The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-07

navians In the audience to hear songs
OF Grieg, Sinding, SibeIius n others
with the original texts. There were
also several American songs in Miss
Orner's list, The singer was heard in
a recital In Fargo about a year ago.
Jeanne Jomellii. soprano, was SOLO
list in a production Of Handel's orato-
rio, The Messiah, on a large scale CIV
en- at the Hippodrome, New York, last
Saturday night. So great was the
public interest that the monster build
ing was filled. The forces brought to-
gether for the oratorio's presentation
under the baton Of Tall Esen Morgan,
the conductor, were the New York
Festival Chorus, composed OF some 800
voices; the New York Symphony or
chestra. The chorus as placed on the
stage made q remarkably beautiful
picture to the eye. It occupied tiers
of seats placed across the entire stage
back OF the orchestra and the s~oloists
which were of q gradual assent to the
back and extending upward to a
height Of some fourteen rows. The
women were all dressed in white. The
men formed a center. A brilliantly
lighted blue background gave a vast
sky effect.
The Ladies' Glee club Of the Valley
City normal school, known as the
Normalians, sixteen voices, gave a
concert at Belfeld Tuesday night, as
sisted by Professor Goodsell and his
son, Tiolinists.
The committee in charge Of the
music which is to be a feature at the
mid winter exposition at Devils Lake
next week, is made up Of the follow
i1r Vor1Voi0aV fIs m "
Pierce. Supt. W. H. s. Foster, Her
nan Huesgen, A. ". Haig and II. l..
Schultz.
The choristers Of the Mandan Mu-
steal club are rehearsing The Heavens
Are Telling. from the Creation, for
presentation in the near future. The
Normalians Of Valley City will sing
for the club Feb. z.
There will be no more brilliant or
more welcome event in the New York
musical season than the Beethoven
festival to be given by the Symphony
society of New York. The festival will
consist Of six concerts, the first five to
be given in Aeolian hall; the sixth, at
which the colossal ninth symphony will
be performed, in Carnegie hall, with
the assistance Of the chorus of the
Cratorio society, Louis Koemmenich,
conductor. The entire series will be
under the direction to Walter Dam
rosch. The list of soloists, chosen not
only for their unusual skill, but for
their inteTpretative insight as we'll, in
ciudes Nine. Julia Culp, Miss Chris
tine Miller, Reed Miller, Oscar Seagle,
Arthur Middleton, Eugene Ysaye, Jo-
SET Hoffman and the Kneisel quartette.
Prof. s. w. Wimberly OF Jamestown
college, assisted by Miss Inez Atwood
and Miss Gertrude Kribbs, pianist,
gave a recital in the Presbyterian
church at Wimbledon last night.
Out Of some capable material in the
public schools at Breckenridge, Mimi.
a Boys Glee club has been organized
the members taking great interest in
their musical training and show a
desire to excel.
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bald
win, at Oberon, the pupils Of Miss
Marion Brown were presented In a
recital which was attended by parents
and a few invited friends. The par
Elephants in the programme acquitted
themselves in a manner which brought
general favorable comment.
The music section Of the Woman's
club at Crookston met in the studio
of the agricultural school last week.
The progremme was given over to
German folklore, Mrs. Thorson pre-
siding. Miss Hove opened the pro-