Qffitiat Journal of the American Union of Swedish Singers

Vol. LIII CHICAGO, ILL., JANUARY, 1959 No. 1 Eminent Conductors Celebrate MARTIN LIDSTAM Celebrates 25 Years As Director of Stockholm YMCA Chorus • KNUTE HANSEN Celebrates 25 Years As Director of Svithiod Singing Club, Chicago

or. Koren stod utan dirigent, och det var dess ordforande, framlidne Carl osterberg, som pa jakt efter ersattare "upptackte" Lidstam och lyckades att overtala honom att ataga sig uppdra- get. L. var da redan valetablerad le- dare for saval Tabernaklets kor som .,-•*(& Martin Lidstam stockholms-baptisternas sangarfor- Knute Hansen Den i Amerika sa valkande och upp- bund. Det nya uppdraget skulle inte When Joel Mossberg resigned as skattade svenske kordirigenten, Mar- bli betungande, bara sa dar en tva- conductor of Svithiod Singing Club in tin Lidstam, firar i borjan av februari tre uppsjungningar per ar, menade December of 1933 the choice of a new dubbeljubileum: 25 ar som ledare av den gode Carl o. och fick darmed conductor fell on Knute Hansen. For Stockholms KFUMikor samt 60-ariga napp pa kroken. Det draget skulle 25 years Knute has held the baton fodelsedagen den 8 februari, 1959. snart visa sig vara ett verkligt lycko- and built up the chorus from a mere Denna kampagestalt inom svenska drag med vidstrackt betydelse och 18 singers to the massive strength of korsangens gebit vann alia musikal- verkan! Forst en omedelbar forstark- 100 voices. The crowning glory of his skande svenskars beundran under ning och uppryckning av Stockholms- leadership was the grand Diamond KFUM:korens konsertturne genom koren och stimulans at korsangen in- Jubilee Concert at Orchestra Hall in Amerika 1956, inte endast for bans om saval Sveriges som Nordens KFUM. 1957, before a full house, with music musikaliska geni, som bevisat av ko- Och sa smaningom — det lar ej mot- critics of the daily press lauding the rens prestationer, men for det vansal- sagas av nagon — ett verksamt bi- musical achievement of chorus, or- la och gedigna satt han bemotte alia drag att havda den i hard motvind chestra and conductor. arbetande svenska manskorsangen som hade formanen att personligen We present herewith a biography of fa traffa honom. over huvud taget. Medlen dartill, Martin Lidstams i Knute Hansen that the singers of Vi har bett f. d. sekreteraren av AUSS may better get acquainted with KFUM:koren, Ernst Mattsson, att marklig musikalitet bottnande inspi- rations- och gestaltningsformaga samt him. skriva nagra ord om Martin for Mu- From February 18, 1925, when Knute siktidnings lasare: sjalvstandigt havdade programkom- position med standig stravan till for- Hansen was first engaged by the Nor- DUBBELJUBILEUM MED TONVIKT nyelse och utveckling, dar vid sidan wegian Singing Society Bjorgvin as PA SANG av extrema nyheter aven "gamla klu- their director to his present activities For stunden till synes sma handel- tar" kunnat ges ny lyster, observera- as director of four choruses, lies a 34 ser fa icke sallan livsavgorande be- des och omvittnades ocksa omedelbart year span of intense labor and devo- tydelse for individen och darutover av musikkritikerna. Darom vittnade tion for Scandinavian male chorus verkningar i vida circlar. dessa, icke utan en viss oforstalld ha- singing. Ett sadant tillfalle var det forvisso, penhet, redan vid Martin Lidstams de- Besides the weekly rehearsals of nar for i dagarna 25 ar sedan Martin but som KFUM:dirigent vid varkon- Normennenes Sangforening, Svithiod Lidstam varvades till ledare for den serten den 12 maj 1935. Den upple- Singing Club, Norwegian Glee Club davarande lilla KFUM:koren Excels! - (Forts. pa sida 10) (Continued on page 6) MUSIKTIDNING If it's Borden's, it's got to be good!

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Apollo Bellman Male Chorus Svea Manskor New Haven, Conn. To all singers of the AUSS, a be- Seattle, Wash. * Apollo regular business meeting was lated but none the less Happy New Year from the members of the Bell- Det var en vacker syn — den blan- held Friday Dec. 12. It was interesting dade svenska koren pa 60 roster pa to note the program of constructive man Male Chorus in Vancouver, B.C. This will be our big year, being host Masonic Temples stora seen sondagen improvements in the Club that the den 16 november. Och dess framtra- outgoing president Kenneth Andresen to the 1959 Bi-Annual Convention of the Pacific Division of the AUSS, on danden blev strangt taget kvallens and his co-officers have worked out stora behallning. Nu maste givetvis for the future, and the substantial August 6, 7 and 8. Fortunately our convention funds are more than suffi- aran harfor till skrivas det energiska balance of our bank account. knippe som heter Carl M. Zeed, diri- Kenneth you have done a splendid gent for bade Svea Manskor och Sven- job and hats off to you and your co- ska Damkoren och for deras gemen- ^ workers! samma upptradanden. The following officers were elected for 1959: Vincent Johnson, Pres.; Ev- Konserten lockade uppemot 700-800 erett Johnson, V. Pres.; Milton John- personer — var berakning — och bjod son, Rec. Sec'y; Kenneth Andresen, pa fyra nummer vardera av bada ko- Fin. Sec'y; Ivar Henrickson, Treas; rerna och lika manga av den blandade Oscar Lind, Sven