Minnesota Musicians Archival Studies
Concerts ofMinnesota Composers, 1889-1935, and other related events
A Chronology
Robert Tallant Laudon Prof. Emeritus ofMusicology University ofMinnesota
924 - 18th Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 331-2710 [email protected]
2001 This chronology springs from my research as author of Minnesota Music Teachers Association, the Profession and the Community, 1901-2000 (Eden Prairie, MN, by the association, 2000), which the quarterly Minnesota History has called more than an organizational history but a book that shows how talented and dedicated musicians, music teachers, and music lovers worked to build 'the musical Gibraltar of the Great Northwest'... and helps to explain Minnesota's prominent place on the nation's musical map." The composers are those that I am calling the First School of Minnesota Composition extending primarily from the 1890s to 1930, a group strongly influenced by German style and tradition, frequently writers of music for church and occasionally for light entertainment, most in the style of the Boston Group such as John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, and George W. Chadwick and others strongly influenced by the German Conservatories founded in the decades of the 1840s to the 1860s, hosts to numerous Americans in the 1880s and beyond. The music of this East Coast Group has not found an active place in the concert repertory of our symphonies who still prefer to repeat over and over the works of the greatest European masters, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. The Minnesota group has met the same fate. Yet the sincere efforts of a devoted group representing the taste of several generations of society deserve a place perhaps only in history but perhaps also to serve as contrasts to the Second School ofMinnesota Composition that began with the Modern Music movement ofthe 1920s and the Third School of Minnesota Composition that began with the establishment of the Minnesota Composer's Forum (now the American Composer's Forum) in 1973. Ignorance of these musical stages would result in a skewed view of any well-formed social 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 that they addressed had their sights set no higher than the lighter styles or than indigenous music. Many considered classical music to be fancy or overly cultivated. The composers within this chronology sought a deeper meaning. Index ofthis still incomplete chronology
1889 p. 1 1890 pp. 1-2 1893 pp.2-3 Minnesota Manuscript Club formed 1894 pp.4-5 1895 p.5 1896 pp.5-6 1897 p. 7 1898 p. 7 1899 pp.7-8 1902 p.9 1903 pp.9-11 Minnesota Music Teachers Series begins 1904 pp. 11-13 1905 p.p 13-14 1906 pp. 14-15 1907 pp.15-17 1908 pp.17-19 1909 pp.20-21 1910 pp.21-22 1911 p.22 1912 pp.22-23 1913 p.23 1914 p.24 1915 pp.25-26 1916 pp.26-28 1917 pp.28-30 1918 pp.31-32 Minneapolis High School Composers series of concerts begun by Gertrude Dobyns 1919 pp.32-33 1920 pp.33-35 1921 pp.35-36 1922 p.36 1923 p.36 1924 p.37 1926 p.37 The Duluth Matinee Musicale organizes an official manuscript section 1927 pp.37-38 1928 p.38 1929 p.38 1930 p.38 1933 p.38 1934 pp.38-39 1935 p.40
Note: Two important series are not covered here: the long-rwming series ofMinneapolis High School Composers (unique in the nation and probably in the world) and the Duluth series which includes Ernest Lachmund, Stella and Clara Stocker et al. The series continues today. ------
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 1890 Dyer Music Hall, Minneapolis
Gustavus Johnson's Third Musical Evening (completely his own compositions) NB: Debut of Olive Fremstad, later renowned soprano of Munich & Metropolitan Operas, model for Cather's Song ofthe Lark
Johnson's Third Musical Evening of the Season Dyer Music Hall, 14 February 1890
Polonaise for Piano (four hands) Johnson Messrs. Woodruff and Johnson
Fantasie on Swedish Airs, Cello Solo Johnson Mr. Schlachter
a. Five Characteristic Pieces Johnson b. Nocturne G. Johnson
"Daffodils" Johnson Mr. Porter
Reverie, Violin Solo Johnson Swedish Dance, Violin Solo Mr. Straka
''Thou'rt Near Me" Johnson Two Little Swedish Songs Miss Fremstad
Easter Anthem, Double Quartet Johnson Soprano solo by Miss Ulmer
Grand Trio in C Johnson Messrs. Johnson, Straka, and Schlachter
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27 April 1890 Hannonia Hall, Minneapolis
Danz Orchestra Concert, "Music by Home Composers"
March "Salute to Danz" J.B.Lamp Overture "La Fianza" Willard Patton arr. by J. B. Lamp, violinist in the Danz Orchestra
''Mermen's Song" E. H. Gurney arr. by J. B. Lamp sung by Mr. A. W. Porter
"Apres Midi" Alfred M. Shuey A reverie for string orchestra with the distant chiming of bells
"Reverie" Gustavus Johnson Emil Straka, violin
Male Quartet "I Know a Maiden" Alfred M. Shuey W. B. Heath, Junius Swift A. W. Porter, W. H. Eichman
''Valse Lento" E. O. Baldamos String Orchestra
"Polonaise" Op. 14 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 for Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, but performance postponed till 1899.
29 October 1893
Minnesota Manuscript Club organized (NYC Society 1889, Philadelphia 1892, Chicago 1896) See Sumner Salter, "Early Encouragements to American Composers," The Musical Quarterly, 18 (1932), pp. 76-105, for a discussion of manuscript clubs.
