Musical Prize Competition Opens

Francis Boott, of Cambridge, of the Class of 1831, bequeathed to the University a fund to provide an annual prize of one hundred dollars to be awarded to the writer of the best composition in concerted vocal music, provided one is submitted which, in the opinion of the judges, is deserving of a prize. The competition for this prize is open to undergraduates or to members of any graduate school of the University.

The composition must be:

a. For four or more voices, with or without accompaniment.

b. Of either sacred or secular character, and, if the former, of the type shown in Mozart, Cherubim, and similar masters of polyphonic music.

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 compositions must be presented to the chairman of the committee on or before April 15, 1919.