Bergfelt, Rudy War- koren. Sundstenstrion skotte musiken me, Trustees; Sam Carlson, Walter emellanat, vid tva framtradanden. Johnson, Thure Westman, Auditors. Den blandade koren oppnade pro- Sunday, Dec. 4th, Apollo "julfest" is grammet med "Sjungande komma vi", always a happy event for young and som Ijbd bade kompetent och noj- adults. There you see many of our samt, och avslot detsamma med att 4 coming up youngsters who in the fu- exponera lovvard teknik, solotalan- ture will carry on Swedish song. The ger, folkvisefrojd och kanslomattade Apollo ladies make it very nice and a tonsvall i ett intressant korverk. real Christmas spirit prevails with plenty of refreshments and a visit Svenska Damkoren visade sig besit- from "jultomten" (Gunnar Carlson). ta den goda "sinnesnarvao" och fun- Gloggmastare Sven Anderson, in- damentala tekniska kompetens, var- vald for livstid, var mycket upptagen med den utmarkt sig som amatorkor i det forflutna. Och Svea Manskor med sina mandlar, russin, kryddor, Otto Kempf osv. Apollo gloggafton ar alltid den gjorde en utmarkt prestation — kval- sista ovningen fore jul. Skal och tack, cient already, thanks to the tremend- lens basta — i "Under ronn och sy- Sven, till nasta jul! ous effort put forward by all our ren" genom att tonalt avslipa mangen Apollo holl som vanligt nyarsfest chorus members and our better halves god lyrisk nyans i denna vackra sere- * med avslutning pa 1958 och stora for- who are working for and with us dili- nad. hoppningar pa 1959. Gott Nytt Ar! gently in our Ladies' Auxiliary. For Kritiken som vi ombetts avfyra, blir Harry A. Engstrom. our Festival Convention Concert the kort. Korerna ger inte alltid tillrack- Vincent Massey Concert Auditorium ligt utlopp for Zeeds "dynamics". Svea has been secured which has the repu- behover sen gammalt starkare "Ijus- Chicago Sw. Male Chorus tation of being one of the finest in ton", pa tenorsidan forstas, och dar- We have just had election of offi- B. C., and it also boasts of the best med mera tonglans och luftighet i cers in our Verdandi Club and a few accoustics possible. vissa passager, men den kunde sjunga of our singers were elected to office: As this convention of the AUSS will ut lite mera i fortissimon. Damkoren Richard Young, First V. Pres.; Carl be the first ever to be held in Van- insmog nagot av marschvisans ytliga- Wik and Nels Nyquist, Board of Direc- couver, we naturally are honored and re ton (som i "Happy Wanderer") i tors. proud to have been chosen as the host mera konsertbetonade lyriska num- These members are of the caliber for this great event. For this very mer (som "Tonerna") ; och i dessa ef- that makes an outfit go places and reason we are striving very hard to terlyste man en mera tanjbar och the whole chorus is back of them. make it one of the very best, and with sammetslen ton—fast det fanns goda The chorus sang for the Svenska the co-operation of all directors and ansatser darat! Ruth Fish och Norma Gillet's Lucia Fest on December 13 singing brothers of our Pacific Divi- Nickols ackompanjerade korerna pa at North Side Auditorium. sion we are confident that musically fortjanstfullt satt. it will also be outstanding. Our con- Now that the holidays are over, I Lange leve korerna! T.N. hope all you survivors will start think- cert program, having been selected ing about 1960's convention. Just be and approved by our music committee New Britain, Conn. cause we want to meet you there, our and those of all other choruses con- director, Clarence Johnson is strain- cerned, is a happy choice and should Pa samrna gang som jag sander min ing at the traces to get going on a rip- and will appeal to everyone. avgift for var praktiga Musiktidning, snorting concert, so we'll probably be So, brother singers, let us make the vill jag ocksa onska alia sangarbroder the busiest chorus in Chicago for the month of August British Columbia's en god fortsattning pa det nya aret, next five months. In the meantime outstanding musical event, that we all samt ett tack till redaktionen for val I'll try to give you a blow-by-blow can be proud being members of the utfort arbete under det gangna aret. description each month, so don't go AUSS. Otto Kempf, Med sangarhalsning, away. F. B., Jr. Director-in-Chief. Oscar Carlson. MUSIKTIDNING

ALLEGORY OF THE YEAR Written by N. E. Oberg in collaboration with Mrs. Helen Malkerson, Oakland, Cal.

Old Year: December, my son, the sand runs low— Out of this world we've come to know We, too, must pass, as other years. The hour of our departure nears. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF December: AMERICAN UNION OP SWEDISH SINGERS (Organized November 24, 1892) Oh, Father, I am yet so young! A Musical Journal in English and Swedish Let me stay, my friends among. This life on earth is sweet to me— Published monthly except July and August by the American Union of Later I'll seek to follow thee. Swedish Singers' Executive Committee. WALTER G. JOHNSON GUNNAR A. BLOOM Old Year: Business Manager Editor It is not I that sets the hour. Address all communications and make remittances payable to The human mind, whose facile power MUSIKTIDNING Did first conceive us, made it so. 216 Institute Place Chicago 10, Illinois It marks the time we come and go.