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9 November 1893 Studio Hall, Minneapolis
First Concert ofMinnesota Manuscript Club,
Quartet "Dream Song Clarance A. Marshall from "Prince and Paradise" by Alice I. Norcross Male Quartet R. D. Finel, O. J. DeSale, C. E. Fisher, W. H. Eichman
Song for High Soprano "Awake" (Barry Cornwall) Willard Patton Miss Mattie Redlon
Sonata forViolin and Piano Gustavus Johnson Claude Madden and Mr. Johnson
Bass aria from ''Triumph of Love" Samuel A. Baldwin Charles E. Fisher
Songs: "Sweet and Low" (Tennyson) Willam Mentor Crosse and other Tennyson songs "Unless" Miss Fannie McLeod
Songs: "Love for Thee" Clarance A. Marshall "Beware" (Longfellow) Miss Esther Butler
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 Samuel A. Baldwin Chorus of Mixed Voices
Christmas 1893 Hennepin Avenue Church
new compositions of Emil Oberhoffer (Te Deum ?)
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31 May 1894 Conservatory 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 they Flowers" 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. 39 Miss 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. Covey Mrs. VVeed Munro Miss Lily Hammon Mrs. M.A. Paulson
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 der Nixen 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 York Manuscript Society
23 April 1895 Schubert Club
H. E. Krehbiel Lecture: Folk Song in America 4 December 1895 Schubert Club
Frances Densmore Lecture: Music of the American Indians
24 April 1896 Unitarian Church, Minneapolis
Ladies' Thursday Musicale, Concert and Reception in Honor ofthe Musicians ofMinneapolis, (The Program rendered consists exclusivelv of compositions bv local musicians) I 1. 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 Bass Mr. H. A. Stuart, 2d Tenor Mr. W. H. Eichman, 2d Bass
3. Mandolin Solo "Petite Fantaisie" Gino L. Perera Mr. Perera, accompanist Mrs. R. A. Mabey
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, Viola Mr. 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" Alfred M. Shuey (b) "Scene pastorale" Mr. 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) Gustavus Johnson Mrs. Frank Fayette Fletcher 6. Song for Soprano: "The Brownie King" EmilOber-Hoffer Mrs. 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 McLeod Mrs. Eugene N. Best Mrs. W. S. Thomson
21 October 1896 Schubert Club
Manuscript Recital of Compositions ofGerard Tonning ofDuluth
Symphonic Poem (Piano, 4 hands) Paul Revere's Ride
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27 January 1897 Metropolitan Opera House, Minneapolis
Premiere ofWillard Patton's oratorio Isaiah Given some 60 places in the ensuing years Chicago critic, W. S B. Mathews comes to review
18D1 Willard Patton conducts the Philhannonic Club Two large choral works ofhis own: The Star of India Footstones of a Nation
20 July 1898 First Congregational Church, Omaha The Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Willard Patton's Isaiah performed for Minnesota Day by a chorus of over 200 voices brought from Minnesota by special train. With members of the Theodore Thomas orchestra conducted by Patton.
Public rehearsal in Minneapolis before the departure for Omaha
26 April 1898 Schubert Club
John Parsons Beach compositions
29 March 1899 Plymouth Church, Minneapolis
Home Composer's Concert, Thursday Musicale, In Loyalty to American Music and Complimentary to the Home Composers of Minneapolis (the second page of the program carries the notes for 'There's no place like home."
Home Composer's Concert Plymouth Church 29 March 1899
Overture "Cymbeline" L. W. Ballard Danz Orchestra Conducted by the composer
Quartet for Male Voices "The Lotus Flower" W. S. Marshall w. B. Heath, E. P. Browning W. S. Marshall, F. II. Forbes
Christmas Song "The Holy Nativity" Willard Patton Sung by Mrs. W.IL Williams Organist: Mrs. John Harris Chick String Quartet: J. E. Frank, R. Shryock R. L. Daniel, O. W. Kutsche
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Two Sacred Songs: Herbert W. Gleason a. "The Breaking Waves Dashed High" b. "Crossing the Bar"
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25 Gustavus Johnson Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Allegro giocoso Played by Mrs. Frank Fayette Fletcher Orchestra conducted by the composer
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"Suite des fleurs" for Orchestra Signor Francesco d'Auria Mignonette-Andante grazioso Dahlia-Allegro vivo Lily ofthe Valley-Allegro Rose-Tempo di valse Conducted by the composer
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 Orchestra Claude Madden En route au chateau Au dessous de fenetre Scene d'amour Le retour Conducted by the composer
Songs: ''Retrospection'' John Parsons Beach "Serenade" ''Valentine Song" Sung by Mme. Francesco d'Auria Accompanied 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. Porteous Mr. M. A. Ginager, Mr. C. E. Fisher Violin: Raymond Shryock Accompanied by the composer
Suite for Orchestra ''Ueber Land und Meer" William Mentor Crosse (Three Movements) Germany "Abschied" Intermezzo China "Taci-juen-kin" Spain "Toreador" Conducted by the Composer
The program contains notes on the composers and greetings and comments from American musicians (John K. Paine, Mrs. H. H. A Beach, 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 1902 MMTA Concerts by State Talent, Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
Includes a Violoncello Solo, Romanze by Gerard Tonning of Duluth Mrs. Marie Geist-Erd, Duluth Mr. Tonning at the piano
20 May 1902
Includes a Song, Wishes by Gertrude Sans Souci Mrs. F. H. Snyder, Mankato Miss Sans Souci at the piano
8 May 1903 Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis Minnesota Music Teachers Association Minnesota 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 assai Allegro grazioso Andante affetuoso Allegro Energico Arthur Bergh, St. Paul Miss Minnie Bergh at the piano
Songs a) The Year's First Crocus John Parsons Beach b) Shadow and Gleam (Minneapolis) c) The Wind on the Wold d) All in a Garden e) The Moon ofRoses f) 'Twas in a World ofLiving Leaves William Herbert Dale, Minneapolis Mr. Beach at the piano Violin Intermezzo ' Carlyle Scott (Minneapolis) Mrs. Carlyle Scott, Minneapolis Mr. Scott at the piano
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Songs a) When Song is Sweet Gertrude Sans Souci b) Wishes (Minneapolis) c) Thoughts Mrs. W. N. Porteous, Minneapolis Miss Sans Souci at the piano
Violin "In Venice," Suite Moderne Gerard Tonning Morning (Duluth) In the Old Palace Minuet Gondoliero Carnival Carl Riedelsberger, Minneapolis Mr. 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, Minneapolis Franklyn Krieger, St. Paul, at the piano
Piano Song Without Words Marc D. Lombard, (Winona) Mr. Lombard Recit and Aria "Come near, ye Nations" asaiahJWillard Patten Romanza "OfThee" (Minneapolis)
Harry E. Phillips, St. Paul Mrs. A. P. Thomes, Minneapolis, at the piano.
