The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-25
There Has Been a Large Ad-
vance Sale-Many Out of
Town People Arrive Here
to Attend 1t.
CHILDRENS CHORUS
TOBE BIG FEATURE
Will Render "A Legend of
Bregenz", Assisted by Mrs.
Kruger and Mrs. Earhart
Other Features.

Tonight the Richmond May Musical
Festival will open at the Coliseum and
the large auditorium will be we'll alled
as there has been a very satisfactory
advance sale of seats. Music lovers
from many towns in Eastern Indiana
and Western Ohio arrived in the city
today to attend the big event, and
quite number of these visitors will
remain over Friday to attend the af-
ternoon and evening concerts.
The adult chorus of $50 voices, the
children's chorus of $40 voices and
the really remarkable symphony or
chestra. composed entirely of Rich.
mond musicians, have been trained
and will be conducted by Prof. VIII
Earhart, supervisor of music in the
Richmond public schools, who has at
tanned national reputation for the
work he has undertaken and accom-
plished in this city.
A List Of Artists.
The following artists are soloists for
Ohrman, soprano; Jessie Lynde Hop
kins, contralto; John B. Miller, tenor;
Leon Sampaix, pianist, and Aurele
Borriss, barytone, and Mrs. F. W..
Kruger. soprano, the latter two being
Richmond people.
The feature of the program this
evening will be the cantata, "A Lee
rf ~, sYv
be rendered with Mrs, v-uarer and
Mrs. Earhart IN the 500 Isrts.@.4 u
ed by the children's chorus The pro-
gram also includes solos by Mr.. Bor-
riss and by Mrs. Kruger, and selec-
tions by the orchestra
The following is a sketch of the
cantata, "A Legend of Bregenz" and
it's composer:
"A Legend Of eresenz."
Wilfred Bendall was born in London
and studied music there, and later, in
the Leirsic conservatory. In the large
group of later English composers who
are producing many meritorious and
musicianly works, he has worthy
place, being the composer Of many can
tatas, operettas, part songs, pianoforte
pieces, ETC., which have met with great
favor.
The list Of important, extended
works. that are suitable for chorus
of children's voices is small indeed.
The principal reason, doubtless, is that
a work laid out on scale sufficiently
broad to place it in the list of impor-
tant art works is in that fact likely
to become too intense and too long to
remain juvenile; and specifically, it is
likely to suggest to the composer more
sorority and power than can we'll be
attained with children's voices.
The present work is one of the nota-
BILE exceptions. While intended for
women's voices, it is, in fact, more ef-
fective with chorus OF children 8
voices and has been given in this man
ner in many important festivals.
Story Of Cantata.
The story of the cantata, the text
of which is by Adelaide A. Proctor, is
of maiden of Bregenz, who is toiling
far from that home in the Swiss val
leys. Learning of plot on the part
of the people among whom she is liv-
| ing. to capture Bregenz by night
attack, she steals away, secures the
/ strong white charger" and by peril
Gus nocturnal ride. which involves the
crossing of the Rhine, she arrives at
BregenZ in time to give warning by
which the city is saved. The verses
proceed effectively, by way of epi.
logue. to narrate that though three
hundred years are vanished" the
warder of Bregenz still, as he cries the
night hours, haits at the count OF
| twelve and
When midnight pauses in the skies
Calls the maiden's name"
The work is for three-part chorus,
with soprano and alto solos. The
piano accompaniment of the composer
has been orchestrated later by other
writer's. 1t comprises a prologue. for
chorus, in which the scene is sketch.
ed; the Legend forming the greater
part of the work, which begins with a
soprano solo. Far from Her Home
and kindred" and proceeds through a
number of effectively written sections
notable among which is duet for the
solo voices, until the stirring choral
climax, "Bregenz is Saved" is reached
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