Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-10
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By HENRIETTA REEFS.

present conflict.
Throughout the camps there is not
only the song to cheer, but song
leaders to help the men do the sing
ing, In the huts at the front and
II the great army camps, many OF
fe finest artists of the world have
given the song to cheer, and sung it
with such beauty of voice and tonal
art that its messages could not help
but get across. In the camps wher-
ever possible pianos and other mu-
Steal instruments are found, where
the boys can play and sing, or listen
to others who take pleasure in do
ing it for them, and the song to
cheer, which in former wars was but
a wee, small voice, has risen to a
mighty paean of melody, which per-
haps does more to maintain the
morale of the soldiers than any 9th
er one influence
For the value of the song to cheer
has been recognized by the govern
ment, and by the seven welfare or
carnations which are at the front
for the benefit of the soldiers when
they are not fighting. The comfort
of the song to cheer, and the magic
of it is drawing music into its true
place in the lives and hearts of the
people, of the boys who are fight
ing and the folks at home. When
peace comes, after the burst of
gladness, the song to cheer will still
have its place for the impatient SOL
der and sailor, lonely and far away,
who must stay and help in the up
building. How about you? Are
you going to have a part in furnish
ing this comfort, a part large
enough to have the song of cheer
find an echo in your own heart?
The United War Work campaign
for funds due next week offers you
the opportunity.
The Tuesday Musical club will
open Omaha's musical season on
Tuesday evening. November 10,
with Julia Claussen and Arthur
Hackett in joint recital at the Bran
de's theater at SIS o'clock.
The Tuesday Musical club has
mailed season tickets, in book form,
to each member of the club. The
mailing system for reserved seats,
which was inaugurated last season,
will be tried again, thus doing away
with the inconvenience of standing
in line to reserve tickets.
Madame Julia Claussen was born
in Sweden. She studied at the Roy
al Academy in Stockholm, and later
in Berlin, making her debut as lead
ing mezzo-soprano at the Royal
Opera of Stockholm. There she /
was heard by Mr.. Andreas DIPPED,
who engaged her for the Chicago
Philadelphia Opera company for the
seasons 1913, 1914 and 1915. Her
American debut as Ortrud in 10
hengrin" created stir that left no
room for doubt as to her title to
high place among operate artists
of the day. Her Brunnhilde won
even greater critical and public &C
claim. In the spring of 1914 Ma
dame Claussen accompanied the
Chicago Opera company to the Pa
cihc coast, and then joined the
splendid forces of the Royal opera,
Covent Garden, London, dividing
her summer between that organiza
ton and the company under Mr..
Henry Russell at the Theater
Champs -Elysees, Paris. Returning
to America she scored further tri-
umphs with the Chicago Opera
company, while her concert and re-
cital appearances brought her con-
stantly into further favor.
Arthur Hackett the American
tenor, was born in Portland, Me.
Once started on his career as a con-
cert singer Arthur Hackett soon
made his fine voice known through
out New England. He was engaged
as soloist with the Boston Festi-
val orchestra on its spring tour of
1918, and in the following spring
went on tour with the St. Louis |
Symphony orchestra. In Septem-
Der, 1916, Mr.. Hackett appeared
one night, with little advance no.
tice, at the fall series of operate
pop" concerts in Symphony hail.
Boston. In the papers the next
day he was hailed as a discovery
and received the unqualified praise
of Boston's most exacting critics
Following these concerts Mr.
Hackett was engaged to assist
Geraldine Farrar on a concert tour
of the middle-west, where he won
for himself the admiration of the
huge audiences that heard him.
Season tickets for the course of
recitals by local artists which will
be given this winter by the music
department of the Omaha Woman's |
club are now on sale at the follow
ing places; Burgess-Nash informa-
ton desk, Office of the Y. w. c. A.
building, and at Hospe's music |
store. Mrs. Ward Shafer, leader |
of the department; Mrs. +. J. Far
ington, secretary, (whose address
is the Elwood apartments, Fifty !
first avenue and Dodge and men,
bers of the music department also
have the tickets for sale. We have
already commented upon he ex-
celence of these programs, which
have been outlined in this column,
also upon the reasonableness OF
the tickets, and especially upon the |
fact that it is the duty of Omaha
music lovers to know the best kind
and quality of work which exists
among them, and to support it. in
order both to maintain and to raise
the standard, and encourage artists |
OF worth to settle and remain in
this community. The first recital of
the series will take place Novem-
Der 26, at the Y. w. c. A. auditor
ium, when Edith L. Wagner, pi-
anist, and Robert Cuscaden, vio-
linist, will present the program.
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