Reentered as wcond class matter April 10, 1955, at the post office at Chicago. So long as Earth on its axis turns, 111., under the Act of March 3, 1879. And the great star it circles, burns. Bright day will fade to shadowed night. Subscription $2 per year. Advertising rates on application We cannot stay Time's endless flight. Sons I have had, and daughters fair. CHANGE OF ADDRESS, undeliverable copies, subscriptions and manuscripts Eternity they now must share, should be sent to Musiktidning, 216 Institute Place, Chicago 10, Illinois. Your siblings all, who went before, Officers 1958-1962 Beyond Time's ever vaulted door. Fred Boiling, Honorary President, 1708 Highland Ave., Glendale, Calif. Edw. E. Johnson, Honorary President, . December: Arthur O. Samuelson, Honorary President, Wepawang Road, Woodbridge, Conn. Gustaf E. Rickan, President, 2457 W. Leland Ave., Chicago 25, 111. Tell me about those others, then. Berndt Petterson, V. Pres., 4111 S. W. Walker Road, Portland 25, Oregon. Perhaps we all shall meet again Martin Ahlm, Secretary, 730 W. 69th St., Chicago 21, 111. Arne M. S. Eriksson, Fin. Sec'y., 2165 Chatterton Ave., Bronx 72, N. Y. When we too, pass beyond the wall P. F. Haglund, Treas., 1134 E. Jessamine Ave., St. Paul 6, Minn. Where Destiny directs us all. William H. Nordin, Honorary Director-in-Chief, Chicago, HI. Viktor Hedgren, Director-in-chief, 1417 Cuyler Ave., Chicago 13, 111. Robert Ekstrom, Asst. Director-in-chief, 2721 W. Fourth St., Duluth 6, Minn. Old Year: Eastern Division, A. U. S. S., Officers 1956-1960 When I arrived upon this sphere, Dan. Lundberg, Hon. Pres., 9 Gertrude Rd. W., Roxbury, Mass. To serve the term whose end draws near Erland Levine, Pres., 26 Rock Major Road, Fail-field, Conn. Philip Anderson, 1st Vice Pres., 348 Maple St., East Long Meadow, Mass. I brought with me my first born child— George R. Johnson, 2nd Vice Pres., 32 Victory Ave., W. Warwick, R. 1. January, fierce and wild. Arthur G. Crusberg, Sec'y., 145 Linwood St., New Britain, Conn. Wilton Strand, Fin. Sec'y., 215 Prospect St., Jamestown, N. Y. Otto H. Loven, Treas., 344 Grovers Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. He went his proud and willful way, Frank Hjerpe, Director-in-chief, 142 Webster Hill Blvd., W. Hartford, Conn. Seth Hokanson, 1st Asst. Director, 119 Marsden St., Springfield, Mass. Till February came one day, John Ahlstrand, 2nd Asst. Director. 257 W. 86th Street, New York 24, N. Y. And took his brief place by my side Central Division, A. U. S. S., Officers 1956-1960 Until bold March his challenge cried. Paul F. Haglund, President, 1134 E. Jessamine Street, St. Paul 6, Minn. Ernie Gustafson, 1st Vice President, Des Moines, Iowa. Cold and wild as bears they were, Harry O. Berglund, 2nd Vice President, 8551 So. Bishop Ave., Chicago 20, 111 Ernest W. Gunnarsson, Secretary, 18618 Freeland Ave., Detroit 35, Mich. And yet to me they still were dear, Eric Lindberg, Financial Secretary, Rt. 3, Box 684A, Racine, Wis. Sven Johnson, Treasurer, 1427 Summerdale Ave., Chicago 40, 111. These children of my early days E. Arnold Alenius, Director-in-chief, 8430 Marmora Avenue, Morton Grove, 111. Despite their wild and willful ways. Clarence Johnson, Assistant Director-in-chief, 8401 So. Kingston Ave., Chicago 17, 111. Then daughters came—how sweet they seemed, Pacific Division, A. U. S. S., Officers 1956-1960 And yet were gone as if I dreamed. Oscar E. Olson, Honorary President, 8321 - 32nd, N.W., Seattle, Wash. Berndt Petterson, V. Prej., 4111 S. W. Walker Road, Portland 25, Oregon. Shy April wept, but could not stay, Victor Johansen, Vice President, 4725 Highland Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah Nor yet her lovely sister May. Philip N. Malkerson, Secretary, 2635 Rawson St., Oakland 19, Calif. Glenn Hunter, Treas., 12207 Norlain Ave., Downey, Calif. Otto Kempf, Dir.-in-Chief, 6665 Hastings Street, North Burnaby, B. C. . Sweet June brought flowers and clear blue sky, And then deferred to warm July. ostra Divisionens Veteranforbunds tjansteman Sven Bohlin, Ordforande, 53 Willow St., Westwood, Mass. When August came, the ripening grain Otto Loven, 1 :e v. Ordf., 344 Grovers Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. Rippled gently o'er the plain. Ture Hulten, 2 :e v. Ordf., 8 Windsor Road, Sommerville, Mass. Karl Ahlin, Fin. Sekr.-Kassor, 6 Sinclair St., Windsor, Conn. Albert M. Nelson, Sekreterare, 30 Doane St., Cranston 10. R. I. Seth Hokanson, Ledare, 119 Marsden St., Springfield 9, Mass. Ture Hulten, Bitr. Ledare, 8 Windsor Road, Sommerville, Mass. is the deadline for Centrala Divisionens Veteranforbunds tjansteman manuscript to the Einar B. Olson, Ordforande, Box 302, Et. 1, Lake Zurich, HI. N. O. Welander, V. Ordf., 1825 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. JAN. 25 Feb. issue, 1959 Albin Northsea, sekr.-kassor, 1228 15th Ave., Rockford, 111. Martin Ahlm, ledare, 730 W. 69th St., Chicago 21, 111. MUSIKTIDNING

September danced in the harvest field, Swedish Male Chorus arranged by the Swedish American Rejoicing in its bounteous yield. National League, who celebrated its Golden October followed him, Los Angeles, Calif. 50th anniversary and the Swedish Wo- Then dark November, stern and grim. After rehearsal on Dec. 3 election of men's Club, 45 years old. The program officers was held with the following was well received by a capacity audi- Now of my sons you are the last, result: ence. So take my hand and hold it fast President, Thor Ahlin; V. Pres., La- The chorus at present rehearses As the ringing of the bells verne Borg; Sec'y, Carl E. Swenson; every Wednesday evening at the Beth- The hour of our departure tells. Treas., Carl Hultgren; Delegate to el Luth. Church, 5750 Olympic Blvd., Farewell, fair world, our time is done, Central Committee, Roy Turnwall; Li- Los Angeles, and we bid former, as For in the East the rising sun brarian, Will Johnson; Music Comm., well as new, members welcome to join Over the land will soon appear, Don Hallin, Laverne Borg, Roland us. All correspondence concerning the And you shall greet another year. Westerlind, Eric Strong; Auditors, Male Chorus should be sent to me: Frank Osberg, Roy Turnwall. Carl E. Swenson, Sec'y, 6239 Annan Old Year and December depart. The President, Thor Ahlin, suggest- Way, Highland Park, L. A. 42, Calif. Enter Neiv Year and January. ed that the chorus ought to start to The people sing. plan for a spring concert and all Svenska Scmgarbroderna seemed to be in favor of it and after Hail to the