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DEDll CATION
BRIEF CONTENTS
PHASE I: SYSTEMS PLANNING 001
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PHASE I : SYSTEMS PLANNING I.9 The Systems Analyst 28
1.9.1 Role 28
1.9.1 Knowledge. SIUlb. and Ecb::auon 29
l.9J Certification 31
1.9.4 c..reer Opportunities 32
1.9.5 Trends"' lnformabon Technology 33
Introduction to Systems Analysis A Question of Ethics 35
and Design 1.10 Summary 35
Learning Objectives 2 Key Terms 37
I. I Information Technology 3 Exercises 42
I. I.I The Changing Nature of Information Technology 3
1. 1.2 Synems Analysis and Design 4
1.1 .3 What Does a Systems Analyst Doi
1.2 Information System s
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4
1.2.1 Hardware
1.2.2 Software
5
5
Analyzing the Business Case
1.2.3 Data 6
1.2.4 Processes 7 Learning Objectives 44
1.2.S People 7 2. I Strategic Planning 45
Case In Point I. I. Data B~. che 8 2.1 . 1 Strategic Planning Overview 45
1.3 Internet Business Strategies 8 Case in Point 2.1; Pets for Rent 45
1.3. 1 The lnttrnet Model 8 2.1.2 SWOT Analysis 45
I .J 2 82C (BuS1ncsMo·Consumer) 8 2.1 J The Role of the IT Dep1rtmenc 46
I .J.3 828 (Business·tO· Buslness) 9 2.1 Strategic PlanningTools 47
1.4 Modeling Business Ope rations 9 2.l The Business Case 47
1.5 Busines$ Informa t ion Systems 11 2.4 Systems Requests 49
1.5 I Enterpriu Computing II
l.S.2 Trmuccion Processang II
2.5 Factors Affecting Syst e m s Projects so
2.5. 1 lntern>I Factors 50
I .SJ Business Support 12
2.5.1 Extern>! Factors 52
l.S.4 Knowled&e Mana&e"*" 13
I .S.5 User Producov1ty 14 2.6 Processing Systems Requests 54
I .S 6 D1giul Assistants 15 2.6.1 Sys<ems P.equen forms 54
1.5 .7 Systems lnteinuon 15 2.6.2 Systems Request Tools 54
2.63 Systems Review Committee 54
C..• ~ 1n P. t I 2: Au 1n• '"'° ~ h I • 5
1.6 Organiu.t ional Information Models 16 Case 1n P"'nt 2 1: At '"' y A1r1 " , P.art On~ SS
1.6 I Functions and Organlzadonal l.eve:s 16 2.7 Assessing Request Feasibility 56
1.6.2 Top Man~ers 16 2.7. 1 Feuibtlity Studies 56
1.6.3 Middle Maniiers •nd Know1ed&• Worker> 17 2.7.2 Operauon>l FeaS1bthty 57
1.6.4 Supervisor> and Team Leaders 17 2.7.3 Ecooom<e Feasib1l1ty 57
1.6.5 Operadonal Employees 17 2.7.4 Teclvlical F<!asibillty 58
2.7.5 Schedule Feasfblllty 58
1.7 Syst ems Deve lopment 17
2.8 Setting Priorities S9
1.7. 1 StructuredAnalysls 18
1.7.2 Object-Oriented Analysis 21 2.8.1 Dynamic Priorities 59
2.8.2 F•«ors That Affect Priority 59
1.7.3 Agile Methods 22
1.7.4 Prototyping 24
2.8.3 Discretionary and N ondlscretoonary Projects 60
1.7.5 Tools 24 Case in Point 2.3: Attaway Airline , Part Two 60
1.8 The Information Technology Department 26 2. 9 The Preliminary Investigation 60
1.8.1 Appllcatlon Development 27 2.9.1 Planning the Preliminary lnvesclgadon 61
C;ue in Point 1.3 : Global Hotel~ and Momma's Motels 27 2.9.2 Performing tho Preliminary lnvesdgatlon 61
1.8.2 Systems Support and Security 27 2.9.3 Sumtmn•mg the Preliminary lnvestlg-.tion 68
1.8.3 User Support 28 A Question of Ethics 69
1.8.4 D•toboseAdmlnt>trotJon 28
1.8.5 Network Adminlstrodon 28
2. 10 Summary 69
1.8.6 Web Support 28 Ke:yTerms 70
1.8.7 Qu>l1ty Assuranco (QA) 28 Exercises 72
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Case in Point 8.l : Boolean Toys 2'46 Case 1n Point 9.3= Madera Tools 300
8.5 Source Document and Form Design 146 9.8 Data Storage and Access 301
