ConcertsofMinnesota Composers, 1889-1935

Minnesota Musicians Archival Studies

Concerts of Minnesota Composers, 1889-1935,and other related events

A Chronology

Robert Tallant LaudonProf. Emeritus of MusicologyUniversity of Minnesota

924 - 18th Ave. SEMinneapolis, MN 55414(612) [email protected]

2001

This chronology springs from my research as author of Minnesota MusicTeachers Association, the Profession and the Community, 1901-2000 (EdenPrairie, MN, by the association, 2000), which the quarterly Minnesota Historyhas called more than an organizational history but a book that shows

how talented and dedicated musicians, music teachers, and music loversworked to build 'the musical Gibraltar of the Great Northwest' ... andhelps to explain Minnesota's prominent place on the nation's musicalmap."

The composers are those that I am calling the First School of MinnesotaComposition extending primarily from the 1890s to 1930, a group stronglyinfluenced by German style and tradition, frequently writers of music forchurch and occasionally for light entertainment, most in the style of theBoston Group such as John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, and George W.Chadwick and others strongly influenced by the German Conservatoriesfounded in the decades of the 1840s to the 1860s, hosts to numerousAmericans in the 1880s and beyond.

The music of this East Coast Group has not found an active place in theconcert repertory of our symphonies who still prefer to repeat over and overthe works of the greatest European masters, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven,Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. The Minnesota group has met the samefate.

Yet the sincere efforts of a devoted group representing the taste of severalgenerations of society deserve a place perhaps only in history but perhapsalso to serve as contrasts to the Second School of Minnesota Composition thatbegan with the Modern Music movement of the 1920s and the Third School ofMinnesota Composition that began with the establishment of the MinnesotaComposer's Forum (now the American Composer's Forum) in 1973. Ignoranceof these musical stages would result in a skewed view of any well-formedsocial history.

The music favored by this school was called by them "culture music'" (Gale)or "musical culture" (Ferguson). This meant the works of the famous masters,primarily from the German-speaking countries. The untutored listeners thatthey addressed had their sights set no higher than the lighter styles or thanindigenous music. Many considered classical music to be fancy or overlycultivated. The composers within this chronology sought a deeper meaning.

Index of this still incomplete chronology

1889 p. 11890 pp. 1-21893 pp.2-31894 pp.4-51895 p.51896 pp.5-61897 p. 71898 p. 71899 pp.7-81902 p.91903 pp.9-111904 pp. 11-131905 p.p 13-141906 pp. 14-151907 pp.15-171908 pp.17-191909 pp.20-211910 pp.21-221911 p.221912 pp.22-231913 p.231914 p.241915 pp.25-261916 pp.26-281917 pp.28-301918 pp.31-32

1919 pp.32-331920 pp.33-351921 pp.35-361922 p.361923 p.361924 p.371926 p.37

1927 pp.37-381928 p.381929 p.381930 p.381933 p.381934 pp.38-391935 p.40

Minnesota Manuscript Club formed

Minnesota Music Teachers Series begins

Minneapolis High School Composers series ofconcerts begun by Gertrude Dobyns

The Duluth Matinee Musicale organizes anofficial manuscript section

Note: Two important series are not covered here: the long-rwming seriesof Minneapolis High School Composers (unique in the nation andprobably in the world) and the Duluth series which includes ErnestLachmund, Stella and Clara Stocker et al. The series continues today.

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Minnesota Composer's Concerts

17. 18, 19 October 1889 (4 performances)Grand Opera House, Minneapolis,

Comic Opera La Fianza by Willard Patton (Orchestrated by J.Bodewaldt Lamp, leader of the Grand Opera House Orchestra),libretto by Bert W. Ball

14 February 1890Dyer Music Hall, Minneapolis

Gustavus Johnson's Third Musical Evening(completely his own compositions) NB: Debut of Olive Fremstad, laterrenowned soprano of Munich & Metropolitan Operas, model forCather's Song of the Lark

Johnson's Third Musical Evening of the SeasonDyer Music Hall, 14 February 1890

Polonaise for Piano (four hands)Messrs. Woodruff and Johnson

Fantasie on Swedish Airs, Cello SoloMr. Schlachter

a. Five Characteristic Piecesb. Nocturne

G. Johnson

"Daffodils"Mr. Porter

Reverie, Violin SoloSwedish Dance, Violin Solo

Mr. Straka

''Thou'rt Near Me"Two Little Swedish Songs

Miss Fremstad

Easter Anthem, Double QuartetSoprano solo by Miss Ulmer

Johnson

Johnson

Johnson

Johnson

Johnson

Johnson

Johnson

Grand Trio in C JohnsonMessrs. Johnson, Straka, and Schlachter

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27 April 1890Hannonia Hall, Minneapolis

Danz Orchestra Concert,"Music by Home Composers"

March "Salute to Danz" J.B.Lamp

Overture "La Fianza" Willard Pattonarr. by J. B. Lamp, violinist in the Danz Orchestra

''Mermen's Song"arr. by J. B. Lamp

sung by Mr. A. W. Porter

"Apres Midi"A reverie for string orchestra

with the distant chiming of bells

"Reverie"Emil Straka, violin

Male Quartet "I Know a Maiden"W. B. Heath, Junius Swift

A. W. Porter, W. H. Eichman

''Valse Lento"String Orchestra

"Polonaise" Op. 14

E. H. Gurney

Alfred M. Shuey

Gustavus Johnson

Alfred M. Shuey

E. O. Baldamos

Gustavus Johnson

With the exception of the overture of "La Fianza"none of the selections has been played in public before

Summer 1893

Intended premiere of Gustavus Johnson's Piano Concerto forColumbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, but performance postponedtill 1899.

29 October 1893

Minnesota Manuscript Club organized(NYC Society 1889, Philadelphia 1892, Chicago 1896)

See Sumner Salter, "Early Encouragements to AmericanComposers," The Musical Quarterly, 18 (1932), pp. 76-105, for adiscussion of manuscript clubs.