New Year, Hail to Thee. Winnipeg, Canada a short discussion it was so decided. Den 12 September firade Svenska Hail to the sunlight heavenly. The President also informed the chor- Darkness slowly fades away. Sangarbrodernas damforening sin 20e us that he had already secured a suit- arsdag med en champagne middag The Sun grows brighter day by day. able hall for the concert in the Audi- Hail to each fleeting hour of life, i Parker House. torium of the Eagle Rock Playground "The Ladies' Auxiliary", under vilket Sunshine and shadows, joy and strife. for May 9th. Hail to each friend in life we gain. namn foreningen ar bast kand, har Life without friendship is all in vain. The Christmas party arranged by tva mycket aktiva decennier taakom Hail to the New Year, the chorus and the Ladies' Auxiliary sig. Den har genom sina anstrangnin- Hail to the New Year, in Huntington Park, Dec. 13, turned gar och outtrottliga moda gjort det Hail, New Year, Hail! out to be most successful. The spaci- mojligt for Svenska Sangarbroderna ous Women's Club was filled to capa- att fullfolja de ofta penningekravande city with singers, their friends and program de foresatt sig. Salunda har Holger Holm 50 well wishers. The smorgasbord din- de, tack vare damforeningens ener- It is an established custom within ner, prepared and served by the Aux- giska samarbete, icke mindre an tre iliary was all that anyone could ask ganger kunnat sta vardar for Svenska the Svithiod Singing Club, Chicago, for, and evoked flattering comments to observe and celebrate a member's Sangarforbundets av Amerika sangar- by the diners. fester och den storsta av dessa holls 50th birthday. Every now and then The chorus was in good form, as the parties become real social affairs, i juni 1956, da alia korer tillhorande was the director, Dr. George Hultgren, Centraldistriktets Sangarforbund del- as on December llth, when Holger and furnished a fine program. They Holm, one of the second tenors, enter- tog och gav en lysande konsert i Win- sang a selection of Christmas carols, nipeg, vilken av musikkritici beteck- ed into "gubbalaget". The fact that accompanied by Doris Hultgren Ran- Holger also sings with the South Side nades som en av de ur rent musikalisk kin, and had to give several encores. synpunkt sedd mest njutbara konser- Swedish Club Male Chorus prompted Henry Corsell, accompanied by Dr. the two choruses to join in celebrat- ter som nagonsin givits i Winnipeg. Hultgren, sang a group of songs. He Genom att pa detta satt stodja var ing his birthday. With Harry Berg- was rewarded with vigorous applause. lund, chairman of the South Side svenska sang har Damforeningen med chorus, as toastmaster, a very appro- The chorus continued with "Bon i sin hjalpsamhet bidragit till att hoja priate program got under way after stormen". At the request of Dr. Hult- det svenska namnet i Winnipeg, sam- one of Svithiod's delicious dinners. gren, several ex-members of the chor- tidigt som de hos "utomsocknes" us who were present, joined the sing- As usual among the singers there landsman ingivit respekt och beund- ers. Altogether it was a delightful ran for vad en liten, men malmedve- was plenty of good talent. Clyde Bas- evening and amply justified the good eler with his guitar presented a hum- ten grupp kan utfora med god sam- things promised for it. manhallning. ourous song commemorating Holger's On Dec. 17 the chorus sang at Barns- explorations in the north woods. A De ha vidare bidragit med medel vil- dall Park on the program "Christmas ket gjort det mojligt for Svenska San- singer's party at Svithiod would not from Many Lands", arranged by Sw. be complete without Axel Nelson and garbroderna att deltaga i sangarfester Am. Central Committee. The chorus i vart sodra grannland. Vidare har his ukelele and this time he was join- first sang a group of Christmas carols ed by our good tenor, Karl Wenner- de varje ar donerat kontanter for in- and the second group consisted of kop av musik och vid sista sangarfes- strand. AUSS president, Gustaf Rick- songs in the and an, spoke of the 1959 singers' trip to ten i Winnipeg donerade de medel for were well received. Our soloist for this inkop av uniformer for sangarna. Sweden, and together the two choruses evening again was Henry Corsell, who presented a group of songs. Det skulle ha varit omojligt for San- sang several selections with the assist- garbroderna att utan deras darners Holger Holm is from Dalarna. Hs ance at the piano by Dr. George Hult- medverkan fullfolja de omfattande is well known and liked among the gren. program de under arens lopp uppsatt. singers for his happy and friendly On Dec. 27 the chorus again took personality, and we are glad to have part in the program with many songs, Sa var det pojken som fatt sadan been part of this well earned tribute. both in Swedish and English at the kunskapstorst. Kunskapen efter mo- Martin Ahlm. anniversary dinner in Elk's Temple, dern och torsten efter fadern. MUSIKTIDNING

Knute Hansen . . . Hansen is no stranger. For many years tennial Pioneer , the King Chris- he conducted "Harmonien" and the tian Danish Freedom Cross and the (Continued from page 1) Danish Glee Club and also held the St. Olav of . He thus and Lake Shore Club chorus Knute position of director-in-chief of the carries the unique distinction of be- Hansen has directed more than four Danish National Singers' Union. ing honored by the three kings of hundred concerts for the benefit of As the dynamic director of choruses Scandinavia. churches, children's homes, old peo- from all Scandinavian sections he Knute Hansen was born in Fredrik- ple's homes and other charitable in- visualized and led to conclusion the stad, Norway in 1898, his father being stitutions. now famous Grieg Memorial Concert Norwegian and his mother Swedish. Space does not permit details but in Chicago Civic Opera House, 1943, Studied piano and music theory in we'll mention some of the highlights with 650 Scandinavian singers, the Oslo by leading Norwegian teachers of Knute Hansen's career. From 1926- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and and after finishing his studies in Co- 1928 director of Normennenes, the Lauritz Melchior as soloist. With full penhagen, , and in Berlin, first chorus to sing over radio in Chi- house the proceeds of $4,000 was do- , came to U.S.A. in 1924. cago (1927). He was the conductor nated to the Chicago Servicemen's A banquet in honor of Mr. Hansen of a 75-piece orchestra and a 300-man Center. was given at the Svithiod