allowed to select for themselves ; unless it is intended to again try the patience of the audience by the trash of Nicolini, Pacini, Sapienza; and such pretended composers."
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