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9 November 1893Studio Hall, Minneapolis

First Concert of Minnesota Manuscript Club,

Quartet "Dream Song Clarance A. Marshallfrom "Prince and Paradise" by Alice I. Norcross

Male QuartetR. D. Finel, O. J. DeSale, C. E. Fisher, W. H. Eichman

Song for High Soprano "Awake" (Barry Cornwall) Willard PattonMiss Mattie Redlon

Sonata forViolin and Piano Gustavus JohnsonClaude Madden and Mr. Johnson

Bass aria from ''Triumph of Love" Samuel A. BaldwinCharles E. Fisher

Songs: "Sweet and Low" (Tennyson) Willam Mentor Crosseand other Tennyson songs

"Unless"Miss Fannie McLeod

Songs: "Love for Thee""Beware" (Longfellow)

Miss Esther Butler

Clarance A. Marshall

Quartet for Ladies Voices ''When Evening's Twilight" Willard Patton''The Maiden's Rose"

Sappho Ladies' Quartet

Song for Soprano ''Two Red Roses" Gustavus Johnson(Originally composed for Miss Maud Ulmer)

Miss McKay

Part Song-Selected

Christmas 1893Hennepin Avenue Church

Samuel A. BaldwinChorus of Mixed Voices

new compositions of Emil Oberhoffer (Te Deum ?)

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Mrs. VVeed MunroMrs. M.A. Paulson


31 May 1894Conservatory Hall, Minneapolis

American Composers, Ladies Thursday Musicale

1. ESSAY: "The Outlook for Music in America"Mrs.H. VV. Cileason

2. ARTHUR W. FOOTE. Trio for piano, violin and 'cello, Op. 5(Two Movements)

Miss Virginia H. Reno, Mr. Heinrich Hoevel,Mr. Fritz Schlachter

3. J .E. VVEBSTER. Song "Daffodil"Miss Maude Adams

4. GEO. W. MARSTON. Duet, "Come, May, with all theyFlowers"

Mrs. I. J. Covey, Mrs. Leonore Thomson

5. CiEO. VV. CHADWICK. Songs, (a) "AllaW'(b) "The Lily"

Miss Lily Hammon

6. VVILLIAM MAsON. Piano Solo, "Serenata," Op. 39Miss Cirace VVoodard

7. DUDLEY BUCK. Song "Expantancy"J. H. ROGERS. Song, "At Parting"

Mrs. Frank Larrabee

8. FREDERICK VV. ROOT. Quartet "Home, Sweet Home"Sappho Quartet

Mrs. I. J. CoveyMiss Lily Hammon

9. ETHELBERT NEVIN. Songs,-(a) From "A Child's Ciarden ofVerses(b) "Oh, That We Two VVere Maying"

Miss Esther Butler

10. GEO. TEMPLETON STRONG. Duo for two pianos "An derNixen QueUe"

Mrs. Harry VV. Jones, Mrs. Robert T. Lyle

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7 September 1894

Minnesota Manuscript Club becomes an affiliate of the New YorkManuscript Society

23 April 1895Schubert Club

H. E. Krehbiel Lecture: Folk Song in America

4 December 1895Schubert Club

Frances Densmore Lecture: Music of the American Indians

24 April 1896Unitarian Church, Minneapolis

Ladies' Thursday Musicale, Concert and Reception in Honorof the Musicians of Minneapolis, (The Program rendered consistsexclusivelv of compositions bv local musicians)

I1. Organ Solo "Vesper Hymn Variations" J. Warren Andrews

Mr. Andrews

2. Two Male Quartets (a)"A Student's Serenade" Willard Patton(b) ''When O'er the Meads"

The Temple Quartette:Mr. R. D. Finel, 1st Tenor Mr. G. H. Lugsdin, 1st BassMr. H. A. Stuart, 2d Tenor Mr. W. H. Eichman, 2d Bass

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3. Mandolin Solo "Petite Fantaisie"Mr. Perera, accompanist Mrs. R. A. Mabey

Gino L. Perera

4. Songs for Baritone, with 'cello obligato: Clarance Marshall(a) "The Siesta"(b) "Old German Love-Rhyme

5. Songs for Soprano(a) "Love's Calendar" Herbert W. Gleason(b) "Love's Mishap

Miss Alice Wentworth, accompanist, Mrs. H. W. Gleason

6. Two Movements from Symphony for Orchestra Levi W.Ballard(a) Andante con variazioni(b) Minuet

(arranged for String Quartet and Piano)Mr. L. W. Ballard, 1st Violin Mr. Peter Staton, ViolaMr. Ray Shryock, 2d Violin Mr. Fritz Schlachter, 'Cello

Miss Eloise Shryock, Piano

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Intennission and Entr'Acte

Printed congratulations to the Thursday Musicale from Theodore Thomas,Walter Damrosch, Dudley Buck, George W. Chadwick, Frederic Grant Gleason,Frank Van Der Stucken, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, H. E. Krehbiel, and Maud Powell

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1. Organ Solos (a) "Cavatina"(b) "Scene pastorale"

Mr. Shuey

Alfred M. Shuey

2. Slumber Song Anna E. Schoen-Rene(composed for and sung by Madame Lillian Nordica)Miss Nellie Gertrude Judd, accompanist Miss Annie Dennis

3. Violin Solos (a) "Berceuse Slave" Claude Madden(b) "Mazourka"

Mr. Madden, accompanist Miss Johanna Holtzerman

4. Songs for Baritone(a) "Crossing the Bar"William Mentor Crosse(b) ''We Kissed Again in Tears"(c) "Unless"

Mr. A. W. Porter, accompanist Mrs. W. E. Albee

5. Piano Solo: "Nocturne, Op. 16)Mrs. Frank Fayette Fletcher

Gustavus Johnson

6. Song for Soprano: "The Brownie King" EmilOber-HofferMrs. Robert F. Jones, accompanist Mr. H. S. Woodruff

7. Quartet for Ladies' Voices: "Oft in the Stilly Night"(First given at the Gilmore Manhattan Beach Concerts)Miss Belle Rolston Miss Fannie McLeodMrs. Eugene N. Best Mrs. W. S. Thomson

21 October 1896Schubert Club

Manuscript Recital of Compositions of Gerard Tonning of Duluth

Symphonic Poem (Piano, 4 hands) Paul Revere's Ride

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27 January 1897Metropolitan Opera House, Minneapolis

Premiere of Willard Patton's oratorio IsaiahGiven some 60 places in the ensuing yearsChicago critic, W. S B. Mathews comes to review

18D1 Willard Patton conducts the Philhannonic ClubTwo large choral works of his own: The Star of India

Footstones of a Nation

20 July 1898First Congregational Church, OmahaThe Trans-Mississippi Exposition

Willard Patton's Isaiah performed for Minnesota Day by a chorus ofover 200 voices brought from Minnesota by special train. Withmembers of the Theodore Thomas orchestra conducted by Patton.

Public rehearsal in Minneapolis before the departure for Omaha

26 April 1898Schubert Club

John Parsons Beach compositions

29 March 1899Plymouth Church, Minneapolis

Home Composer's Concert, Thursday Musicale, In Loyalty to AmericanMusic and Complimentary to the Home Composers of Minneapolis (thesecond page of the program carries the notes for 'There's no place likehome."