Singing chorus at Chicago Daily News "Carni- In 1951 Normennenes with the Scan- Club, 624 Wrightwood Ave., on Satur- val of Nations," with Cesare Formichi dinavian Symphony Orchestra gave a day, January 17, 1959. and Claudia Muzio as soloists. concert in Detroit for packed house At the World's Fair 1933, director- and in 1952 he took this chorus to • Prof. Frederick Wick in-chief of 600 singers. In 1932 he Norway on a concert tour. He also Friday evening, October 24th, the became director of the Norwegian Glee was the conductor of the Norwegian United Male Choruses of Minneapolis, Club and in 1939 gave a concert in Singers' Union of Chicago and is the Minn., held a banquet in honor of the Orchestra Hall with Crown Pince Olav assistant director-in-chief of the Nor- director-in-chief of the Norwegian and Crown Princess Martha of Nor- wegian Singers' League of America. Singers of America, Prof. Frederick way as honored guests. He was assistant director-in-chief Wick on the occasion of his 70th birth- By 1933 the Swedish singing groups of our AUSS from 1954-1958. day. The banquet was held at the had become interested in Knute Han- Knute Hansen's deep insight of Holiday Lodge, St. Louis Park, Minn. sen and he became director of Svithiod Scandinavian music and song and his Singing Club, a position he yet holds. intense efforts to bring it forth for Some men will promise a woman Their 1947 Sweden concert tour is an public enjoyment and culture is fully anything, and sometimes deliver, too. outstanding achievement. He also has acknowledged by the authorities. He Witness the attractive young wife who been the director of the Bellman has been honored by receiving the said, "My husband promised me jew- Chorus and the South Side Swedish Vasa Order, first class, of Sweden, els and let me introduce you to my Male Chorus. the Gold Medal of the Swedish Sing- three little daughters—Ruby, Pearl Among the Danish singers Knute ers' Union, the King Gustav V Cen- and Sapphire!"

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ning we have heard that the Verdan- di concert for the Scandinavian Old Peolpes Home Nov. 16th, gave the Home a profit of around $500. This is good news for all of us. We have several big doings on the agenda so the chorus officers and the music com- mittee have decided to put up a new program for our next concert. First: the Bjorling concert, Feb. 22 in Bos- ton; Second: The Eeastern Div. Sing- ing Festival in Springfield, Mass., 1960; Third: AUSS in Providence, R. I., 1962. When it comes to hard work we say like the watchmaker who was forced to go out and pick potatoes with his delicate fingers. A friend asked him how he liked it. "It's like heavenly glory, there's no end to it." O. E. S—m.

Svenska Manskoren Portland, Ore. Manskorens konsert nyligen kan be- beskrivas som en medelmattig success. Visst var alia stolar i salen upptagna, Left to right: Axel Peterson, Maynard Lind, Lennart Eliason, partly hidden by Alan da koren inledde med "Sveriges flag- Turnquist, Dick Anderson, Al Nelson (on the ladder), Roy Nelson, Carl Eliason, and ga", men nog kunde plats ha ordnats in the singing cap none other than Anton Johnson, the master painter, who, you'll note, has no paint on his coveralls, and the old veteran, correspondent Oscar Sjoholm for ett ytterligare hundratal. Hur som heist sa var koren nojd med fortjans- ten och hoppas pa battre tider. You cannot get to heaven on roller Verdandi Male Chorus Koren tog vid med "Sangarmarsch", Providence, R. I. skates. It takes hard work to get there. Although we worked hard dur- som troligen sjongs for forsta gangen I am sure you will be interested in ing 1958 we do not know if our chances av en kor vid en konsert eller andra learning something about Verdandi, are any better to get to the pearly framtradanden. Kompositoren av den- who is going to be host to the Ameri- gates on account of hard work. na tonrika melodi ar korens egen an- dra bas Ray Holm, och den har ar- can Union of Swedish Singers in 1962. During the pre-holiday parties there The picture enclosed, which we hope rangerats for manskor av N. E. Oberg, have been some traffic jams, mostly dirigent for Svea Glee Club i Oakland, you will find room for in Musiktidning, around the punch bowl, or under the typically demonstrates the kind of Calif. Ray har dedikerat sangen till mistletoe. It remains to be seen if Vastkustdivisionen av Sangarforbun- men who make up our chorus. This Hans Hagman can keep the traffic group donated their time to paint the det. Sangen har klam och takt, och moving round about his "gloggryta" den kommer sakert att sjungas av house of a Verdandi widow who lost on the last rehearsal of the year. her husband about a year ago in an manga svenska korer har i landet, automobile accident. On Dec. 5th the annual Ladies night kanske aven i Sverige. Ray har skri- Our accompanist, Elsa Johnson, was celebrated. It was the wildest vit bade text och musik, och Obergs furnished the coffee so the singers kind of a night, as far as weather arrangering gbr sitt till, att den blivit wouldn't slow down. The house was conditions goes, yet a good crowd ett musikstycke, som kommer att var- completely painted by 2:00 P.M., and turned out for a very fine party. On deras vid vilken konsert som heist. an excellent job indeed! Dec. 12th the chorus sang at Boston Texten ar pa svenska, latt att sjunga This year, Verdandi, for the second for Aquilo Club, on their Lucia festi- och marschera till. Sangen fick app~ time, donated its services for the bene- val. This was the second year the lader och sa fick Ray Holm, da han fit of the Scandinavian Home in Cran- club has sung for this fine organiza- presenterades av dirigent Okerstrom. ston, Rhode Island. All the profits tion. Last year the club went by a * * * from our concert went to benefit this chartered bus, but this did not work Val av tjansteman for nasta ar ut- Home for the aged. Next year, Ver- out too well, because some fellows had foll som foljer: Ordf., Leonard Olson; dandi will also donate its services in the idea that they were so important vice ordf., Kenneth Anderson; prot. singing at the National Convention that the bus could not go back on the sekr., David McMillen; vice do., Ed of Sunshine Societies to be held in time set, so they decided to take the Fossum; kassor, Henry Peterson; bib- Providence. night off to look over the city of Bos- liotekarie, Arvid Vidlund; vice do. To all singers of the AUSS, Verdandi ton. This did not meet with the ap- William Ellsberg; materialforvaltare, extends its sincerest wishes for a proval of those who liked to leave on Oscar Nastrom. John Elmgren ater- Happy New Year, and continued time, and get home on time. This valdes till ordf. i kommitten for passi- strength in the AUSS. year everybody went in their own pri- va medlemmar. Ed Okerstrom ater- Med varm sangarhalsning, vate cars. valdes till dirigent. Gosta Elfving till Geo. R. Johnson, President. Since our last report in Musiktid- fortroendeman. MUSIKTIDNING