7 May 1903 Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
MMTA State Talent Concert
Includes Song, The Captive by Gerard Tonning Miss Jennie Hughes, Mankato Mrs. May Brett Taylor at the piano
Intermezzo for String Quartet by Gerard Tonning (dedicated to the Riedelsberger Quartet) Carl Riedelsberger Olag hals Joseph E. Frank Carlo Fischer
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8 May 1903 Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
MMTA State Talent Concert
Andante from Sonata for Organ by J. Victor Bergquist J. Victor Bergquist 9 May 1903 Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
MMTA State Talent Concert
Lecture Recital "Music of the American Indians" Miss Frances Densmore, Red Wing
4 Noyember 1903 TheOdeon Schubert Club
Lecture-Recital by Mr. Arthur Farwell, The Odeon Music and Myth of the American Indian, 4 November 1903 Also given NYC 1902, 1903, Boston 1901, Lewiston, 1902
13 January 1904 Schubert Club
Program of American Composers
Beach, Chadwick, Nevin, Whiting, Foote, etc. 7 June 1904 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth,
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert ORGAN Fantasie in E Flat Major Carl Hellmaier, St. Paul Hamlin H. Hunt, Minneapolis
SONGS a) Oh Unforgiving Heart Lillie Curry Morton, St. Paul b) A Red Rose Miss Florence Buck, St. Paul Miss Morton at the piano
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VIOLIN Norwegian Melody William W. Nelson, St. Paul Spring Song William W. Nelson Louis L. Rosenberger at the piano
SONGS for Baritone with Cello Clarence A. Marshall, Minneapolis Farewell Old Gennan Love Couplet Clarlence A. Marshall Cello, Carlo Fischer
ANTHEM for Solo and Chorus, The Story of the Cross Arthur F. M.Custance Duluth Solos by Mrs. James McAuliffe Mr. Charles O. Alpplehagen
PIANO Danse Andalouse GustavusJoOOson, Minneapolis Mazurka Tarantelle Gustavus Johnaon
SONGS Forget W. Rhys-Herbert, St. Paul God-The Father INeath Thy Casement J. Austin Williams, Minneapolis Mr.Rhyss-Herbert at the piano
CELLO Sonata for Cello and Piano Robert G. Gale, Minneapolis (lst Movement) Carlo Fischer, Cellist Carlyle Scott, Pianist
SONGS a) Vesper Ernest Lachmund Duluth b) 0 Moonlight Deep and Tender c) Heighho! Daisies and Buttercups Mr. D. F. Colville, St. Paul Mr. Lachmund at the piano
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16 June 1904 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Duluth
MMTA State Talent Concert,
Piano Concerto, Op. 23, in A Minor MacDowell (2nd and 3rd movements) Miss Blanche Strong, Minneapolis Miss Eullalie Chenevert, Minneapolis, at second piano
June 1905 First Congregational Church, Winona
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert
ORGAN Grand Choeur Militaire Gottfried H. Federlein The composer at the organ
VOCAL a) Love is a Rose (ms.) Gertrude Sans Souci, St. Paul b) Wishes c) Gather the Roses (ms.) Mrs. F. H. Snyder, St. Paul The composer at the piano
VIOLIN Berceuse Russe Claude Madden, Minneapolis Barcarolle Played by Mr. W. W. Nelson, St. Paul The composer at the piano
PIANO a) Barcarolle Robert Gale, Minneapolis b) Scherzo Gustavus Johnson, Minneapolis
VOCAL Group ofTennyson Songs Willard Patten, Minneapolis a) The Splendour Falls
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b) Tears, Idle Tears c) 0 Swallow Mrs. Alberta Fisher Reuttell, Minneapolis Gustavus Johnson at the piano
CELLO Valse Serenade Ernest Lachmund, Duluth Mr. Carlo Fischer
VOCAL When Shepherds Watched Gustavus Johnson, Minneapolis Mr. H. E. Phillips, St. Paul The composer at the piano
MELODRAMA The Portrait (by Owen Meredith) Arthur Koerner, St. Paul Mrs. Marie Gjertson Fischer The composer at the piano
6 April 1906 Minneapolis Symphony Concert
Oratorio, Golgotha by J. Victor Bergquist
8 June 1906 Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert,
ORGAN Cantilene Alfred M. Schuey, Minneapolis Mr. Clay Gilbert at the organ
VOCAL Three Songs Margaret Landor, St. Paul a) Trusting b) Warning c) Fond Heart Miss Ednah F. Hall Miss Irene Wood at the piano
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VOCAL Three Songs Robert Griggs Gale, Minneapolis a) Easter Song: Alone With Thee b) Cradle Song: Mother's Love c) I Have Loved Thee Long Mr. William Herbert Dale
ORGAN Sonata in C Minor J. Victor Bergquist, Minneapolis 1st and 2nd Movements Allegro Moderato Andante The composer at the organ
VOCAL Two Songs Harold G. Tregillus, St. Paul a) Tears b) Twilight
Song-My Thought ofYou S. Clay Gilbert, Minneapolis Miss Inez Marston Mr. Gilbert at the piano