2'47 9 8.1 Tools and Techniques 301
8.6 Printed Output
9.8.2 Logial Venu• Phytical Storage 302
8.6.1 Report ~'II' 2'48
9 8.3 O.ta Cod•ng 303
8.6.2 Report ~lgn Pnndples 248
8.6.3 Tn- of R"'°ru 250 9.9 Data Control 305
Ca.e in Point 8 .3: Luy Eddie 251 A Question or Ethics 306
8.7 Technology Issues 251 9. 10 Summary 306
8.7.1 Output Technology 252 KeyTe,.ms 308
8.7.2 Input TechnolocY 25'4
Exercises 313
8.8 Security and Control Issues 255
8.8. I 0uq>Vt Secumy and Control 255
8.8 2 Input Securtl}' and Control 156
8.9 EmergingTrends 257 Chapter 10
8.9. 1 Modulor Deslsn 257
8.9.2 Re•pon•lve Web Design 158 System Architecture
8.9.3 Prototyp1n1 258
A Question or Ethics 260 Learning Objectives 316
8.10 Summary 260 I 0. 1 A,.chitecture Checklist 317
I0.1.1 Corporat0 Organludon and Culture 317
Key Terms 262 I0.1.2 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 317
Exercises 266 I 0. 1.3 lnltQI Cost and TCO 318
I 0. 1.'4 Sal•b•lity 319
I0. 1.S Web Integration 319
Chapter 9 I 0.1.6
10. 1.7
Legacy Systems
Processing Options
319
320
I 0. 1.8 Security Issues 320
Data Design 10. 1 9 Corporote Portals 320
Case in Point 10.1 ABC Sy.terns 32 1
Learning Objectives 268 I O.l The Evolution of System Architecture 321
9. 1 Data Design Concepts 269 I0.2.1 Mainframe Arch1tec:wre 321
9.1.1 O.ta Scructures 269 IO.l.l Impact of the Ptrsonal Computer 322
9.1.2 Mano and o.,,.ca: Ao.a cnsiin Ex.omple 269 I0.2.3 Network Evoluuon 322
9.1.3 Database Manaaement Systems 271
I 0.3 Client/Server An:hitecture 323
9.1 DBMS Components 272 10.3 I The Client's Role 324
9.2. I lnU!rfaces lor Usen, Database Administrators. and I 0.3.2 OoentJSeM1er Tiers 325
Related Systems 273 I 0.3.3 M1ddleware 326
9.2.2 Schema 2n 10.3.'4 Cost-Benefit luues 326
9.2.3 Physical Data Repository 273 10.3.S Ptrformanco Issues 327
9.3 Web-Based Design 274 I 0.4 The Impact of the Internet 327
275 10.4 .I lntemet·BuedArchiteca.o,. 328
9.4 Data Design Terms
9.'4. 1 Definitions 175 I 0.'4 2 Cloud Computing 328
276 10.4 .3 Web 2.0 329
9.'4.2 Key Field•
9.'4.3 Refttential Integrity 279 I 0.5 E-Commerce Architecture 329
9.5 Entity-Relationship Diagrams 280 I 0.5. 1 In-House Solutions 330
9.5. 1 Drawing an ERO 180 I 0.5.2 Packaged Solu11ons 33 1
180 I0.5.3 Service Providers 33 1
9.5.2 Typos of Refadon•hlps
9.5.3 Cardinality 183 Case in Point I O.l . Small Potatoes 332
Case In Point 9. 1: TopText Publishing 284 I 0.6 Processing Methods 332
9.6 Data N ormalii.ation 284 I0.6. 1 Online Processing 332
9.6. I Saindard N otation Format 285 I0.6.2 Batch Processing 333
9.6.2 First Normal Form 286 I0.6.3 Example 333
9.6.3 Second Normal Form 287 10.7 N etwork Models 334
9.6.'4 Third Normal Form 290 I 0.7. 1 The OSI Model 331
Case In Point 9.2: CyberToys 291 10.7.2 NetworkTopology 335
291 10.7.3 Network Devices 337
9.6.S Two Re>l-World Examples
9.7 Codes 297 I 0.8 W ireless Networks 338
297 I 0.8.1 Stand•rds 338
9.7. 1 Ottrv.-ofCodes
9.7.l Types of Codes 298 I 0.8 2 Topolog1u 339
299 1083 Trends 339
9.1.3 Designing Cod.s
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PREFACE
The Shelly C:ishman Series~ offers the finesr rexes in compurer education. \Ve are
proud char our previous editions of Systems Anafysis and Design have been so well
received by insrructors and srudenrs. Systems Analysis and Design, 12th edition
continues with the innovation, qualiry, and reliabiliry you have come to expect.
