Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-18

IN oWUD8 A1u0Nl8BUuh ULtos3 - Oos&SN
for . IN yeAsassal Monday evening. March
6Sl6 sous time IN May, when there WIN bs
{vssuysd some Rcd community singing.
No. D>sksus WIN address the members o.
the Gymposia dub Sunday afternoon ct 10
O'CLOCK on ''rhs Representative Composers Of
araHdinayia"-Gries in partioular-and Miss
Mstsu Maeksn VIII give q dramatic prose
reading Of aPeer Gynt," arranged from the
famous drama By Hendrix Ibsen. Musical
nnmbess BY Grieg VIII be interspsrsed be-
tween the readings and will consist Of piano
duets by Nine Baetens and Miss Mackin, a
vocal solo BY Mss Elsie Paustian. violin
solo by Miss Isabel Radman. trio for violin,
cello and Piano BY the symposia Trio and
piano numbers by Ethel Parsons. Miss Tsy-
lor, aeconpanist.
An Interesting feature Of the hssp con
cert on Palm Sunday will be the unexpected
appearance Of Mics Dierks, one Of Miss De
Tone's New York pupils, who will add to
the accompaniment of the numbers used by
Miss De Lone. The young lady when at
tending school at the Castle played solo
al one Of the musicaies there after taking
only twenty lessons. Her mother was so
susprlssd that she purchased for her the
only 81 900 harp in New York. .."
Wednesday evening, March d. Rs~. 8. L.
Dovd will present Mr.. Patrick OrNeiA with
assisting artists, Mr.. VIII Hetherington.
violinist, and Miss Bertha Clark. pianist. at
the Brandeis theater in benefit concert for
Holy Family school, ..-'
Mr.. Carl Norsren. baritone, formerly Of
Omaha, has opened vocal studio in Albu-
auerque, N. M. Mr.. Norgren was for sew
eral years pupil Of Walter B. Graham.
The Serenaders, Francis Potter's mando-
lin, guitar and banjo orchestrs, organized
last week and arranged for the first public
recital Of the season to be held at the
Young Women's Christian association audi
forum April IL. The orchestra comprises
twenty-five pieces. including first and sec
ond mandolins. tenor mandolas. mando-
'cellos, cello, flute, banjoes and piano. The
members of the orchestra will appear in
costume The Serenaders have opened their
membership to all who are interested in
music and will arrange for a series Of re-
citals. The officers elected are: Chief
serenader, John H. Clarke, jr.; secantreas.
Charles P. Thessen: conductor, Francis Pot
tor; librarian. Nellie Pritchard; tuner. A. B.
huater; advisory board A. W. Carpenter.
DE-. A. o. Peterson, Daisy Higgins, R. H.
Kfmbsh. Mrs. Jean Thiessen. Nellie Prltch-
ard snd J. A. Costenzo.
The onaha Symphony Study club will
naset Thursday instead of Tuesday for re-
hssrsal. The change of date is made on &C.
coaat Of TIRE CALI Curci concert.
A sroap Of Thomas Bailey AdEieh's short
std14ss was read by Miss Ethel Mulholland
a On entertainment given by the First
Bsptsst cilurch of Council Bluffs this hast
wsSk.
A1esai6e Fogs assisted at the recital given
u 1fas. Florence Basler- Palmer's studio last
4zuaay. Miss Fogg, who is a pupil Of Mrs.
Ntsaesan. showed ability in her rendition of
's6s Ksesssst Rebel
ssAnossv Mueller are to give . SERIES Of
osncerts. he Arst to be held Tuesday eve
ming, March n. at S:l5. in their building.
ptfSerent weal known soloists will take part in
these concerts, which are free. Those desir-
ing casds Of admission cen procure same from
Sehpsollsr & Mueller Piano company, first
Aeor.
10 q New England tanner Of pre-revolu.
toua<y days we owe the element of music |
IN church services today. William Billings,
father. Of American church music, worked
away at tanning shoe leather. but his head
was full Of a medley of tunes that wanted |
to get out, one BY one, and live an individual |
existence. So he began writing his themes |
on strips Of leather. and even chalked |
them on the rough boards Of the tannery |
walls. He won for himself the title of |
Father Of American Church Music" by
sheer enthusiasm for music and character
istic persistence and nerve. He published |
small volume Of his songs, introduced |
cello playing into church choirs, taught con-
gregations how to start singing to the note |
Of his primitive pitch pipe"-in short, veri-
tnbiy educated the church-goers up to his |
rough, pioneer standard Of musical apprecia-
hon.s Billings paved the way up to the point
whore musicians Of finer culture and greater
talent could carry out American church
music 10 the heights It has since attained,
Joseph Harding, a 13-year-old pupil of |
Miss Luella Allen. was on the bill at the
orpheum last evening. where his violin
playing was heard by one of the largest
assembages of the season. He showed con-
atd + Il