VOCAL Two Male Quartettes Clarence A. Marshall, Minneapolis a) IfLove Were What the Rose Is b) Fame the Fiddler (with violin obbligato) The Arion Male Quartette Mr. A. J. Gahring, 1st Tenor Mr. J. Austin Williams, 2nd Tenor Mr. D. M. Weishoon, 1st Bass Mr. A. R. Tull, 2nd Bass Mr. Clarence Kershaw, Violin Notes: See Evergreen Log book on J. Austin Williams and on quartets. Margaret Landor is the pen name ofWillard Patton. These programs seem to consistently misspell Clarance Marshall and PattQn
Easter 1907 First Congregational Church, Minneapolis
Cantata "An Easter Canticle" by Clarance Marshall For Chorus and Organ Review in The Bellman, 6 April 1907
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6 June 1907 Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
MMTA State Talent Concert,
Includes Sonata for Violin and Piano Carl Venth Allegro - The Forest in May Andante - Forest Repose Scherzo - Dance ofthe Gnomes and Elves Finale - Farewell to the Forest Carl Venth Mrs. Herman Scheffer at the piano Venth was Concertmaster of the St. Paul Symphony 1907- 1912
7 June 1907 Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
MMTA Concert by State Talent (American Composers)
Sonata Heroic (Allegro Energico) Louis Campbell Tipton Maurice Eisner, pianist, Minneapolis
Aria-Salambo's Invocation to Tanith Henry F. Gilbert (Salambo, accompanied by her slave, ascends the terrace of her palace at Carthage, invoking the blessing ofthe Moon goddess, Tanith) Miss Ednah Hall, Soprano, Minneapolis Miss Irene Wood at the piano
Romanza Appassionata, Op. 2 Louis Campbell Tipton Melodie Ethelbert Nevin Habanera Cradle Song Henry Q. Porter
In Wunderschonen Monat Mai William G. Hammond The Yellow Daisy Edward A. MacDowell The Blackbird Sings in the Apple Tree Where Blossoms Grow Gertrude Sans Souci Miss Ednah Hall, Soprano, Minneapolis Miss Irene Wood at the piano Sonata Tragica Edward MacDowell I-Largo Maestoso, Allegro Risoluto II-Moto Allegro, Vivace III-Largo con Maesta IV-Allegro Eroico Mr. Gustavus Johnson
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9 June 1907 Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul MMTA State Talent Concert,
Cantata for Women's Voices, The Sea Faries Mrs. H. H. A. Beach 16 Ladies, St. Paul, Mrs. Carrie M. Zumbach at the piano
17 June 1908 College Auditorium, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
MMTA Lecture-Recital ''The Emotional and Picturesque in Music" by Ernest R. Kroeger, Pianist, St. Louis, Missouri
Part I The Emotional in Music The Philosophical Temperament Fugue in C Minor J. S. Bach The Religious Element Ave Maria F. Liszt Joyousness Melody in F Major A Rubinstein Humor Humoreske in E Minor P. Tschaikowsky Sadness Adagio from "Moonlight" Sonata L.Van Beethoven
Passionate Fervor Presto from "Moonlight" Sonata L.Van Beethoven Grief Prelude in E Minor F. Chopin Love Isolde's Love Death from "Tristan and Isolde" R. Wagner (Transcribed by F. Liszt)
Part II The Picturesque in Music Woodland Music In the Woods, ''Waldesrauschen'' F. Liszt
Water Music Egeria E. R. Kroeger
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Fire Music Magic Fire Chann from "Die Walkiire" R. Wagner Spring Songs To the Springtime E. Grieg Spinning Song "La Fileuse" J. Raff Slumber Songs Berceuse F. Chopin Bird Music "IfI Were a Bird" A Henselt Fairy Music "Dance ofthe Elves" E. R. Kroeger
18 June 1908 College Auditorium, Gustavus Adophus College, St. Peter, Minnesota,
MMTA State Composers' Concert,
Suite, Op. 7, for String Instruments Errico Sansone Menuet Tempo di Marcia The Mountain Song Peasant Dance Errico Sansone Tito Regnetti G. A. Thornton H. Wuerz William Blankenburg A. W. Mailand A Annarumi
Songs. a) A Farewell Horace W. Reyner b) A Song ofThee Miss Florence Hyland The composer at the piano Piano Solo, Valse de Concert G. H. Fairclough Miss Myrtle Weed
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Songs The Prodigal William H. Pontius Salve Regina Miss Maud Meyer The composer at the piano
Violin Concerto, Op. 20 Sansone Allegro Moderato Larghetto Allegro Sostenuto Mr. Errico Sansone Accompaniment of piano and string quintet G. A. Thornton at the piano
Songs a) Du bist wie eine Blume William W. Nelson b) An Ocean Lullaby c) A Lake and a Fairy Boat Mr. John A. Jaeger Mr. G. H. Fairclough at the piano Piano Solo, Fantasie Serieuse J. Victor Bergquist Mrs. J. F. Dahl Songs W. Rhys-Herbert a) My Heart Hath a Song b) 'Tis Then 111 Think ofThee (from The Nautical Knot) c) Star Divine Mr. Harry E. Phillips The composer at the piano
Piano Solos Robert Griggs Gale Humoreske Consolation Capriccioso Mr. Carlyle M. Scott
Songs Longing for Dearie (manuscript) William H. Pontius The Parting Rose Miss Tenie Murphy
Quartet, The Night Has a Thousand eyesWilliam H. Pontius Miss Maud Meyer Miss Tenie Murphys Mr. John A. Jaeger Mr. Will N. Amundson Violin Obligato, Mr. William McPhail
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15 June 1909 The Presbyterian Church, Mankato
