© 9Jul24, A800337. R92301, 24Mar52, Frank King (A) KING triumphant; an Easter cantata for church choirs, by E. L. Ashford.

The cantata of "The Haymakers," for the benefit of the sanitary commission made quite a hit, and old residents will recollect Mrs. Winne, Mrs. Blakeley and Prof. Perkins, who took the leading parts.

R85522, 30Oct51, Christopher Morley (A) MORN of triumph; abridged ed. of the cantata From cross to glory.

The Golden dawn; a Easter cantata in song and story.

These were Parry's "King Saul"a very recondite, musicianly compositionbut too long; "The Swan and the Skylark," a fanciful little cantata by Goring Thomas; and a "Stabat Mater" by G. Henschel.

"I showed your cantata to Vladimir Nikolaevich; I was sure he would appreciate it, and, indeed, he was exceedingly pleased with it.

The shock of coming home to his dead wife did not annul Bach's powers, and his next cantata with the suggestive title, "He that exalteth himself shall be abased," shows a larger grasp of resource and power.