Home Composer's ConcertPlymouth Church

29 March 1899

Overture "Cymbeline"Danz Orchestra

Conducted by the composer

L. W. Ballard

Quartet for Male Voices "The Lotus Flower" W. S. Marshallw. B. Heath, E. P. BrowningW. S. Marshall, F. II. Forbes

Christmas Song "The Holy Nativity" Willard PattonSung by Mrs. W.IL Williams

Organist: Mrs. John Harris ChickString Quartet: J. E. Frank, R. Shryock

R. L. Daniel, O. W. Kutsche

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Two Sacred Songs: Herbert W. Gleasona. "The Breaking Waves Dashed High"b. "Crossing the Bar"

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25 Gustavus JohnsonAllegro ma non troppoAdagioAllegro giocoso

Played by Mrs. Frank Fayette FletcherOrchestra conducted by the composer

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"Suite des fleurs" for Orchestra Signor Francesco d'AuriaMignonette-Andante graziosoDahlia-Allegro vivoLily ofthe Valley-AllegroRose-Tempo di valse


Songs: "Hesitancy" Caroline Huntington Gale"Sleep, Little One, Sleep" Alfred M. Shuey''Wynken, Blynken and Nod" Alfred M. Shuey

Sung by Mrs. William N. Porteous

Serenade for String OrchestraEn route au chateauAu dessous de fenetreScene d'amourLe retour


Claude Madden

Songs: ''Retrospection'' John Parsons Beach"Serenade"''Valentine Song"

Sung by Mme. Francesco d'AuriaAccompanied by the composer

Part Songs with Violin Obligato Clarance A. Marshall"The Stars are with the Voyager"''Ye Little Birds"

Miss Belle Rolston, Mrs. W. N. PorteousMr. M. A. Ginager, Mr. C. E. Fisher

Violin: Raymond ShryockAccompanied by the composer

Suite for Orchestra ''Ueber Land und Meer" William Mentor Crosse(Three Movements)

Germany "Abschied" IntermezzoChina "Taci-juen-kin"Spain "Toreador"

Conducted by the Composer

The program contains notes on the composers and greetings andcomments from American musicians (John K. Paine, Mrs. H. H. ABeach, Horatio W. Parker, Arthur Foote, George W. Chadwick, W. J.Henderson, W. S. B. Mathews, Philip Hale, Frederick Grant Gleason,Walter Damrosch, and William Armstrong.

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19,20 May 1902MMTA Concerts by State Talent, Central Presbyterian Church,St. Paul

Includes a Violoncello Solo, Romanze by Gerard Tonning of DuluthMrs. Marie Geist-Erd, DuluthMr. Tonning at the piano

20 May 1902

Includes a Song, Wishes by Gertrude Sans SouciMrs. F. H. Snyder, MankatoMiss Sans Souci at the piano

8 May 1903Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis

Minnesota Music Teachers AssociationMinnesota ComDosers' Proeram

Piano a) Novellette Arthur Bergh (St. Paul)b) Appassionata

Miss Minnie Bergh, St. Paul

Violin Sonata in G Major Claude Madden (St. Paul)Moderato assaiAllegro graziosoAndante affetuosoAllegro Energico

Arthur Bergh, St. PaulMiss Minnie Bergh at the piano

John Parsons Beach(Minneapolis)

Violin Intermezzo '

Songs a) The Year's First Crocusb) Shadow and Gleamc) The Wind on the Woldd) All in a Gardene) The Moon of Rosesf) 'Twas in a World of Living Leaves

William Herbert Dale, MinneapolisMr. Beach at the piano

Carlyle Scott(Minneapolis)

Mrs. Carlyle Scott, MinneapolisMr. Scott at the piano

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Songs


a) When Song is Sweet Gertrude Sans Soucib) Wishes (Minneapolis)c) Thoughts

Mrs. W. N. Porteous, MinneapolisMiss Sans Souci at the piano

Violin "In Venice," Suite ModerneMorningIn the Old PalaceMinuetGondolieroCarnival

Gerard Tonning(Duluth)

Carl Riedelsberger, MinneapolisMr. Tonning at the piano

Songs (a) The Arrow and the Quiver David Ferguson Colville(b) An Autaumn Song (St. Paul)(c) By the Splendor in the Heaven

Miss Alberta Fisher, MinneapolisFranklyn Krieger, St. Paul, at the piano

Piano Song Without Words

Mr. Lombard

Marc D. Lombard,(Winona)

Recit and Aria "Come near, ye Nations" asaiahJWillard PattenRomanza "OfThee" (Minneapolis)

Harry E. Phillips, St. PaulMrs. A. P. Thomes, Minneapolis, at the piano.


MMTA State Talent Concert

Includes Song, The Captive by Gerard TonningMiss Jennie Hughes, MankatoMrs. May Brett Taylor at the piano

Intermezzo for String Quartet by Gerard Tonning (dedicated to theRiedelsberger Quartet)

Carl RiedelsbergerOlag halsJoseph E. FrankCarlo Fischer

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Andante from Sonata for Organ by J. Victor BergquistJ. Victor Bergquist



Lecture Recital "Music of the American Indians"Miss Frances Densmore, Red Wing

4 Noyember 1903TheOdeonSchubert Club

Lecture-Recital by Mr. Arthur Farwell, The OdeonMusic and Myth of the American Indian, 4 November 1903Also given NYC 1902, 1903, Boston 1901, Lewiston, 1902

13 January 1904Schubert Club

Program of American Composers

Beach, Chadwick, Nevin, Whiting, Foote, etc.

7 June 1904First Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth,

MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert

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ORGAN Fantasie in E Flat Major

Hamlin H. Hunt, Minneapolis

Carl Hellmaier,St. Paul

SONGSSt. Paul

a) Oh Unforgiving Heart Lillie Curry Morton,

b) A Red RoseMiss Florence Buck, St. Paul

Miss Morton at the piano

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VIOLIN Norwegian Melody


William W. Nelson,St. Paul

Spring SongWilliam W. Nelson

Louis L. Rosenberger at the piano

SONGS for Baritone with Cello Clarence A. Marshall,Minneapolis

FarewellOld Gennan Love Couplet

Clarlence A. MarshallCello, Carlo Fischer

ANTHEM for Solo and Chorus,The Story of the Cross Arthur F. M.Custance

DuluthSolos by Mrs. James McAuliffe

Mr. Charles O. Alpplehagen

PIANO

SONGS

Danse Andalouse

MazurkaTarantelle

Gustavus Johnaon

Forget

GustavusJoOOson,Minneapolis

W. Rhys-Herbert,St. Paul

God-The FatherINeath Thy Casement

J. Austin Williams, MinneapolisMr.Rhyss-Herbert at the piano

CELLO Sonata for Cello and Piano

(lst Movement)Carlo Fischer, CellistCarlyle Scott, Pianist

Robert G. Gale,Minneapolis

SONGS a) Vesper Ernest LachmundDuluth

b) 0 Moonlight Deep and Tenderc) Heighho! Daisies and Buttercups

Mr. D. F. Colville, St. PaulMr. Lachmund at the piano

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16 June 1904First Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth