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert,
J. A. Bliss Prelude, C Minor Waltz, G Minopr Etude, G Major The composer at the piano Willard Patten (From an Unfinished Work) Song ofthe Cavalier Farewell Mr. Francis J. Rosenthal Mr. Leo. G. Bruenner at the piano G. H. Fairclough Te Deum Mrs. Meagher, Miss Kathleen Hart Mrs. Patterson, Miss Laura Sulsdorf Dr. Benham, Mr. Lester Davies John Thomas, Mr. Isaac Griffiths The composer at the organ
Errico Sansone Agitation, Op. 3, No. I Bagatella, Op. 5, No.1 Berceuse, Op. 5, No.3 Played by the composer
Arthur Custance The King ofLove Mr. John A. Jaeger Mr. G. A. Thornton at the organ
Claude Madden Berceuse Mazurka Caracteristique Mrs. Carrie Zumbach Bliss Claude Madden Verschmaete Liebe Sommerliebe Meister Oluf Mazjorie Mr. Rollin M. Pease
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Dr. Wm. Rhys-Herbert Intermezzo Chorus Mr. G. A. Thornton at the organ
Leo G. Bruenner Es war ein alter Koenig A Scotch Folk Song There is no Music in my Heart Mr. Francis Rosenthal The composer at the piano
17 June 1909 The Presbyterian Church, Mankato
MMTA State Talent Concert
Includes as final number When Blossoms Grow by Gertrude Sans Souci Mr. S. H. Brown, Baritone, Minneapolis
21 June 1910 Detroit [now Detroit Lakes] Minnesota MMTA State Composers' Concert, Piano Prelude Giocoso J. A. Bliss, (Twin Cities) NOIwegian Melody (trans. Bliss) W. W. Nelson Scherzo, 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 The composer at the piano
Piano 3 Studies, Op. 2 J. A. Bliss No. I-Prelude No.2-Mist No.3-The Flame The composer at the piano Soprano Songs To London Town (Jones) Gertrude Dobyns Maiden 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, Minneapolis Miss Gertrude Dobyns, Minneapolis
10 May 1911 Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis
MMTA State Talent Concert "Modern Tendencies in Music" Brahms Rhapsody, Gp. 79 Intermezzo, Gp. 117 in E Flat Major Intermezzo, Gp. 118 in E Flat Minor
Debussy Gardens in the Rain Ballade
Ravel Sonatina Play ofthe Waters
Liszt Ballade in B Minor Sursum Corda Longing for Home Grage
5 June 1912 Ryan Hotel, St. Paul MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert 1. Sonata in C Major, Gp. 2 James A. Bliss Allegro Adagio 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 Nordlin Adagio Pathetico Scherzo Allegretto scherzando Rondo, Allegro Mr. Henry Nordlin 4. Sappho Lyrics (Bliss Carmen) Wm. Edward Mulligan The Silver Flute At the End ofSummer Hearts of Mine The Broken Gleam Sleep Thou How I Adore Thee Will None Say ofSappho Madame Leclaire Mulligan and Mr. Wm. Edward Mulligan
5. Allegro from Quintet in C Minor Francis Pauly Piano. Miss Florence Pauly 1st Violin. Francis Pauly 2nd Violin. Dr. P. B. Steadman Viola. Robert Drew Cello. George Osborn
9 July 1913 The Spalding Hotel, Duluth
MMTA Duluth Talent Concert, Song Out of the Night E. Lachmund Mary Syer Bradshaw, Contralto
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25 June 1914 Unitarian Church, Minneapolis
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert 1. Organ Solos George H. Fairclough (a) Evening Prayer (b) Fantasie on Lead Kindly Light Played by the composer
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 by Miss Martha Marian Cooke, Soprano Mrs. Alice Adrian Pratt, Soprano Mrs. 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 ofthe Timber Trail (d) Song ofthe Street Sweeper Sung by Dr. Ray R. Moorlhouse
6. Sonata per Violino et Pianoforte D Minor Giusippe Fabbrini Allegro cantabile Andantino espressivo Con brio all' ungherese Played by Messrs. Otto Meyer and Giuseppe Fabbrini
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22 June 1915 Albert Lea College
MMTA Lecture-Recital by Mrs. Edward MacDowell
To the Sea From a Wandering Iceberg
A.D. 1620 Largo from the Sonata Tragica
Woodland Sketches To a Wild Rose From Uncle Remus To a Waterlily Will ofthe Wisp New England Idyls From a Log Cabin Indian Idyl Witches Dance
23 June 1915 Albert Lea College
MMTA Address by John C. Freund, Editor ofMusical America 24 June 1915 Albert Lea College
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Concert
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 The composer at the piano
Sprine 1915 Rock Island, illinois
Concert by Minneapolis Symphony,
An oratorio, Golgotha by J. Victor Bergquist
27 June 1916 Congregational Church, Owatonna
MMTA State Talent Concert
Prelude and Fugue in D Faith Helen Rogers (Duluth) The composer at the organ
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An Idyl Marion Austin Dunn (Mpls.) The composer at the organ Organist II Church Science, Mpls. 28 June 1916
Pillsbury Academy Auditoriumt Owatonna MMTAArtistst Program ofModern Music 1-Two Piano: Romanze Grieg Ballade in Variations
