The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-14
Many Eminent Artists
to Appear This Season

Nine. Edna Swanson Yer Haar, pop.
ular contralto who assisted at the last
music festival in the Normal school
give an entire evenings program as
the opening number Of the annual Pre-
Festival Concert series announced by
the department of music.
Nine Yer Haar made many friends
during her two-day visit in Valley City
last June, and comes back at the re-
quest of scores Of music lovers who
delighted in her work at that time.
Natural talent, charming and magnetic
personality, gracious appearance and
her ability to reach the hearts of her
admirers with her songs will, undoubt-
edly, bring Nine. Yer Haar a generous
welcome here next month
1t was originally planned to open the
course with the appearance of Tilly
Koenen, the celebrated Dutch contral-
to. But owing to travel conditions
which exist on account of the war, this
artist will not be able to book passage
for America before late November,
and will make her appearance in the
auditorium in December.
Tilly Koenen is among the few ar
lists who have attained the distinction
of continuously drawing crowded
houses in such cities as Berlin, Mum
ich, Leipsig, Dresden, Amsterdam, Bu-
dapest and London. So permanent has
been Tilly Koenen's success in Europe
that not until the spring of 1914, could
she be persuaded to leave the country
IN, u-1,io cho 1vyo q 1icho1
Last spring she scored what has been
termed one of the greatest successes
in her already brilliant career, when
she sang at the Beethoven festival in
London.
This years concert series also in
cludes a program by Senor Antonio
Sala the celebrated Spanish cellist.
While only 21 years of age, this re-
markable young artist has already be-
come cellist at the Spanish court, a
coveted honor. That Sala is exempt
! from military service and able to make
| his present American tour is due to
the Intervention of King Alfonso. He
was soloist at the coronation concert
in 1911.
But Salas reputation is not confined
, to Spain. In Paris he has been declar-
ed by competent authorities to be one
of the finest violoncellists in the world.
His name on the concert bills of that
great cosmopolitan center always
guarantees a full concert hall.
| Both Antonio Sala and Nine. Yer
Haar have been engaged as soloists
with the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra for the coming season.
What will in all probability be the
last American concert tour of the
Zoellner string quartet will bring them
back to the Normal school auditorium
this season. This brilliant quartet,
consisting of father daughter and
two sons, presented with silver
medal by the countess of Flanders,
mother of the present king of Bel
gium; has appeared here several times.
Their increasing popularity with each
succeeding appearance has induced
the management to include them again
on their final tour.
Roscoe Kimball, the eminent Amer
lean tenor, who has been brought to
the front in the musical world by his
achievement in the last two or three
years, has also been engaged for a re-
cital during the season.
The sixth number of the course is
now being arranged for in the east by
Dean woodlands, who left some days
ago after having spent his vacation
at Dent, Mimi, and will be announced
in a few days.
Every effort is being put forth to
bring to Valley City some of the finest
artists, and this years course will far
exceed that Of any other year, both
from monetary and an artistic stand
point" writes Mr.. woodlands.