REMINISCING ON THE VETERAN'S SWEDEN TOUR 1957 o'clock in the afternoon. We were met by our tour representatives from By ALBERT JEHANDER ing away from the dock. Only those RESO, the organization agent of our % Chairman of the Tour who have taken a trip like this can trip in Sweden; also representatives fully appreciate the feeling one has from the singing societies in Gothen- (This article, originally written for when the orchestra strikes up the burg, the latter greeting our ladies Svithiod LIFE, Chicago, is printed in music of first the American and then with small bouquets of wild flowers Musiktidning in order to create inter- the Swedish National Anthems, and (guldvivor) which gave us a glimpse est among the singers of AUSS who you see all the people waving hand- of the Swedish hospitality we encoun- were not able to make the trip in 1957 kerchiefs, wiping away a tear now and tered throughout our trip. but may be interested in the trip next then, and the shouting of "Halsa dem After the Chorus had sung two songs May). darhemma," and "Greetings to from the sundeck we were ready to go A day I will long remember is May Sweden." There were some in our ashore and through the customs. party who never had seen Sweden, Thanks to Chief Purser, Mr. Nylander, *• 14, 1957. That was the day when the some who never had been on an ocean Chicago and Rockford members of the we got through this in a hurry. Buses voyage, but the excitement of getting were waiting to take us to our respec- Veteran Chorus, American Union of settled aboard ship seems to affect Swedish Singers left the LaSalle Street tive hotels for checking in, and then Station for their concert tour in to Henriksbergs Restaurant for dinner Sweden. It was a fine, sunny day, and together with our wives and notables many friends came down to see us off. from the City of . After a After singing a few songs in the main delicious dinner and speeches of wel- waiting room, we checked our railroad come we were ready for our beds as tickets, passports, boat tickets, etc. at we had an important event before us, the Swedish American Line booth and our first concert the next day. boarded the JSTYC "Fifth Avenue Spe- From experiences of visiting ^ cial." The usual noisy confusion of choruses on previous concert tours we getting settled, the last minute fare- knew that Gothenburg is very hard to wells to relatives and friends, then the please when it comes to entertainment familiar "All Aboard" and we were on of this type, especially from this side pur way. Many a tear was wiped away of the Atlantic, and we were old men, and you somehow felt that many of so to speak, the average age being 64 those wishing us good luck and God- years and added together we totaled speed, especially fellow singers, wished Albert Jehander 3,000 years. No wonder if we at the they, too, could have gone'with us. time of the concert felt a little uneasy Having the honor of serving as everyone. As we sailed along we all not knowing how the response would Chairman of this Chorus group my became one happy family. The food be. Our first concert was held in the first concern was to make a final check was excellent and the personnel beautiful "Congress Hall" in Liseberg to find out if all the singers on my couldn't do enough to make the trip before a public of approximately 800. * list were with us, and noted with satis- as enjoyable as possible, and there is and after the first song we knew we faction that they were all on the train, nothing but praise for the efficient had the public with us. The perform- some of them, as I was, accompanied and courteous crew. ance by our soloist Rolf Bjorling was by their wives. The chorus worked hard on getting excellent and from reviews in the Early in the morning of May 15th the songs perfected, having two re- leading papers in Sweden our concert we arrived in New York and I can say hearsals each day and believe me some tour was better than we had expected. this about the Swedish American Line, days the sea was rough and to sing To go into detail of all the places that we were taken good care of all when the ship is following the waves where we sang would be too lengthy the way on our trip. We were met at up and down and sideways is not so and I will just mention a few high- Grand Central Station by their char- easy. But we managed very well and lights. tered buses, a special bus for all our gave two concerts on the ship, one for June 4th we arrived in Stockholm luggage, and were taken without delay the Tourist Class and one for the First after a triumphant tour through the 4* to our home-to-be for eight days, the Class passengers, both very well re- southern part of Sweden. Here we M.S. Kungsholm. Here we joined all ceived. Two days before landing in were host to the officers of the Swedish the other singers from both the West- Gothenburg we had the usual "Cap- Union of Singers, with cocktails and ern and Eastern Divisions, a happy tain's Dinner" and before the dinner dinner at the famous Berns Restau- group with warm smiles of welcome. the singers and their ladies were in- rant. The Vice President of the Union, After we had greeted each other we vited to a cocktail party by the Cap- Mr. Eric Vasseur, gave the address of assembled on the veranda deck and tain in the 1st Class drawing room. welcome and decorated Martin Ahlm, sang a group of songs under the This got us all off to a good start and Director Carl Larson and the under- leadership of our beloved Director gave the ladies the opportunity to signed with the Swedish Singers Union Carl Larson, and needless to say, we wear their formals. The dinner is, you special medal. On June 6th we par- all could feel that when he was in might say, the highlight of the trip, ticipated in the Flag Day program at front of the chorus each singer would where all those so inclined really let the Stadium and received the Swedish ^ do his utmost to help make this con- themselves go and have a wonderful Flag from the King himself. From cert tour a success. Soon we heard a time. Stockholm we went to Karlstad and voice thru the loud-speakers asking We had expected to dock at noon gave a well received concert and at all visitors to go ashore, the gang- on May 23rd but as we were a little the banquet which followed we met planks were lifted, and we were drift- late we did not dock until about five the Hon. Axel Westling, Governor of MUSIKTIDNINQ