2-Voice: a. Mattinata Leoncavallo b. Aria from Werther Massenet c. Mai Hahn d. The Grey Wolf H. T. Burleigh Walter Leon, Minneapolis Ofthe Moody-Manners Opera Co., of London, England. Eloise Shryock at the piano
3-Violin Suite "Snow Boundtt Cecil Burleigh Lento 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 shout Of many voices high and clear, And saw the teamsters drawing near To break the drifted highway out." Marion Baernstein-Bearman, Minneapolis Eloise Shryock at the piano
4-Piano: a. Fantasia (first time) James A. Bliss b. The Mist c. The Flame James A. Bliss
5-Voice: a. Syng mig hjaem Neupert b. 0 Love Sweetheart Dr. Rhys Herbert (Mpls.) c. Melanie Eric Coates d. 1m wunderschonen Monat Mai Hammond e. Ave Maria Percy B. Kahn Violin obligato, Mrs. Bearman Walter Leon
6-Piano and Violin Sonata Richard Strauss Improvisation and Finale Eloise Shryock-Mrs. Bearman
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7. Suite for Two Pianos-Gp. 15 Arensky a. Romance b. Valse c. Polonaise Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bliss
2 January 1917 Elks Club, St. Paul
Private Recital by Christine Miller, Eminent American Mezzo- Contralto ofNew York City,
Recital of Eugene Murdock's songs (which became rather widely known in the next years)
10 January 1917 First M.E. Church, Duluth
Matinee Musicale Concert (l7th Season), Duluth Composers' Day Arranged by Lucille Brown Duxbury
Program
Stella Prince Stocker Concert Overture for Full Orhestra, Raoul Arranged for small orchestra and piano by the composer Violins Gustave Jackson Bass, A. Haskenson Eleanore Kraft Flute, J. Bellanger Erling Sodahl Clarinets, Fred Kreschmar Emily Smith Edward Copeland Allison McBean George Lang Cecilia Pennell Trumpets Charles Helmer Oscar Larson Ernest Paulson Arthur Mark Trombones Laurence Berger Viola I. N. Sodahl Louis White Cellos Mrs. Bruce Ter Bush Drums L. Weismiller Alphin Flaaten Piano Mrs. Claudia Wahlstrom Director, STELLA PRINCE STOCKER
Faith Helen Rogers Songs a) Thou Art so like a Flower b) To the Dogwood (Repeated by request) c) May Song for "The Jacquerie" (Sidney Lanier) Sung by PERlE REYNOLDS Faith Helen Rogers at the Piano Violin Obligato by Mr. Gustav Jackson
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Alice Margrethe Olsen Piano Sonata in C Minor Second movement, Romanze Third movement, Allegro con fuoco Played by ALICE MARGRETHE OLSEN
Ernest Lachmund Violoncello (a) Evening on the Lake Written when fifteen years old, and played at the Royal High Schoolin Berlin (b) Waltz Serenade Played by the famous 'cellist, Heking, in Berlin Played by GLADYS MAGNER Marion 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 Quartette Soprano, Donna Riblette Flaaten Tenor, A. R. Burquist Myrtle Hobbs D. E. Cole Contralto, Alta Hallock Bass, D. G. Gearhart Myrtle Harding D. W. Hiestand Orchestra Violin, J. H. Flaaten Cornet, Charles Helmer Cello, Alphin Flaatern Trombone, Laurence Berger Clarinet, F. Kretschmar Drums, L. Weismiller Accompanist, Mrs. Claudia Wahlstrom Directo A.F.M. CUSTANCE Elizabeth Morton Dworshak Organ Theme and Variations Played by ELIZABETH MORTON DWORSHAK
"AMERICA" . TO BE SUNG BY AUDIENCE Steinway Piano kindly furnished by W. J. Dyer & Bro.
Ladies, please remove your hats.
20 June 1917 College ofSt. Teresa, Winona, MN
MMTA Artist Recital by Christine Miller, Eminent American Mezzo Contralto ofNew York
One group was devoted to local composers
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IV. The Full Sea Rolls and Thunders Eugene C. Murdock, Lullaby St. Paul Daybreak Songs dedicated to Miss Miller Mr. Mudock at the piano V. Wind and Lyre James H. Rogers (Written for and dedicated to Miss Miller) Indian Serenade Lieurance A 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 Liddle
VII. Star Spangled Banner Miss Miller and Audience
16 June 1917 Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Tri-City Symphony Orchestra Concert
Reformation Cantata by J. Victor Bergquist
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May 1918 Minneapolis High Schools A harmony course had been instituted in the public high schools in 1912-13 by Donald Ferguson in connection with the work of T. P. Giddings, Supervisor of Music in the Schools. A student could get credit for private music lessons with approved teachers ifalso a student in this course. Mter Ferguson was appointed to the University of Minnesota in 1913, he had to gradually reliquish this course which was turned over to the talented Gertrude Dobyns. In 1917-18, she instituted a course in composition within the harmony course. The first concert is listed below. Mter she went to France for work in a military hospital, J. Victor Bergquist took over and successfully ran the program until his death in 1935. The program continued after that under Arthur Ranks.