MMTA State Talent Concert,

Piano Concerto, Op. 23, in A Minor MacDowell(2nd and 3rd movements)

Miss Blanche Strong, MinneapolisMiss Eullalie Chenevert, Minneapolis, at second piano

June 1905First Congregational Church, Winona


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ORGAN

VOCAL

Grand Choeur Militaire Gottfried H. FederleinThe composer at the organ

a) Love is a Rose (ms.) Gertrude Sans Souci,St. Paul

b) Wishesc) Gather the Roses (ms.)

Mrs. F. H. Snyder, St. PaulThe composer at the piano

VIOLIN Berceuse Russe Claude Madden,Minneapolis

BarcarollePlayed by Mr. W. W. Nelson, St. Paul

The composer at the piano

PIANO

VOCAL

a) Barcarolle

b) ScherzoGustavus Johnson, Minneapolis

Group ofTennyson Songs

a) The Splendour Falls

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Robert Gale,Minneapolis

Willard Patten,Minneapolis


b) Tears, Idle Tearsc) 0 Swallow

Mrs. Alberta Fisher Reuttell, MinneapolisGustavus Johnson at the piano

CELLO Valse Serenade

Mr. Carlo Fischer

Ernest Lachmund,Duluth

VOCAL When Shepherds Watched Gustavus Johnson,Minneapolis

Mr. H. E. Phillips, St. PaulThe composer at the piano

MELODRAMA The Portrait (by Owen Meredith)Arthur Koerner, St. Paul

Mrs. Marie Gjertson FischerThe composer at the piano

6 April 1906Minneapolis Symphony Concert

Oratorio, Golgotha by J. Victor Bergquist

8 June 1906Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis

MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert,

ORGAN Cantilene Alfred M. Schuey,Minneapolis

Margaret Landor,St. Paul

VOCAL

Mr. Clay Gilbert at the organ

Three Songs

a) Trustingb) Warningc) Fond Heart

Miss Ednah F. HallMiss Irene Wood at the piano

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VOCAL


Three Songs Robert Griggs Gale,Minneapolis

a) Easter Song: Alone With Theeb) Cradle Song: Mother's Lovec) I Have Loved Thee Long

Mr. William Herbert Dale

ORGAN Sonata in C Minor J. Victor Bergquist,Minneapolis

1st and 2nd MovementsAllegro ModeratoAndante

The composer at the organ

VOCAL Two Songs Harold G. Tregillus,St. Paul

a) Tearsb) Twilight

Song-My Thought ofYou S. Clay Gilbert,Minneapolis

Miss Inez MarstonMr. Gilbert at the piano

VOCAL Two Male Quartettes Clarence A. Marshall,Minneapolis

a) If Love Were What the Rose Isb) Fame the Fiddler (with violin obbligato)

The Arion Male QuartetteMr. A. J. Gahring, 1st Tenor

Mr. J. Austin Williams, 2nd TenorMr. D. M. Weishoon, 1st Bass

Mr. A. R. Tull, 2nd BassMr. Clarence Kershaw, Violin

Notes: See Evergreen Log book on J. Austin Williams and onquartets. Margaret Landor is the pen name ofWillard Patton.

These programs seem to consistently misspell Clarance Marshalland PattQn

Easter 1907First Congregational Church, Minneapolis

Cantata "An Easter Canticle" by Clarance MarshallFor Chorus and OrganReview in The Bellman, 6 April 1907

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6 June 1907Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul


Includes Sonata for Violin and Piano Carl VenthAllegro - The Forest in MayAndante - Forest ReposeScherzo - Dance ofthe Gnomes and ElvesFinale - Farewell to the Forest

Carl VenthMrs. Herman Scheffer at the piano

Venth was Concertmaster of the St. Paul Symphony 1907-1912


MMTA Concert by State Talent (American Composers)

Sonata Heroic (Allegro Energico) Louis Campbell TiptonMaurice Eisner, pianist, Minneapolis

Aria-Salambo's Invocation to Tanith Henry F. Gilbert(Salambo, accompanied by her slave, ascends the terrace ofher palace at Carthage, invoking the blessing of the Moongoddess, Tanith)

Miss Ednah Hall, Soprano, MinneapolisMiss Irene Wood at the piano

Romanza Appassionata, Op. 2MelodieHabaneraCradle Song

Louis Campbell TiptonEthelbert Nevin

Henry Q. Porter

In Wunderschonen Monat Mai William G. HammondThe Yellow Daisy Edward A. MacDowellThe Blackbird Sings in the Apple TreeWhere Blossoms Grow Gertrude Sans Souci

Miss Ednah Hall, Soprano, MinneapolisMiss Irene Wood at the piano

Sonata Tragica Edward MacDowellI-Largo Maestoso, Allegro RisolutoII-Moto Allegro, VivaceIII-Largo con MaestaIV-Allegro Eroico

Mr. Gustavus Johnson

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Cantata for Women's Voices, The Sea Faries Mrs. H. H. A. Beach16 Ladies, St. Paul, Mrs. Carrie M. Zumbach at the piano

17 June 1908College Auditorium, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter,Minnesota

MMTA Lecture-Recital ''The Emotional and Picturesque in Music" byErnest R. Kroeger, Pianist, St. Louis, Missouri

Part I

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The Emotional in MusicThe Philosophical Temperament

Fugue in C MinorThe Religious Element

Ave MariaJoyousness

Melody in F MajorHumor

Humoreske in E MinorSadness

Adagio from "Moonlight" Sonata

Passionate FervorPresto from "Moonlight" Sonata

GriefPrelude in E Minor

Love

J. S. Bach

F. Liszt

A Rubinstein

P. Tschaikowsky

L.Van Beethoven

L.Van Beethoven

F. Chopin

Isolde's Love Death from "Tristan and Isolde"R. Wagner

(Transcribed by F. Liszt)

Part IIThe Picturesque in MusicWoodland Music

In the Woods, ''Waldesrauschen''