Province of Varmland, Sweden. With Keynotes from Waukegan deep regret I have learned that he As we look back over the year 1958 % has passed away since. we at the Waukegan Swedish Glee The following day we were up Club feel that this has been a year bright and early for the trip to of accomplishment under the leader- Dalarna where we had scheduled a ship of our President, Gordon Maur- concert in the old church in Leksand. stad. This year has been marked with Here our entrance was made in a dif- Walter G. Johnson many improvements of the exterior ferent and very impressive manner. Happy New Year to all readers of and interior of our Club plus an ever- Led by three men dressed in national increasing chorus. costumes walking abreast and playing Musiktidning! 1958 with its grand National Convention in Salt Lake City There are many other items worthy violins, then eight men carrying of recalling in 1958, but right now we Swedish flags and our American flag was really a banner year for our or- ganization. The report of Musiktid- are mainly concerned with what we &, in the center, the singers marched in hope to do in 1959. We wish to thank from the rear of the church, down the ning at the convention was one of the outstanding events at the Delegates' all those who have patronized our wide center aisle. This was a beautiful Club, and we would like to extend to sight and I am sure will not be for- meeting with its information that fi- nancially we showed a small profit. you a very happy and prosperous New gotten by anyone present. After rest- Year. Norman E. Leffler. ing a day at the scenic Lake Siljan That hasn't happened in many, many we started for Uppsala and on our way years. But fellows—let us keep it that way! I am very perturbed by the fact Nordic Glee Club we stopped for lunch in Falun. We arrived in Uppsala in the afternoon that quite a few choruses have not as and gave our concert the same eve- yet paid up their subscription for the Nordic Glee Club holl 16'rdagen den ning, after which we were treated to coming year, although this should 29 november sin arliga hostfest med a banquet and had a chance to get have been done as of last September. dans i Hartsdale Square Club. Lokalen * acquainted with the singers in town The profit shown at the convention is var fullsatt, flera an tillforne. Jorma and listen to "gluntsang" very well already wiped out and we got a long Trio, som spelade, satte mer an van- way to go to next convention. What's ligt liv i domnade kroppar. Nordic performed. We were a little tired, but sjong ett flertal sanger och publiken happy. going to happen if you don't take care The following day we boarded our of your obligations? var synnerligen belaten, sa extranum- buses for our final destination, Stock- To the officers of each and every mer maste ges, daribland "Gardeby- holm again, where we were to appear chorus my appeal is: Take care of this laten" pa begaran. Ett flertal Bell- with the K.F.U.M. Chorus at the matter NOW! You'll have to agree manssanger sJongs aven. Nels Nelson famous Millesgarden. That night we that we are doing our job, so please sjong "Den gamla dansbanan" och de settle down and do yours. With your narvarande gav sig ej forran han leve- sang our last songs together as Vet- rerat ett extranummer. eran Chorus with mixed emotions, and prompt help we look to the future with one could sense that everyone in the confidence. Allt gick i svenskhetens pragel, sa , group was relieved that our task was Med sangarhalsning, kom nu icke och sag att Nordic ej Walter Johnson. arbetar for svenskhetens bevarande i finished, but at the same tune was utlandet, aven om det endast rakar sorry to leave such a grand bunch of vara ett tjugotal mil utanfor New fellows and all the fun we had. • The Royal Opera in Stockholm Yorks hank och stor. Enligt allmant At this outdoor concert and as a recently presented the original version fitting climax to our concert tour, the omdbme gar nu alia och vantar pa of Guiseppe Verdi's "Un Ballo in Ma- Nordics nasta gastupptradande. En beautiful American flag we had schera," in which the central figure lyckad fest och gott resultat. brought with us was presented to the is the Swedish King Gustaf III and K. E. Wh—n. K.F.U.M. Chorus in appreciation of the dramatic events lead up to his the fine singing they performed in assassination at an Opera masquerade America on their 1956 tour. Later that in Stockholm in 1792. For various PHONOGRAPH evening our chorus members and reasons, the composer later changed ladies were entertained by this group the locale to . The libretto for ** of singers. the opera had been completely revised RECORDS After this the Veteran Chorus by Erik Lindegren, one of Sweden's singers scattered in all directions to A recording was taken of four foremost poets. The decor by Sven- songs at the grand concert in the visit their relatives and friends, some Erik Skawonius and Ragnar Ulfung's visited other countries before return- Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. singing of the King's part contributed It contains: ing home, and by this time their trip to make the performance one of the is a happy memory. most glamorous and successful in the H6R OSS, SVGA recent history of the Stockholm Opera. BON I STORMEN Absent A small exhibition of memorabilia of SALVATION BELONGETH When a pane in a window is missing, King Gustaf, the old opera house and NORRLAND you see, the masquerade on March 17, 1792, 10 inch record—33 1/3 speed The window's forlorn as a window can had been arranged in the Opera's PRICE $3.00 be! foyer. • And that is a picture remarkably true Mail check or money order to Of your chorus meeting without you! A canoe is something like a small KNUTE T. BORG, 2725 Highland We cannot spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S boy—it usually behaves better when Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. without "U". it is paddled from the rear. 10 MUSIKTIDNING