According to Henri Verbrugghen, conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony, who acted as judge for the contest for 6 years, there was no similar enterprize in the world Among prominent contestants were Mrs. Winnifred Reichmuth Bolle {woodwind compositions played by Mpls. Symphony, Eunice Norton and Paul Oberg, pianists, Oberg was head of the University of Minnesota Department of Music, and Celius Dougherty, prominent song-writer and leading accompanist ofNew York City.
The First Concert given by Dobyns' students at West High School was:
Patriotic March Song-Spirit of 1917 Words and Music (Chorus arranged for four parts) by Nellie Clingman Song-I arise from Dreams ofThee Mildred Cutler (Words by Shelley) Lullaby,Op. 1 No.1 for violin and piano Grace Larusson Folk Dance (Hungarian Style) Beatrice Benjamin Violin-Aubade Mildred Cutler French Song Mildred Cutler (Words by Victor Hugo) My Love is Like the Red, Red Rose Margaret Hill My Love is Like the Red, Red Rose Ruth McCoy (Second Treatment) Song Hellen Collins (Words by Walter Scott) Oriental Love Song Lucile Rankin Piano Gavotte Waltz-Youth's Dream Nellie Clingman Swedish Folk Song EdnahKroon
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May Song Words and Music (arranged for four parts) by Mildred Cutler
Newspaper research should reveal all of these spring high school student programs
26 June 1918 Roof Garden, Hotel St. Paul
MMTA Recital by Mr. and Mrs. Malcom McMillan, St. Paul
1. Voce di Donna-"La Gioconda" Ponchielli 2. In a Garden R. H. Woodman 3. Expectancy LaForge 4. In Flanders Fields Bergen 5. Spring Song Malcolm McMillan
10 January 1919 Music News, p. 33 (Myrtle Weed» Program close to publication date
Three Songs ofRoumani Herman Lohr Mrs. Albert Podlasky Miss Mary Downey at the piano "Pied Piper ofHamelin" Lines by Robert Browing Music by Arthur Bergh Mildred Phillips Kindy Mrs. I. N. Tate at the piano "The Congo" Lines by Vachel Lindsay Music by Arthur Bergh Harry Phillips, Baritone Mrs. W. H. Kindy at the piano Assembly Singing ofChristmas Songs
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14 March 1919 Auditorium, Minneapolis
Second Apollo Club Concert of the 1918-1919 season Featured Kathleen Hart Bibb compositions by local composers Music News, p. 23
"Requiescant" (Canon F. C. Scott) W. Rhys Herbert ''Wood Song" Beatrice Scott (of Illinois) "A Song ofMoods" Rhys Herbert (both dedicated to the singer) "Hiawatha's Song" James A. Bliss "Sea Poem" Frank Bibb
21 June 1919 MMTA State Convention, Carleton College, Northfield
Included "My True Love Lies Asleep" by Eugene C. Murdock
May 1920 University of Minnesota, Department of Music under direction of Carlyle Scott, first main graduating class (had graduates from 1910 on), Concert ofOriginal Compositions
This practice was continued for many years with compositions sometimes played at the weekly music hours.
22 June 1920 Unitarian Church, Minneapolis
MMTA Minnesota Composers' Program-Chamber Music
1. Andante for Violincello Stanley R. Avery Carlo Fischer, the composer at the piano 2. Trio for Violin, Viola and Violincello Donald Ferguson Mrs. Donald Ferguson, Abe Pepinsky, Carlo Fishcer
3. Scherzo for Violin Stanley R. Avery William MacPhail, the composer at the piano
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4. Transcription for Violin, Violincello and Piano Willard Patton a. Prelude and Cantabile from "Star ofEmpire" b. Pantomime and Meditation from "Pocahontas" William MacPhail, Carlo Fischer, John Jacob Beck
21 May 1920 Central High School, Minneapolis
Silver Jubilee perfonnance of Patton's Isaiah
24 June 1920 Unitarian Church, Minneapolis
MMTA Program ofOriginal Compositions by Students from the Minneapolis High School
Caprice Winnifred Reichmuth The Spider and the Fly Played by the composer
Violin-Bondage Avner Rakov Played by the composer
Impromptu Fredrikka Fjelde Elfin Dance Stella Lucas Prelude Lorraine Anderson Played by the composers Songs- A Dirge Celius Daugherty The Waning Moon Laurel and Cypress Sung by Miss Lora Lolsdorf Composer at the piano Characteristic Pieces Loleta Stout The Frog The Cricket The Butterfly
Vacation Days Melva Block The Cottage A Stroll in the Woods Played by the composers
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Violin- Melody in G Minor Margaret Wigham Melody in G Major Lucy Crittenden Played by Lucy Crittenden
Number Thirteen Harriet Levinson Spinning Wheel
Two Preludes Gwendolyn Brewster
Awakening Isabelle Zanger Dreaming Played by the composers Songs- Twilight Grace Larusson Roadways Sung by Miss Luisdorf Composer at the piano
Carnival ofthe Dolls Dorothy Bates Puppets Dance Elaine Tin Soldiers' Parade The Tea Party Played by the composer
Followed by a paper "The Right ofSelf-Expression" by J. Victor Bergquist Teacher ofComposition, Minneapolis High Schools
22-24 June 1921 YWCA Assembly Hall, Duluth
