The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-21
SWEDISH SINGERS
AT SAENGERFEST
Minnesota Represented by Large
Attendance - Noteworthy
Concert Programs. 4.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Chicago, July 21.-The special traini
conveying the Minnesota Swedish sing
ers to the fourth quadrennial sangar-
fest of the American United Swedish
Singers reached here on schedule time.
Both trains were crowded. The Bur-
lington special, arranged by the Or
pheus Singing society of Minneapolis,
carried twenty five of its members,
each wearing the regulation white and
blue cap Of the national organization.
In addition, st; Paul sent eighteen
six members of the vasa Singing SO.
ciety and five members Of the Arpi
club. Ten members of the Balda club
Of Saltwater were also on board, as
were representatives of the Bralnerd
and Carlton, Mimi, societies. n. Hoog-
ner, one of the honorary members of the
Orpheus, was a guest of the club, and
N. O.-Werner met the boys here by
invitation and remained to participate
in the festivities.
The Wisconsin Central special car
ried sixteen members of the Wenner-
berg Choral union, and after leaving
Minneapolis, was joined by about forty
members of the Orpheus and Arpi So
cieties and the Swedish Glee club of
Duluth and the Svea Male chorus of
West Superior. The train was SO lib
orally patronized that it was found
necessary, while en- route, to divide it
into two sections.
Many Singers in Attendance.
The first concert took place last eve
ming at the Auditorium, and was an
enjoyable and noteworthy event. There
are in the neighborhood of thousand
delegates in the city. The chorus 10
composed exclusively of male voices.
There are large delegations from New
York city and other points in the east,
as well as from the vicinity of Chlca-
90 and the northwest.
The second concert occurs Friday
evening. The programs for both con,
chorus, individual singing by the diff
ferent societies and solo numbers.
The leading soloist is Nine. Anna
Helstrom, soprano, of the Royal opera
at Stockholm, who will be heard in
Minneapolis in concert Aug. 9. Miss
Martina tombstone, violinist, Of New
York, also appears at both concerts.
Olaf Valley, formerly of this city, and
now instructor in music at the Kansas
state agricultural college at Manhattan,
Kan, one Of the best bassos in the
United States, participates, as does Gus
tave Holmquist, barytone, formerly of
Minneapolis. Universal satisfaction is
being expressed over the selection of
Miss Christine Nilsson of Minneapolis
as accompanist for the soloists at the
| sangerfest. Miss Nilsson s work is IA
vorably known among the singers, and
is everywhere spoken of with COM
| mendation.
The Business Program.
Friday afternoon and Saturday fore
| noon will be devoted to business meet
ings of the United Singers, the former
to be held by the western section. and
the latter by the entire organization.
Saturday evening has been reserved for
the sexa, which is an invariable con-
comitant of the meetings of the union.
On Sunday the celebration of the birth
day of Bellman, the famous Swedish
poet and composer, will be celebrated by
a picnic at Riverside park. Bellman g
birthday occurs the 9th, and is a ma
tional Swedish holiday, but will be re-
| membered this year on the 23d. The
northwest singers expect to leave for
Minnesota Monday evening.
The Minneapolis singers are making a
/ determined fight IS secure the next
4 quadrennial meeting for Minneapolis in
/ 1909 The selection seems to lie be-
] tween Minneapolis and New York, but
4 so many of the Swedish singers are de-
1 lighted with the flour city as a place of
meeting and recreation that it is not I'M
! likely that Minneapolis may be chosen.
Howard Boardman.