T he Shelly Cashman Series dcvelopmenr ream carefully reviewed our pedagogy and
analyzed its effectiveness in reaching roday's srudenr. Conremporary srudents read les~
but need to retain more. As rhey develop and perform skills, students must know how co
apply the skills ro different ~errings. Today's students need co be continually engaged and
challenged to rerain whar they're learning. With chis book, we continue our commitment
to focusing on the user and how the)' learn besr.
Facing a c hallenging global markerplace, companies need strong IT resources ro 5ur·
vive and compete effecrivcly. Many of today's students will become the systems analysts,
managers, and lT professionals of tomorrow. This text will help prepare them for rh o e
ro les.
Overview
Systems A nalysis and Design, 12th edition offers a practical, streamlined, and
updated approach to information systems development. Systems analysis and design is a
disciplined process for creating high-qualiry enterprise information systems. An informa-
tion system is an amalgam of people, data, and technology to provide support for busi-
ness furn'tiom
.. •. As technology evolves, so docs systems analysis. The book cmphasi.i:es
the role of the systems ana lyst in a dynamic, business-related environment. A !.ystcms
analyst ii. a valued team member who helps plan, develop, and maintain information
systems. Analysrs must be exccllenr communicators with st rong analytical and crincal
thinking skills. The y must also be business savvy, technically competent, and be cquall)'
comfortable working with managers and programmers. Throughout the book, real-
world examples emphasize critical thinking and l T skills.
I\1any two· and four-year colleges and schools use this book in information systems
and computer science curriculums. The 12th edition includes expanded coverage of
emerging technologies, such as agile methods, cloud computing, and mobile applica-
tions. Thi!> new marcrial complements the updated treatment of traditional approaches
to systems analysis and design.
Using chi~ book, ~tudents learn how to translate business requirements into informa·
tion systems char support a compan y's strategic objectives. Case srudies and assignments
teach analytical reasoning, critical thinking, and p roblem-solving skills. Numerous proj-
ects, assignments, and end-of-chapter exercises are provided, along with detailed instruc-
tor support material.
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FEATURES
CHAPTER LEARNINGTOOLSAND HOWTHEYWILL HELPYOU
Case In Point: Each chapter includes th.rec brief cases thar provide a comextual business
example for students focused on the key issues covered in the chapter.
A Q uesrion of Ethics: A realistic ethical issue is presented at the end of each chapter.
These examples force you to examine your reactions and how you would respond to
common workplace situations.
Chapter Exercises: The chapter exercises are direct!)• related to the learning objectives.
Your answers to the 10 questions will show that you understand the key points. Five
discussion topics and five projects offer opportunities to dig deeper and learn even more.
INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES
We are dedica ted to providing you all the tools yo u need ro make your class a success.
information on all supplementary inaterials can be found on the password-protected
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The Instructor Resources include the fo llowing:
• Online Appendix: The Systems Analyst's Toolkit: A 4-parr online appendix reflects
rhc mosr recent changes in today's systems analysis tool .
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A book like Systems Analysis and Design would not be possible without rhc help and
support of a great many people, both past and present. Harry Rosenblarr's contributions
to previous editions of rhe book provided the foll!lldarion for the current edition. His
foresight made updating the material much easieir than it might otherwise have been.
Textbooks these days arc much more than just printed books; they arc educational
platforms that have many moving parts. This means purring together an updated edirion
of a book like this, particularly on an aggressive schedule, is a challenge. I'm pleased to
say that the entire production ream rose to the occasion. Thanks to Jaymie Falconi,
Michele Srulga, Emily Pope, and Maria Garguilo at Cengage for all of their help. Thanks
to John Freitas for providing new screenshors of programs and applications. An>' errors
or omissions in this edition of the text are purely my responsibility.
Finally, sincere thanks to the insrn1ctors and students who offered feedback and com-
ments. We have tried to address your concerns and incorporate your suggestions. As this
field is constantly evolving, we srrongl)' encourage your participation in helping us provide
the freshest, most relevant information possible. We will cenainly continue to listen carefully.
