The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-10
The MUSICIANS WIN APPLAUSE
Program With Varied Features is Of
fered as The First of the Season by
the Society and Local Artists Win
High Praise for Their Work.

The Kenosha Choral Society gave
the first OF a series of their concerts
last evening, and again proved the
value of sincere work and able train
ing. 1t is remarkable what chorus
OF fifty people can do, and it is to be
regretted, that fifty or hundred more
men and women can not see the value
of this organization, and avail them
selves of the opportunity it offers fer
personal advancement. Mr.. Knapp
IS striving in every way to make of
the society permanent fixture and
has arranged three programs of varied
interest SO that every ones musical
taste may be appealed to.
/ Last night s program was in every
sense of the word a musical enter
tainment" and would have given
pleasure to every one in the Coliseum
had it been filed to capacity.
There was variety in the choice of
program, the orchestral number and
encore being well received.
Many people were especially interest
ed in the fact that three of our own
towns women appeared in the solo
parts, that professionals are usually
engaged to sing.
Miss Cameron, supervisor of music
in the schools, rendered the contralto
solo in Weinzierl IS .'Magic of Spring =
in charming manner, and the chorus
lent a bouyancy and swing that was
very pleasing.
The last half of the evening was de-
voted to the "Erl-King's Daughter, -
in which Mrs. Edna Cosgrove Starr and
Miss Lillian Esther Gottlieb sang the
women IS solos and Arthur Kraeckmann
the role of Oluf.
Mrs. Starr has been heard and ap-
preciated in church and musical clubs.
but few of her friends realized that
she possessed voice equal to such
dramatic effect as the role of the Fri
Kings Daughter demanded. Her voice
is clear and high and true and she
handled her difficult part splendidly
and received enthusiastic applause.
Miss Gottlieb has a beautiful con-
tralto voice with that quality of "vel-
vet" that is seldom heard even among
professionals of that range. The part
of the Mother which Miss Gottlieb
sang was interpreted with an intel
lectual maturity and poise quite be-
yond her years and experience.
NJ
twenty with baritone voice that
gives promise of great possibilities.
He is pupil of Mr.. Knapp's and gave
his time and service to the Choral So
ciety, singing the long Ind difficult
part of Oluf, and the Evening Star"
from Tannhauser, for which the society
and those interested in its work are
extremely grateful.
This concert was the young man IS
debut in professional role, and if at
twenty he can interprete such work
as Sir Oluf in as generally satisfactory
manner, we will be hearing more of
him before long.
IF there can be criticism that is
fair and just, everything taken into
consideration, it would be that the or
chestra overbalanced the voices some
what. This would not have been true
of the chorus if the proper number of
mems voices, especially BASES, that
the sopranos and altos justify, were
giving their services.
The Kenosha Choral Society is the
only organization that is open to the
community for advancement in art.
We therefore hope that the people will
give TO 1t their earnest sunnnrt