Announcement of Boott Music Prize

The full and complete announcement of the Francis Boott Music Prize has been published. This prize of $100, provided for in the will of the late Francis Boott '31, was not awarded last year.

The prize will be awarded to the writer of the best composition in concerted vocal music. The competitor shall be either an undergraduate or a member of a Graduate School in Harvard University.

The composition shall be written in four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass), for chorus, with or without solo voices, and with organ or piano accompaniment. The time required for its performance must not exceed six minutes. The words shall be either English or Latin, religious or secular, original or selected. A prize will be awarded only in case a composition is submitted which fulfils the requirements of the committee. The prize composition will be performed in Appleton Chapel with chorus and organ, under the direction of Mr. W. A. Locke '69. The compositions must be presented to the chairman of the committee on or before March 30, 1907.

The title-page of each composition must bear an assumed name, and the writer must give in, with his composition, a sealed letter containing his true name and superscribed with his assumed name. The members of the committee in charge of the prize are: W. A. Locke '69, chairman, A. Foote '74, G. A. Burdett '81.