If }'OU have an)' que tions or comments, please contact us through your local representative.
Systems planning is the first of five phases in the systems development life cycle. It's always a
good idea to know whether a project fits the company's overall strategy.A systems project that
does not align with corporate strategies should not be approved. The role of an information
system is to support business goals.
Chapter I focuses on an introduction to systems analysis and design by describing the role
of information technology in today's dynamic business environment.This includes information
systems, lntemet business strategies, modeling business operations, business information
systems, organizational information models, systems development, the information technology
department. and the role of the systems analyst.
Chapter 2 focuses on analyzing the business case, explains how systems projects get started, and
describes how to evaluate a project proposal to determine its feasibility.This includes strategic
planning and strategic planning tools, the business case, systems requests, factors affecting
systems projects, processing systems requests, assessing request feasibility, setting priorities, and
the preliminary investigation.
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Chapter I Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design
Introduction to
Systems Analysis
and Design
Chapter I is the first of three chapters in the sys- The chapter includes three "Case in Point" dis-
tems planning phase. This chapter explains the role of cussion questions to help contextualize the concepts
information technology In today's dynamic business described in the text. The "Question of Ethics" invites
environment. This chapter describes the development examination of the ACM's code of ethics and those of a
of information systems. systems analysis and design con- developing systems analyst.
cepts. and various systems development methods. This
chapter also summarizes the role of the information
technology department and its people in the enterprise.
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1.2.1 Hardware
Hardware consists of everything in the physical layer of the
information &ystem. For example, hardware can include
servers, workstarions, networks, telecommunications FIGURE 1-l Consider the amazing technology
equipment, fiber-optic cables, mobile devices, scanners, digital that enabled the Hubble telescope to capture this
capture devices, and other technology-based infrastructure. Image.
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together is called a data center. As new technologies emerge, / /
manufacturers race to market the innovations and reap the rewards. . I ~
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decisions. In 1965, Gordon Moore, a cofounder of Intel, predicted that the
number of rransisrors on an inregrared circuir chip would double abour
every 24 months. His concept, called Moore's law, has remained valid for
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application software.
System software manages the hardware components, which can include
a single computer or a global network with many tho usands of c(jents. Either the
hardware manufacturer supplies the system software or a company purchases it
from a vendor. Examples of sysrem software include the operating system, security
software rhat protects the computer from intrusion, device drivers that communicate
with hardware such as printers, and utility programs that handle specific tasks such
as dara backup and disk management. System software also controls the flow of darn,
provides darn security, and manages network operations. In today's inrerconnected
busines!> world, network sofrware is virally importanr.
Application software consists of programs that support day-to-day busines~
functions and provide users with the information they need. Example!> of company-wide
applications, called l.'llterpri\e application~. include order proces!>ing !>y!>tems, payroll
systems, and company conununications networks. On a smaller scale, individual users
can boost productivity with tools such as spreadsheets, presentation software, and
databa~e management systems.
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Applic:nion software includes horizontal and vertical systems. A hori1ontal sy~ tem
is a sysrem, such as an inventory or payroll application, that can be adapted for use in
many differenr rypes of companies. A verrical system is designed to meer rhe unique
requiremencs of a specific business or industry, such as an online rerailer, a medical
practice, or an au to dealership.
~l ost companies use a mix of software that is acquired at various rimes. When
planning an information system, a compan)' must consider how a new system
will interface with older systems, which are called legacy systems. For example, a
new human resources sysrem might n eed to exchange data with a legacy payroll
application.
1.2.3 Data
Data is the raw material that an in.formation system transforms into useful informa-
tion. For exa mple, an information system using a relational database can store data
in various locations, called rabies. By linking the tables, the system can display the
specific information that the user needs-no more and no less. Figure 1-6 shows a
payroll system that stores data in foLJr separate tables. Notice that the linked rabies
work together to supply 19 different data items. A user c:.in display any or all darn
items and filter the data ro fit defined limits. In this example, the user requested a list
of employees who live in a certain city and worked more rhan 40 hours in the last
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the cloud. data breaches are becoming increasingly common. Research recent news articles
about large-scale data breaches. summarize why they occurred, and suggest how they might be
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IV
Perhaps the most striking feature of recent musical history in the
United States is the remarkable growth of musical culture in the
West. So rapid has been this growth, so widely has it spread, so
numerous and varied are the activities it has brought in its train that it
would be impossible to follow it in any detail. The number of musical
clubs and organizations which have sprung up in recent years in the
vast territory between the Mississippi and the Pacific is too great
even to be catalogued in a general sketch of this nature. In many of
the large cities, however, some of these organizations have reached
a position of national importance and rival the best products of the
older cities of the East. Notable among those is the Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra, which is generally conceded to rank with the
Boston Symphony, the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and the New
York Philharmonic. It owes its inception entirely to Emil Oberhoffer,
who started it as a support for the chorus of the Philharmonic Society
of Minneapolis, of which he was conductor. He succeeded in
obtaining a guarantee of $30,000 for three years, then one of
$90,000 for three years, and finally one of $65,000 annually for three
years. With that backing he was able to organize and perfect an
orchestral body which has few equals in America and of which he
still remains conductor. During its first season the orchestra gave six
concerts. Since then the number has increased to forty annually.
