The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-20

they will find the house comfortable
and the finest In the northwest.
magazines had all gone into bank
ruptcy. Mr.. Cannon is at Cape May,
n. j. on a visit to encouragement
George d. McCreary. where he met
Edgar Page, the author OF the hymn.
Mr.. Page is N years old and Uncle
joe Is % years young. The lawmak-
er n author got to discussing liter
AZURE and Uncle Joe repeated word for
word every stanza of Beulah Land,
much to the surprise of Mr.. Page.
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Singing is the latest innovation In
tToduced by the German prison au-
thorities for the diversion Of convicts.
In the famous Moabit prison for long
term ~convicts in Berlin, prisoners who
possess musical talent are formed into
a class which assemblies every night
In the center corridor just before the
~convicts go to bed to sing sacred songs.
These songs reverberate through all
the galleries Of the prison and into the
cells, the doors OF which are opened
for the purpose. On Sunday after
noon all the convicts gather in the
prison chapel to join In choral sing
ing.
A symphony orchestra is to be es-
tablished at Sioux Falls, S. d. 1t is
not expected, for a long time, to attain
the prominence and high musical rank
OF the orchestras in Chicago, st. Paul
and Minneapolis. and other large
cities but 1t is proposed that 1t shall
1 equal those OF cities many times the
size OF Sioux Falls. The task has
been undertaken by Fred Beecher and
Walter Kleinheinz, acting in concert
with other musicians. Prominent
business men Of the city have Joined
In furnishing the funds.
Music was prominent In the pro-
gramme on Woman's Federation day
at Mandan chautaudua, Tuesday, July
16. The Mandan Musical club gave
the following programme with Mrs. j.
=. Chisholm OF Chicago, formerly Miss
Thurston, assisting:
Piano duet-(a) Carmen overture by
Bizet, (b) Bipsy dance by List; Mrs.
T. J. Domeyere and Miss Frances
Harmon.
Piano solo-Caprfce In A, by Mos
zowski; Miss Hazel Creighton.
Vocal solo-Toreador's nj by
Bizet; Lloyd Harmon.
Reading-Pauline Pavlovna, by Il.
B. Aldrich; Miss Jessica e. Roger.
Vocal solo-Song of the Soul, from
the Climax, by J. Carl Brie1: Mrs. J,
e. Chisholm.
Piano ~Solo-Rondo Apriccioso, by
Mendelssohn; Miss Clara Thorberg.
In some recent notes the music
critic Of The New York Evening Post
said that Norway has had to wait
more than sixty years to hear Wag-
ner's Lohengrin. There is in the
whole country only one large theatre
the National, at C~hristiania, and thai
Is given up chiefly to plays. The re-
cent performance of Lohengrin was
the first of any Wagner opera ever
given in Norway.
W. L. Hubbard. formerly musical
editor Of The Chicago Tribune. has
taken charge of the publicity work OF
the Boston operahouse and has as
sumed his duties. Preceding the sea-
son Mr.. Hubbard win give a series OF
lectures in Boston on the stories and
music OF the operas.
The artists at the November CON
cert to be given by the Woman's Mo-
sic club of Columbus, o., will be Ru-
dolph, the distinguished Swiss pianist
and Henri lie Bonte, New York tenor
AS a practical gift from the club ia
its associate members the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra will give a con-
cert, Feb. IA, and Emil Oberhoffer has
promised to personally conduct the
concert.
Musical Courier: When a composel
rises so high In popular esteem thai
his songs become an integral part d
the latest popular seller, he is indeed
doing well. In the most recent move
from the pen of William Lexington
Comfort, Fate Knocks at the Door, the
author has used Charles Wakefield
Caldman's From the Land of the SKY
Blue Water, in apt illustration Of Ger.
tain passages Of the story.
Gatty Sellars. the English organisi
now touring America, last Sunday
played his iS0th recital at Topeka
Kan, before an audience Of 1000
when he hoHored Fargo with a visit
last winter less than 100 persons gath.
cred to hear him.
There will be special musical fea.
lures at the First Presbyterian church
tomorrow, under the direction of Mrs
Jessie Hazelton Askegaard, who has
arranged the programme as follows:
Morning anthem, Thy Hallowed Pres.
ence-Carter; Lead Kindly Light
Buck; evening, anthem, My Soul DOTH
Magnify the Lord-Blumenschein.
1t is announced that the Mendels.
sohn scholarship for composition, the
most valuable musical prize in thS
United Kingdom, has been awarded Il
Joseph Alan-Taffs. Mr.. Taffs. who II
30 years of age, was born and educat.
ed In North London. He has been fol
several years a student at the r 1ya.
College of Music. The scholarships Il
of the value OF a1O0 per annum, and
Is tenable for not more than three
years. The first scholar elected wa
Arthur afterwards Sir ARTHUR SuIIi.
van.
Probably for the first time a South
African trained operatic singer Will
tour England in the forthcoming sea.
son as principal baritone in J1scpi
O'Mara,s operate company. The ar.
fist in question is James r. Pursaill
who will be remembered by all in III,
hannesburg al q clever and conscien.
tious performer with a fine voice.
The twentieth Handel festival at IN,
Crystal Palace, London, wound up ol
Saturday last with a magnificent per
Torrance of The Messiah, sung witt
gusto by the choir Of 1000 and hear,
with enthusiasm by a correspondence,
large audience. which included Queer
Alexandra and Princess Christian
The soIoists were Miss Perc~yal Allen
Nine. Clara Butt Ben Davies an,
Robert Radford.
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