First Luth. Church. Burial in Fair- och utlandska sangsallskaps heders- view Cemetery. tecken och, pa KFUM:s omrade, Prins OPEN FORUM :;: ::: :;: Oscar- och Sixtenmedaljerna. In addition to his many local sing- Ernst Mattsson. ing activities he was well known (For de av Martin Lidstams vanner VETERANERNA among AUSS members. In 1930 he i Amerika, som mojligen skulle onska For en lang tid har jag markt att was a member of the AUSS chorus att gratulera honom vid fodelsedags- det blir mindre och mindre notiser i that toured Sweden. Locally in New banketten den 8 februari, dr adressen: Musiktidningen pa svenska spraket. Britain he was well known as a bass Martin Lidstam, "Gillet", Stockholm, soloist. He had many friends in New Sweden.) Orsaken ar den att vara sangfore- England and Connecticut, who will ningar blir mer och mer amerikani- Biografi mourn his passing. He was a veteran Lidstam, Martin, fodd 8/2, 1899, kordiri- serade pa grund av att medlemmarna singer for many years. "Veni ar, som gent. nu bestar av Amerika-fodda svenskar, ej var broder minns?" We will all L., vilken som musiker vasentligen ar amerikanare, tyskar, danskar, norr- miss Nils. autodidakt (som ung bedrev nan musik- man o. s. v. Skribenten for sangfor- Art G. Crusberg. studier for Sven Lizell) har vid sidan av eningen finner det darfor lampligast sin verksamhet som affarsman gjort en energisk och entusiasmerande insats som att skriva pa engelska, till de fiestas kordirigent, varvid nan sarskilt vinnlagt belatenhet. Martin Lidstam . . . sig om att konstnarligt och repertoarmas- Jag onskar att vi veteraner som (Forts fran sida 1) sigt berika manskorsangen. Pramst ar hans annu talar modersmalet, kan gora in- namn knutet till KFUM:koren i Stock- velse av lycksalighet som sangarna pa holm, som han lett sedan 1935, varjamte satser i Musiktidningen pa svenska, podiet den dagen kande redan efter ban sedan 1942 ar l:e dirigent i KFUM:s under, lat oss saga, en rubrik kallad ett eller ett par inledande nummer Sangarforbund. Under en foljd av ar pa Veteranerna. kan mojligen aterupplevas men aldrig 1940-talet, da allsangen flitigt utovades, Insandaren behover inte vara en var L. engagerad aven i denna, framst som overtraffas for dem som den gangen ledare for kristen allsang pa Skansen. invald skribent for nagon forening. hade fb'rmanen vara med . . . 1949-1951 var han lie forbundsdirigent i Det finns bland veteranerna manga Naval, nagot forsok till fortsatt hi- Stockholms Sangarforbund. Dessutom har med skrivklada och manga roliga er- storieskrivning skall har ej goras. Det han lange anfort blandade korer inom fle- farenheter fran sangarfester, o. s. v. ra religiosa samfund: Tabernaklets Kor i behovs inte heller. Med det sagda Stockholm 1924-1954; Baptisternas i Stock- skulle uppliva gamla minnen bland oss. har den ena jubileumsanledningen holm Sangarforbund 1940-1947; Svenska I Sverige sages att "Ett gott skratt forklarats: det drar alltsa ihop sig till Baptisternas Sangarforbund 1947. forlanger livet". Jag tror att det skul- Lidstams 25 :e varkonsert med KFUM- le bli mera intresse i Musiktidningen koren i Stockholm. MANY SWEDISH VOICES WILL BE HEARD AT METROPOLITAN OPERA och i sangforeningen bland sangare Den andra anledningen ar denna: av den gamla stammen. The Swedish soprano , alias var Martin fyller 60 ar. Narmare won last fall signed a contract with Manga veteraner har flyttat till Flo- bestamt den 8 februari 1959, da en stor rida och andra platser, dar ingen the Metropolitan Opera in New York, subskriberad middag pa Gillet har an- will make fifteen appearances during svensk sangforening existerar. Det ordnats. skulle vara intressant att hora ifran the 1959-60 season. Regarded as the Konstnaren Sven Dahlin har fatt i world's foremost "Isolde," she may be veteransangare nar och fjarran i var uppdrag att mala tva portratt i olja. Musiktidning. Sangarhalsning, heard in a completely new staging of Det ena avsett for Martin Lidstam the Wagner opera, something that has Harry A. Engstrom. och det andra att placeras pa KFUM, not been done since the beginning of Centralforeningen. Gavan kommer the nineteen-twenties. Another Swed- Nils G. Eckberg att overlamnas vid festkonserten pa ish opera star, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Well Known Singer Passes Away Konserthuset, lordagen den 7 februari. will appear at the Metropolitan from Det torde bli tva klang- och jubel- October of 1959 until February of 1960. Nils G. Eckberg, 69, of New Britain, dagar den 7—8 februari med uppslut- She may return to New York some- Conn., a resident of 50 years and a ning av mangder tacksamma och be- what later to become a member of the charter member of the Wennerberg undrande vanner. Metropolitan's annual touring com- Male Chorus died December 17, 1958 Mera skall ej sagas nu an att var- pany. Miss Soderstrom will sing roles at his home. konserten torde huvudsakligen kom- in "Don Giovanni," "Der Rosenkava- Born in Landskrona, Sweden, he re- ma att presentera aterblickar pa tju- lier," "The Gypsy Baron," and "I tired three years ago from Landers, gofem ars repertoar. Nozze di Figaro," and hopes to appear Frary & Clark after 47 years of ser- Nagra rent biografiska data om Lid- with her countryman Nicolai Gedda, vice. A member of the First Lutheran stam, tagna fran musiklexikonet Ton- who already belongs to the opera's Church, he was soloist in the Senior konsten i Sverige, aterges har nedan. ensemble. According to recent reports, Choir for 50 years. He was also a Uppgifterna aro val nu inte helt up the Metropolitan had entered into member of the AUSS, Tegner Lodge, to date, och bland annat skulle kunna negotiations with two other Swedish Order of Vasa, and a charter member tillaggas, sasom brukligt i dylika no- singers, Martha Hallin and Kerstin of Eddy-Glover Post, American Legion. tiser, om de erkannanden genom of- Meyer. Was a Navy veteran of . fentliga hedersbetygelser, som kommit Some time ago Jussi Bjorling signed He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mildred Lidstam till del. Framst H. M. Ko- a contract with the Metropolitan for (Johnson) Eckberg; a son, Russell W. nungens personliga medalj "Litteris appearances during five weeks in No- Eckberg of Arlington, Va; a grandson, et artibus", som Konungen forlanade vember and December, 1959. The fam- Bruce Eckberg and a host of relatives som nyarsgava 1957 efter korens USA- our Swedish tenor will be heard in and friends. turne. Vidare RVO nagon gang pa "Aida," "Faust," "Cavalleria Rusti- Funeral services were held at the 40-talet samt successivt diverse in- cana," and "II Trovatore." MUSIKTIDNING 11

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