After its regular season the orchestra makes a spring tour extending
from Winnipeg in the North to Birmingham, Ala., in the South, and
from Akron in the East to Wichita in the West. St. Paul also has an
excellent orchestra, organized in 1905, which gives a season of ten
concerts, seventeen popular Sunday afternoon concerts, and three
children's concerts—so that, on the whole, the twin cities are very
generously supplied with orchestral music.
The activities of the musical clubs all over the country include in a
majority of cases the occasional performance of chamber music
works. In the small towns these are usually private, social affairs; in
the large cities they often succeed in reaching a wide public. There
are literally thousands of such clubs in the United States and their
influence in the promotion of musical appreciation is very great. Of
course, many of them are namby-pamby pink tea gatherings, leaning
languidly toward the Godard's Berceuse style of composition and
conversational clap-trap touching art and artists. But the majority of
them, we are inclined to believe, are serious in aim and accomplish
an amount of good in their immediate environment. It is worthy of
remark that a very large proportion of them are composed
exclusively of women.
W. D. D.
CHAPTER IX
CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MUSIC
FESTIVALS
I
Unquestionably an epoch in the cultivation of choral music in
America was inaugurated by the foundation of the Boston Handel
and Haydn Society in 1815. Whether or not there is anything in the
theory that American musical organizations had their genesis in the
singing classes of Massachusetts, it may scarcely be denied that the
cultivation of ensemble singing received earlier and more serious
attention in New England than elsewhere in this country. The reason
is sufficiently obvious. The people of New England were a church-
going race, and singing, even when Puritan asceticism was most
intense, was an essential factor of religious services. As soon as the
New England conscience was convinced that good singing was no
more frivolous and immoral than bad singing the people turned with
characteristic zeal to choral practice and singing societies throughout
the land became as common as Sunday-schools. These societies
were very distinct in character from other American musical
organizations, and the distinction was entirely in their favor. They
were the outgrowth of a real and widely felt popular need; they had a
practical purpose in which all their members were seriously
interested. On the contrary, the other early musical societies for the
most part were promoted by wealthy amateurs from motives which at
best were not free from suspicion of dilettantism and at worst were
purely snobbish.
The nucleus of the Handel and Haydn Society was the choir of the
Park Street Church and the moving spirit in its formation was
Gottlieb Graupner, whose services to music in Boston we have
already noticed. Associated with him were Asa Peabody and
Thomas Webb Smith. The society, according to its pre-organization
announcement, was formed with the object 'of cultivating and
improving a correct taste in the performance of sacred music'—a
phrase which recalls the exhortations of the Rev. Thomas Symmes
and his colleagues a century earlier. On Christmas evening, 1815,
according to the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, the first concert of the
society was given 'to a delighted audience of nine hundred and forty-
five persons, with the Russian Consul, the well-remembered Mr.
Eustaphieve, assisting as one of the performers in the orchestra.'
The first program was appropriately devoted altogether to Handel
and Haydn.
Until 1847 the Handel and Haydn was conducted by its successive
presidents, the most notable of whom were Thomas Smith Webb,
Lowell Mason, and Jonas Chickering. Then the offices of president
and conductor were dissociated. Carl Bergmann became conductor
in 1852 and in 1854 he was succeeded by Carl Zerrahn, who
occupies a prominent place in the history of musical progress in
Boston. He remained with the Handel and Haydn until 1895, after
which came Benjamin J. Lang and Emil Mollenhauer, successively.