Water MusicEgeria

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F. Liszt

E. R. Kroeger


Fire MusicMagic Fire Chann from "Die Walkiire" R. Wagner

Spring SongsTo the Springtime E. Grieg

Spinning Song"La Fileuse" J. Raff

Slumber SongsBerceuse F. Chopin

Bird Music"If I Were a Bird" A Henselt

Fairy Music"Dance of the Elves" E. R. Kroeger

18 June 1908College Auditorium, Gustavus Adophus College, St. Peter,Minnesota,

MMTA State Composers' Concert,

Suite, Op. 7, for String InstrumentsMenuetTempo di MarciaThe Mountain SongPeasant Dance

Errico SansoneTito Regnetti

G. A. ThorntonH. Wuerz

William BlankenburgA. W. MailandA Annarumi

Errico Sansone

Songs.a)b)

A Farewell Horace W. ReynerA Song of Thee

Miss Florence HylandThe composer at the piano

Piano Solo, Valse de Concert G. H. FaircloughMiss Myrtle Weed

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SongsThe ProdigalSalve Regina


William H. Pontius

Miss Maud MeyerThe composer at the piano

Violin Concerto, Op. 20 SansoneAllegro ModeratoLarghettoAllegro Sostenuto

Mr. Errico SansoneAccompaniment of piano and string quintet

G. A. Thornton at the piano

Songsa) Du bist wie eine Blume William W. Nelsonb) An Ocean Lullabyc) A Lake and a Fairy Boat

Mr. John A. JaegerMr. G. H. Fairclough at the piano

Piano Solo, Fantasie Serieuse J. Victor BergquistMrs. J. F. Dahl

Songs W. Rhys-Herberta) My Heart Hath a Songb) 'Tis Then 111 Think ofThee (from The NauticalKnot)c) Star Divine

Mr. Harry E. PhillipsThe composer at the piano

Piano SolosHumoreskeConsolationCapriccioso

Mr. Carlyle M. Scott

Robert Griggs Gale

SongsLonging for Dearie (manuscript) William H. PontiusThe Parting Rose

Miss Tenie Murphy

Quartet, The Night Has a Thousand eyesWilliam H. PontiusMiss Maud Meyer

Miss Tenie MurphysMr. John A. Jaeger

Mr. Will N. AmundsonViolin Obligato, Mr. William McPhail

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15 June 1909The Presbyterian Church, Mankato

MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert,

J. A. Bliss Prelude, C MinorWaltz, G MinoprEtude, G Major


Willard Patten (From an Unfinished Work)Song of the CavalierFarewell

Mr. Francis J. RosenthalMr. Leo. G. Bruenner at the piano

G. H. Fairclough Te DeumMrs. Meagher, Miss Kathleen Hart

Mrs. Patterson, Miss Laura SulsdorfDr. Benham, Mr. Lester Davies

John Thomas, Mr. Isaac GriffithsThe composer at the organ

Errico Sansone Agitation, Op. 3, No. IBagatella, Op. 5, No.1Berceuse, Op. 5, No.3

Played by the composer

Arthur Custance The King of LoveMr. John A. Jaeger

Mr. G. A. Thornton at the organ

Claude Madden BerceuseMazurka Caracteristique

Mrs. Carrie Zumbach Bliss

Claude Madden Verschmaete LiebeSommerliebeMeister OlufMazjorie

Mr. Rollin M. Pease

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Dr. Wm. Rhys-Herbert IntermezzoChorus

Mr. G. A. Thornton at the organ

Leo G. Bruenner Es war ein alter KoenigA Scotch Folk Song

There is no Music in my HeartMr. Francis Rosenthal


17 June 1909The Presbyterian Church, Mankato


Includes as final number When Blossoms Grow by Gertrude Sans SouciMr. S. H. Brown, Baritone, Minneapolis

21 June 1910Detroit [now Detroit Lakes] Minnesota

MMTA State Composers' Concert,Piano Prelude Giocoso J. A. Bliss,

(Twin Cities)NOIwegian Melody (trans. Bliss) W. W. NelsonScherzo, E Minor J. A. Bliss

Contralto Songs Bittersweet(Tennyson) Gertrude Dobyns,Nocturne (Bras) (Minneapolis)Let Us Forget (Vernon Lee)Struggle (Lanier)Miss Agnes Lewis, Minneapolis


Piano 3 Studies, Op. 2No. I-PreludeNo.2-MistNo.3-The Flame


J. A. Bliss

Soprano Songs To London Town (Jones) Gertrude DobynsMaiden Song (Anonymous)The Boy and the Brook (Longfellow)With Rue My Heart is Laden (Housman)

Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Hawkins, Minneapolis

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Piano Concerto in G Minor Gustavus Johnson,Allegro ma non troppo Minneapolis

Julius E. Johnson, MinneapolisMiss Gertrude Dobyns, Minneapolis

10 May 1911Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis

MMTA State Talent Concert"Modern Tendencies in Music"

Brahms Rhapsody, Gp. 79Intermezzo, Gp. 117 in E Flat MajorIntermezzo, Gp. 118 in E Flat Minor

Debussy

Ravel

Liszt

5 June 1912Ryan Hotel, St. Paul

Gardens in the RainBallade

SonatinaPlay of the Waters

Ballade in B MinorSursum CordaLonging for HomeGrage

MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert1. Sonata in C Major, Gp. 2 James A. Bliss

AllegroAdagio

Scherzo (Burleska)Finale

Mrs. Carrie Zumbach-Bliss

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2. Songs Donald Ferguson(a) Wanderers Nachtlied I(b) Die schlanke Wasserlilie(c) Wanderers Nachtlied II(d) Des Madchens Elfentraum

Mrs. Elenore N. Pohler and the composer

3. Sonata in G minor Henry NordlinAdagio Pathetico

ScherzoAllegretto scherzando

Rondo, AllegroMr. Henry Nordlin

4. Sappho Lyrics (Bliss Carmen) Wm. Edward MulliganThe Silver FluteAt the End of SummerHearts of MineThe Broken GleamSleep ThouHow I Adore TheeWill None Say ofSappho

Madame Leclaire Mulligan and Mr. Wm. Edward Mulligan

5. Allegro from Quintet in C Minor Francis PaulyPiano. Miss Florence Pauly

1st Violin. Francis Pauly2nd Violin. Dr. P. B. Steadman

Viola. Robert DrewCello. George Osborn

9 July 1913The Spalding Hotel, Duluth

MMTA Duluth Talent Concert,Song Out of the Night

Mary Syer Bradshaw, Contralto

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E. Lachmund


25 June 1914Unitarian Church, Minneapolis

MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert1. Organ Solos George H. Fairclough