MMTA Convention: Songs by Duluth Composers
A Wish A. M. M. Custance Childrens' Songs Lillian Hull Crowly and Evelyn Dinsmore Hotchkiss Owls' Invitation A Small Boy's Plan Piggie Ninety-First Psalm Faith Rogers Donna Riblette
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December 1921 New York City St. Eric Society ofthe Order ofVasa
Award first prize for a piano composition by J. Victor Bergquist, "From the Nursery"
1922 Minneapolis Symphony
Symphonic Waltz by Donald Ferguson
16 January 1923 New England Tea Rooms
Civic Music League, Program ofAmerican Music
Sonatain D Minor MacDowell Played by Harrison Wall Johnson
Songs James Bliss Sung by Lora Lulsdorff Composer at the piano
Scherzo Variato Stanley Avery Wilma Anderson Gilman and Stanley Avery
Song ofExile from "Pocohontus" Willard Patton One Day at the Organ The Great Jehovah A. M. Shuey Sung by Harry Phillips
Quintet Donald Ferguson Piano and Strings
HONOR GUESTS A. M. Shuey George B. Eustis Willard Patton
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February 1924 Auditorium, Minneapolis
Evergreen Club, Testimonial Concert to Willard Patton
14 January 1926 Lyceum, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Symphony concert under direction ofHenri Verbrugghen
Reformation Cantata by J. Victor Bergquist
~ Matinee Musicale, Duluth
Matinee Musicale organizes an official manuscript section under the direction ofMiss Margrethe Hokanson and sponsorship of Mrs. Josephine Carey president ofthe Matinee. Charter members were Dorothy Parrish, Carl Parrish, Earl Larson, Mrs. George Ingersoll, Mrs. R. W. Hotchkiss, and Miss Hokanson.
According to the Duluth New Tribune of21 January 1939:
Meetings were held on an average ofonce a month, at which time manuscripts were played or sung and criticized informally. Compositions for voice, solo and ensemble, piano, stringed instruments and woodwinds, also for full orchestra were included.
An annual program featured on the the afternoon section of the Matinee Musicale presented manuscripts which had been chosen by non-resident judges. These were chosen from composers ofnote, university teachers, and orchestra leaders.
29 April 1927 Twin City Music and Dramatic Club
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A Donald Ferguson Evening
10 May 1927 Matinee Musicale, Duluth
First Concert ofthe Manuscript Section
17-20 May1928 Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis
MMTA Program of Original Compositions by Students of Minneapolis High Schools,
27-28 May 1929 St. Clement's Church, St. Paul
MMTA Convention Melodrama, setting of episodes from the Finnish Epic, Kalevala composition by Clara Stocker (Duluth)
17 June 1930 Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis
MMTA Convention: Operatta by Stanley R. Avery, "The Operatician"
24 October 1933 St. Paul Hotel
MMTA Convention A Century of Progress in American Music (Program of music)
18 May 1934 Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Testimonial Recital ofCompositions ofJ. Victor Bergquist
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Sonata No.1 in C Minor (Organ) Allegro Maestoso Andante Choral and Fugue (0, Bride ofChrist Rejoice) Played by Marion Hutchinson, F.A.G.O.
Three Characteristic Pieces for Piano ("From the Nursery") Peek a-boo I don' wan'na go to bed. No! No! I'se 'F'aid Played by Ramona Gerhard
Glee Club Songs In God We Trust Sleep Song Blest Be the Tie That Binds (an arrangement) My Creed Sung by the Bryant Junior High Boys' Glee Club
From the Oratorio Golgotha Bass Solo-Behold the Man Sung by Berthold Busch Tenor Solo-Father Forgive Them Sung by Edmond Cronon Quartette-For God So Loved the World Sung by the Westminister Choir Quartette Mildred 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 ofmen A Man ofSorrows acquainted with grief) Andante MoIto Espressivo (I shall keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me) Finale-Allegro Moderato (Jesus Christ, yesterday, today, yea and forever. Alleluia. Amen.) Played by Hugo Goodwin, F.A.G.O.
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12 March 1935 Hotel Duluth Ballroom
Matinee Musicale, Program Presented by Manuscript Section
Ring Bells ofChristmas Ruth Magney Double Quartet - Members of Pilgrim Choir Lady Luck Bess Berry Carr In a Canoe Mrs. E. A. Rich Lean Out ofYour Window, Golden Hair Clara Stocker Mrs. VV. VV. Johnson Quintette Ernest Lachmund Bregman String Ensemble Celtic Legend Carl Parrish Julia MacGregor Two Pianos Evelyn Hotchkiss Evelyn Hotchkiss Julia MacGregor Christ is Born in Bethlehem Carl Borgwald Members of Central High A Capella Chorus Ode to Nightingale Margrethe Hokanson The Farmyard Ruth Magney Mrs. Magney, Mrs. Fawcett, Mrs. EckmanEvans Sonatine - Violin and piano Louise Evans Elizabeth and Morton Dworshak
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