The Handel and Haydn Society bulks so large in the musical life of
Boston that the other choral organizations of the city are somewhat
excessively overshadowed. But there are a number of excellent and
distinctive societies which deserve more than passing mention. Chief
of these is the Choral Art Society organized in 1901 by Mr. Wallace
Goodrich, in imitation of the Musical Art Society of New York, for the
study and performance of works of the Palestrina school, Bach, and
the more modern masters of a cappella music. The Apollo Club,
founded in 1871, is one of the best male choruses in the country and
the Cecilia Society, dating from 1877, is noted for its presentation of
interesting novelties. Of particular importance, too, is the People's
Choral Union, a chorus of four hundred voices, recruited from the
working classes.
II
The splendid work done by the Sacred Music Society of New York
has been noticed in a previous chapter. Unfortunately the society did
not live long. During the last five years of its existence it had a robust
rival in the Musical Institute, a chorus of one hundred and twenty
voices under the leadership of H. C. Timm, which has to its credit
performances of Haydn's 'Seasons' (1846) and Schumann's
'Paradise and the Peri' (1848) among others.
The complaint from which New York choral societies were suffering
at that time might accurately be diagnosed as anemia and it was
fortunate that for several years previously there had been a large
influx to the city of red Germanic blood. In 1847 a number of these
lusty Germans got together and formed a male chorus which they
called Deutscher Liederkranz. There was life in the Liederkranz, and
art and sincerity and enthusiasm and everything that ought to be in a
musical society. It gave a tremendous impulse to the art of choral
singing in New York and the extent of its influence in the musical life
of the community cannot easily be overestimated. The list of
important works performed by it would be too long to quote here, but
we may mention, as illustrating the quality of its taste, Mozart's
Requiem, Mendelssohn's Walpurgisnacht, Haydn's Schöpfung,
Schumann's Des Sänger's Fluch, Schubert's Chor der Geister über
dem Wasser and Die Verschworenen, Liszt's Prometheus,
Meyerbeer's 'Ninth Psalm,' Bruch's Odysseus, Brahms' Ein
deutsches Requiem and Schicksalslied, and Hoffman's Melusine and
Aschenbrödel. There has been nothing anemic about the
Liederkranz. In 1856 it admitted women to its choruses. This step
had been contemplated for some years and in connection therewith
there had been vigorous warfare within the ranks of the society. As a
result the anti-feminist irreconcilables seceded in 1854 and formed
the Männergesangverein Arion, which has since travelled at a
musical pace as lively as that of its parent.
In Brooklyn the Oratorio Society and the Choral Society are probably
the best of a number of good choruses, though in Brooklyn, as in
most big cities, there are several German singing societies which
excel in their own particular field.
Of course, every city and town of any size in the East has one or
more singing societies which do their own fair share in entertaining
and improving it musically. It would be impossible to enumerate
them. New England is, as it always has been, an especially lively
centre of choral work, and such cities as Portland, Me., Springfield
and Concord, Mass., Burlington, Vt., and New Haven, Conn.,
possess highly trained and efficient choruses. Of particular interest is
the Worcester County Musical Association, of Worcester, Mass., an
outgrowth of the old musical conventions held for the purpose of
promoting church music. It was organized in 1863 and for a few
years confined itself to psalm-tunes and simple, sentimental
cantatas; but it soon graduated to Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn,
Rossini, Verdi, Gounod, and other serious composers of oratorios
and masses. The annual festivals of the association now rank
among the most important events of the American musical year.
III
In the West Cincinnati takes the lead as a pioneer in choral music.
As early as 1819 there was a Haydn Society in Cincinnati which
seems to have been the successor of an older organization. Its first
concert was devoted to Handel and Haydn, and its second included
also Mozart. Soon afterward were born the Episcopal Singing
Society and the Euterpean Society. Then came the Sacred Music
Society and the Amateur Musical Association. The latter gave the
'Creation' in 1853. Coincidentally there grew up a number of
Männerchor societies, which in 1849, collaborating with several
similar bodies in neighboring towns, organized the first of the great
Sängerfeste already mentioned. In 1856 the Cecilia Society came
into being and inaugurated a new era for choral music in Cincinnati.
At its first concert it performed Mendelssohn's 'Forty-second Psalm,'
a cantata of Mozart, a chorus for female voices from Spontini's
Vestale, Haydn's 'Come, Gentle Spring,' and some choruses from
Schneider's 'Last Judgment.' Subsequently it presented other works
of Haydn, Mozart, and Mendelssohn, as well as compositions of
Beethoven, Schumann, Handel, Gluck, Gade, Neukomm, Weber,
and Wagner.