(a) Evening Prayer(b) Fantasie on Lead Kindly Light


2. Part Songs for Women's Voices Willard Patton(a) A Song to My Love(b) Paraphrase of ''Vacant Chair" (G. F. Root)(c) So the Story Goes

Sung byMiss Martha Marian Cooke, Soprano

Mrs. Alice Adrian Pratt, SopranoMrs. Tenie Murphy Sheehan, Contralto

Mrs. J. Robert Stites, Contralto

3. Songs(a) The Seal Mother's Lullaby Faith Helen Rogers(b) Pierrot Helen St. Claire

Livingstone(c) A Lullaby Ernest Lachmund(d) The Stars Ernest Lachmund

Sung by Miss Alma Peterson

4. Piano solos(a) Second Prelude David Patterson(b) Melodic Invention Gertrude Dobbyns

Played by Miss Gertrude Dobbyns

5. Songs for baritone Stanley R. Avery(a) Cavalier's Song(b) In Holyrood(c) The Song of the Timber Trail(d) Song of the Street Sweeper

Sung by Dr. Ray R. Moorlhouse

6. Sonata per Violino et Pianoforte D Minor Giusippe FabbriniAllegro cantabile

Andantino espressivoCon brio all' ungherese

Played by Messrs. Otto Meyer and Giuseppe Fabbrini

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22 June 1915Albert Lea College

MMTA Lecture-Recital by Mrs. Edward MacDowell

To the SeaFrom a Wandering Iceberg

A.D. 1620Largo from the Sonata Tragica

Woodland SketchesTo a Wild RoseFrom Uncle RemusTo a WaterlilyWill of the Wisp

New England IdylsFrom a Log CabinIndian IdylWitches Dance


MMTA Address by John C. Freund, Editor ofMusical America



Organ-Scherzo in G Stanley R. Avery (Mpls.)

George H. Fairclough (St. Paul)

Songs for Tenor with Violin Obligato Paolo La Villa (St. Paul)(a) De "Giorni Miei" (Sweet Vanished Days)(b) Al Zeffiretto (0 Little Zephyr Playing)

Luverne Sigmond (Zumbrota)

Piano(a) Romance in G George H. Fairclough (St. Paul)(b) Valse de Concert

Charlotte Burlington (St. Paul)

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Songs-(a) In a Garden Rhys-Herbert (Mpls.)(b) In the Forest Fair(c) Break, Break, Break Frank Bibb (Mpls.)(d) RondelofSpring

Kathleen Hart-Bibb (Mpls.)

Pi.an~

(a) Prelude in G Minor Richard Caerwonky (Mpls.)(b) Original Sketches.

Evening Wood. Scherzino(c) Serenade(d) Prelude in C Minor

Hennan A Ruhoff (Mpls.)

Songs-(a) Gondola Song(Clinton Scallard)Leopold G. Bruenner

(St. Paul)(b) What Would I Carry (Margaret Garvin)(c) Du (Johanna Ambrosius)(d) Eldorado (Edgard Allen Poe)

Marie McConnack (St. Paul)

Pi.an~

Sonata in C Minor James A. Bliss (Mpls.)Allegro con brio

Nocturne (Barcarolle)Scherzo-Finale


Sprine 1915Rock Island, illinois

Concert by Minneapolis Symphony,

An oratorio, Golgotha by J. Victor Bergquist

27 June 1916Congregational Church, Owatonna


Prelude and Fugue in D Faith Helen Rogers (Duluth)The composer at the organ

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An IdylDunn (Mpls.)

Marion Austin

The composer at the organOrganist II Church Science, Mpls.

28 June 1916Pillsbury Academy Auditoriumt Owatonna

MMTAArtistst Program of Modern Music1-Two Piano: Romanze

Ballade in VariationsGrieg

LeoncavalloMassenetHahn

H. T. Burleigh

a. Mattinatab. Aria from Wertherc. Maid. The Grey Wolf

Walter Leon, MinneapolisOf the Moody-Manners Opera Co., of London, England.

Eloise Shryock at the piano

2-Voice:

3-Violin Suite "Snow Boundtt Cecil BurleighLento melancholico

''The sun that brief December day,Rose cheerless over hills of gray."

Tenderly"Shut in from all the world without,We sat the clean-winged hearth about."

Merrily"Next morn we wakened with a shoutOf many voices high and clear,And saw the teamsters drawing nearTo break the drifted highway out."

Marion Baernstein-Bearman, MinneapolisEloise Shryock at the piano

4-Piano: a. Fantasia (first time)b. The Mistc. The Flame

James A. Bliss

James A. Bliss

NeupertDr. Rhys Herbert (Mpls.)

Eric CoatesHammond

Percy B. Kahn

a. Syng mig hjaemb. 0 Love Sweetheartc. Melanied. 1m wunderschonen Monat Maie. Ave Maria

Violin obligato, Mrs. BearmanWalter Leon

5-Voice:

6-Piano and Violin Sonata Richard StraussImprovisation and Finale

Eloise Shryock-Mrs. Bearman

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7. Suite for Two Pianos-Gp. 15a. Romanceb. Valsec. Polonaise

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bliss

2 January 1917Elks Club, St. Paul

Arensky

Private Recital by Christine Miller, EminentAmerican Mezzo- Contralto of New York City,

Recital of Eugene Murdock's songs (which became rather widely knownin the next years)

10 January 1917First M.E. Church, Duluth

Matinee Musicale Concert (l7th Season), Duluth Composers' DayArranged by Lucille Brown Duxbury

Stella Prince StockerRaoul

Program

Concert Overture for Full Orhestra,

Arranged for small orchestra and piano by the composerViolins Gustave Jackson Bass, A. Haskenson

Eleanore Kraft Flute, J. BellangerErling Sodahl Clarinets, Fred KreschmarEmily Smith Edward CopelandAllison McBean George LangCecilia Pennell Trumpets Charles HelmerOscar Larson Ernest PaulsonArthur Mark Trombones Laurence Berger

Viola I. N. Sodahl Louis WhiteCellos Mrs. Bruce Ter Bush Drums L. Weismiller

Alphin Flaaten Piano Mrs. ClaudiaWahlstrom

Director, STELLA PRINCE STOCKER

Faith Helen Rogers Songsa) Thou Art so like a Flowerb) To the Dogwood (Repeated by request)c) May Song for "The Jacquerie" (Sidney Lanier)

Sung by PERlE REYNOLDSFaith Helen Rogers at the PianoViolin Obligato by Mr. Gustav Jackson

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Violoncello

D. E. ColeBass, D. G. GearhartD. W. Hiestand


Alice Margrethe Olsen PianoSonata in C Minor

Second movement, RomanzeThird movement, Allegro con fuocoPlayed by ALICE MARGRETHE OLSEN

Ernest Lachmund(a) Evening on the Lake

Written when fifteen years old, and played at the RoyalHigh Schoolin Berlin

(b) Waltz SerenadePlayed by the famous 'cellist, Heking, in Berlin

Played by GLADYS MAGNERMarion Worley at the Piano

Arthur F. M. Custance Double Quartette"Peace"

(a) The Promise(b) The Prayer(c) The Answer to Prayer

Sung by Double QuartetteSoprano, Donna Riblette Flaaten Tenor, A. R.BurquistMyrtle HobbsContralto, Alta HallockMyrtle Harding

OrchestraViolin, J. H. Flaaten Cornet, Charles HelmerCello, Alphin Flaatern Trombone, Laurence BergerClarinet, F. Kretschmar Drums, L. Weismiller

Accompanist, Mrs. Claudia WahlstromDirecto A.F.M. CUSTANCE

Elizabeth Morton Dworshak OrganTheme and Variations

Played by ELIZABETH MORTON DWORSHAK

"AMERICA" . TO BE SUNG BY AUDIENCESteinway Piano kindly furnished by W. J. Dyer & Bro.

Ladies, please remove your hats.

20 June 1917College ofSt. Teresa, Winona, MN

MMTA Artist Recital by Christine Miller, EminentAmerican Mezzo Contralto of New York

One group was devoted to local composers

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IV. The Full Sea Rolls and Thunders Eugene C. Murdock,Lullaby St. PaulDaybreak

Songs dedicated to Miss MillerMr. Mudock at the piano

V. Wind and Lyre James H. Rogers(Written for and dedicated to Miss Miller)

Indian Serenade LieuranceA Valentine Malcolm McMillan,

St. Paul(Written for and dedicated to Miss Miller)

A Rondel ofSpring Frank Bibb,Mpls. and New York

VI. Abide with Me

VII. Star Spangled BannerMiss Miller and Audience

Liddle

16 June 1917Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois

Tri-City Symphony Orchestra Concert

Reformation Cantata by J. Victor Bergquist

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Margaret HillRuth McCoy


May 1918Minneapolis High Schools

A harmony course had been instituted in the public highschools in 1912-13 by Donald Ferguson in connection withthe work of T. P. Giddings, Supervisor of Music in theSchools. A student could get credit for private music lessonswith approved teachers if also a student in this course. MterFerguson was appointed to the University of Minnesota in1913, he had to gradually reliquish this course which wasturned over to the talented Gertrude Dobyns. In 1917-18,she instituted a course in composition within the harmonycourse. The first concert is listed below. Mter she went toFrance for work in a military hospital, J. Victor Bergquisttook over and successfully ran the program until his death in1935. The program continued after that under ArthurRanks.

According to Henri Verbrugghen, conductor of the MinneapolisSymphony, who acted as judge for the contest for 6 years, there was nosimilar enterprize in the worldAmong prominent contestants were Mrs. Winnifred Reichmuth Bolle{woodwind compositions played by Mpls. Symphony, Eunice Nortonand Paul Oberg, pianists, Oberg was head of the University ofMinnesota Department of Music, and Celius Dougherty, prominentsong-writer and leading accompanist of New York City.

The First Concert given by Dobyns' students at West HighSchool was:

Patriotic March Song-Spirit of 1917 Words and Music(Chorus arranged for four parts) by Nellie ClingmanSong-I arise from Dreams of Thee Mildred Cutler

(Words by Shelley)Lullaby,Op. 1 No.1 for violin and piano Grace LarussonFolk Dance (Hungarian Style) Beatrice BenjaminViolin-Aubade Mildred CutlerFrench Song Mildred Cutler

(Words by Victor Hugo)My Love is Like the Red, Red RoseMy Love is Like the Red, Red Rose

(Second Treatment)Song

(Words by Walter Scott)Oriental Love SongPiano

GavotteWaltz-Youth's Dream

Swedish Folk Song

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Hellen Collins

Lucile Rankin

Nellie ClingmanEdnahKroon

May Song(arranged for four parts)


Words and Musicby Mildred Cutler

Newspaper research should reveal all of these spring highschool student programs

26 June 1918Roof Garden, Hotel St. Paul

MMTA Recital by Mr. and Mrs. Malcom McMillan, St.Paul

1. Voce di Donna-"La Gioconda"2. In a Garden3. Expectancy4. In Flanders Fields5. Spring Song

10 January 1919Music News, p. 33 (Myrtle Weed»

Program close to publication date

PonchielliR. H. Woodman

LaForgeBergen

Malcolm McMillan

Three Songs ofRoumani Herman LohrMrs. Albert Podlasky

Miss Mary Downey at the piano

"Pied Piper of Hamelin" Lines by Robert BrowingMusic by Arthur Bergh

Mildred Phillips KindyMrs. I. N. Tate at the piano

"The Congo" Lines by Vachel LindsayMusic by Arthur Bergh

Harry Phillips, BaritoneMrs. W. H. Kindy at the piano

Assembly Singing of Christmas Songs

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14 March 1919Auditorium, Minneapolis

Second Apollo Club Concert of the 1918-1919 seasonFeatured Kathleen Hart Bibb compositions by localcomposersMusic News, p. 23

"Requiescant" (Canon F. C. Scott) W. Rhys Herbert''Wood Song" Beatrice Scott (of Illinois)"A Song of Moods" Rhys Herbert

(both dedicated to the singer)"Hiawatha's Song" James A. Bliss"Sea Poem" Frank Bibb

21 June 1919MMTA State Convention, Carleton College, Northfield

Included "My True Love Lies Asleep" by Eugene C. Murdock

May 1920University of Minnesota, Department of Music under direction ofCarlyle Scott, first main graduating class (had graduates from1910 on), Concert of Original Compositions

This practice was continued for many years with compositionssometimes played at the weekly music hours.


MMTA Minnesota Composers' Program-ChamberMusic

1. Andante for Violincello Stanley R. AveryCarlo Fischer, the composer at the piano

2. Trio for Violin, Viola and Violincello Donald FergusonMrs. Donald Ferguson, Abe Pepinsky, Carlo Fishcer

3. Scherzo for Violin Stanley R. AveryWilliam MacPhail, the composer at the piano

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4. Transcription for Violin, Violincello and Piano WillardPatton

a. Prelude and Cantabile from "Star of Empire"b. Pantomime and Meditation from "Pocahontas"

William MacPhail, Carlo Fischer, John Jacob Beck

21 May 1920Central High School, Minneapolis

Silver Jubilee perfonnance of Patton's Isaiah


MMTA Program of Original Compositions by Students fromthe Minneapolis High School

Caprice Winnifred ReichmuthThe Spider and the Fly


1

Violin-Bondage

ImpromptuElfin DancePrelude

Avner RakovPlayed by the composer

Fredrikka FjeldeStella LucasLorraine Anderson

Played by the composers

Songs-A Dirge Celius DaughertyThe Waning MoonLaurel and Cypress

Sung by Miss Lora LolsdorfComposer at the piano

Characteristic PiecesThe Frog

The CricketThe Butterfly

Loleta Stout

Vacation Days Melva BlockThe Cottage

A Stroll in the WoodsPlayed by the composers

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Violin-Melody in G Minor Margaret WighamMelody in G Major Lucy Crittenden

Played by Lucy Crittenden

Number ThirteenSpinning Wheel

Two Preludes

AwakeningDreaming

Songs-TwilightRoadways

Harriet Levinson

Gwendolyn Brewster

Isabelle Zanger

Played by the composers

Grace Larusson

Sung by Miss LuisdorfComposer at the piano

Carnival of the Dolls Dorothy BatesPuppets Dance

ElaineTin Soldiers' Parade

The Tea PartyPlayed by the composer

Followed by a paper "The Right of Self-Expression" by J.Victor BergquistTeacher of Composition, Minneapolis High Schools

22-24 June 1921YWCA Assembly Hall, Duluth

MMTA Convention: Songs by Duluth Composers

A WishChildrens' Songs

A. M. M. CustanceLillian Hull Crowly and EvelynDinsmore Hotchkiss

Owls' InvitationA Small Boy's PlanPiggie

Ninety-First PsalmDonna Riblette

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Faith Rogers

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December 1921New York City St. Eric Society of the Order of Vasa

Award first prize for a piano composition by J. Victor Bergquist, "Fromthe Nursery"

1922Minneapolis Symphony

Symphonic Waltz by Donald Ferguson

16 January 1923New England Tea Rooms

Civic Music League, Program ofAmerican Music

Sonata in D Minor MacDowellPlayed by Harrison Wall Johnson

SongsSung by Lora LulsdorffComposer at the piano

James Bliss

Scherzo Variato Stanley AveryWilma Anderson Gilman and Stanley Avery

Song of Exile from "Pocohontus"One Day at the OrganThe Great Jehovah

Sung by Harry Phillips

QuintetPiano and Strings

Willard Patton

A. M. Shuey

Donald Ferguson

HONOR GUESTSA. M. Shuey

George B. EustisWillard Patton

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February 1924Auditorium, Minneapolis

Evergreen Club, Testimonial Concert to WillardPatton

14 January 1926Lyceum, Minneapolis

Minneapolis Symphony concert under direction of HenriVerbrugghen

Reformation Cantata

~Matinee Musicale, Duluth

by J. Victor Bergquist

Matinee Musicale organizes an official manuscript sectionunder the direction of Miss Margrethe Hokanson andsponsorship of Mrs. Josephine Carey president of theMatinee. Charter members were Dorothy Parrish, CarlParrish, Earl Larson, Mrs. George Ingersoll, Mrs. R. W.Hotchkiss, and Miss Hokanson.

According to the Duluth New Tribune of 21 January 1939:

Meetings were held on an average of once a month, at whichtime manuscripts were played or sung and criticizedinformally. Compositions for voice, solo and ensemble, piano,stringed instruments and woodwinds, also for full orchestrawere included.

An annual program featured on the the afternoon section ofthe Matinee Musicale presented manuscripts which hadbeen chosen by non-resident judges. These were chosenfrom composers of note, university teachers, and orchestraleaders.

29 April 1927Twin City Music and Dramatic Club

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A Donald Ferguson Evening

10 May 1927Matinee Musicale, Duluth

First Concert of the Manuscript Section

17-20 May1928Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis

MMTA Program of Original Compositions by Students ofMinneapolis High Schools,

27-28 May 1929St. Clement's Church, St. Paul

MMTA ConventionMelodrama, setting of episodes from the Finnish Epic,Kalevalacomposition by Clara Stocker (Duluth)

17 June 1930Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis

MMTA Convention: Operatta by Stanley R. Avery, "TheOperatician"

24 October 1933St. Paul Hotel

MMTA ConventionA Century of Progress in American Music (Program ofmusic)

18 May 1934Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

Testimonial Recital of Compositions ofJ. Victor Bergquist

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Sonata No.1 in C Minor (Organ)Allegro MaestosoAndanteChoral and Fugue (0, Bride of Christ Rejoice)

Played by Marion Hutchinson, F.A.G.O.

Three Characteristic Pieces for Piano ("From the Nursery")Peek a-booI don' wan'na go to bed. No! No!I'se 'F'aid

Played by Ramona Gerhard

Glee Club SongsIn God We TrustSleep SongBlest Be the Tie That Binds (an arrangement)My Creed

Sung by the Bryant Junior High Boys' Glee Club

From the Oratorio GolgothaBass Solo-Behold the Man

Sung by Berthold BuschTenor Solo-Father Forgive Them

Sung by Edmond CrononQuartette-For God So Loved the World

Sung by the Westminister Choir QuartetteMildred Reed, Mrs. Adair McRae Roberts, Edmond

Cronon, Berthold Busch

Sonata No.5 in D Minor (Organ)Lento e Misterioso-Molto Allargando

(And God said, Let There Be Light)Mestoso MoIto

(He was despised and rejected ofmenA Man ofSorrows acquainted with grief)

Andante MoIto Espressivo(I shall keep him in perfect peacewhose mind is stayed on me)

Finale-Allegro Moderato(Jesus Christ, yesterday, today, yea andforever. Alleluia. Amen.)

Played by Hugo Goodwin, F.A.G.O.

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12 March 1935Hotel Duluth Ballroom

Matinee Musicale, Program Presented by ManuscriptSection

Ring Bells of Christmas Ruth MagneyDouble Quartet - Members of Pilgrim Choir

Lady Luck Bess Berry CarrIn a Canoe Mrs. E. A. RichLean Out ofYour Window, Golden Hair Clara Stocker

Mrs. VV. VV. Johnson

Quintette Ernest LachmundBregman String Ensemble

Celtic Legend Carl ParrishJulia MacGregor

Two Pianos Evelyn HotchkissEvelyn Hotchkiss Julia MacGregor

Christ is Born in Bethlehem Carl BorgwaldMembers of Central High A Capella Chorus

Ode to Nightingale Margrethe HokansonThe Farmyard Ruth Magney

Mrs. Magney, Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. EckmanEvans

Sonatine - Violin and piano Louise EvansElizabeth and Morton Dworshak

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