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MAIIA'3 welcom arch- vlU
Liintllate Joyous greeting
le Baengerfest of tho
Northwestern Saengerbund,
, which cornea - to -O in aba
from ten states for a mldsuninier fea
liva) of song, beginning Wednesday.
'1 wo thousand traiued voices will blend
in harmonious uplift and It is pre
dicted by music masters as well aa
the general public that the forthcoming event "will t
written into local history as the greatest musical fe4
Omaha or any other western city has ever known.
Among the soloists of International renown who
Ht) Trayer
8olo for Alto Mrs. Lehman-Root
Orchestra.
Drtinn fSfm.rm frnm Th Prnnht MATCrbeer ' ht Dna D!lrn Htrr.l ' - 11. Schaeffer
will be here to participate are: Miss MaryMunchoff, ; (a)1n a Stormy Night. Male Chorus with Baritone Bolo for Mewo-Soprano .' ......... Bundea Chorus, a Capella Tb. Kelbe, Director.
Omaha and Berlin; Mme. Hease-Bprotte, St. Paul; Miss Solo and Orchestra ;i Attenhofer . . -Mrs. HesBe-Sprotte. " i i , ... . - PART II.
Myrtle Moses, Omaha and New York; Christian Han- (o) rn,?R ,n tne Forest. Male Chorus a capella The Two Grenadiers . . . .' .Schumann overture Rosamunde Fi Schubert
ken. leading tenor Boston Opera company; Marcus 1 Brti.r ' 1 ' 7 ' . .. 0010 .7 , v n..wrUiuu.- : Orchestra.
' . ,. . - . ,. . .v. Muraiej. iolin Concert (G minor) .Brucn A . Vrtm 4h Rarhor of Snville ..
Kellerman, the world famous bass-baritone, of the (a) Hoimliche Aufforderung. . . . . Strauss (a) Alio Moderate, (b) Adagio, (c) Allo-Energico Ana rro-m ibe mimMatv Munchott
r i . i.. u,..ii., Ti v.ik. r.r uii. ' hl All sn..i. t. ' .t. T . i i Miss Mary wumuuii
xvvi viei uuudv, xjvaiiu, . ucuuvi axviuv w uvu' airauHB doio lor violin, witu vircuvotia Avuiuiautujtjut,
(a) Ever Dear Home. . Otto "W. Rlcbter 1 (b) Star-Spangled Banner......... -y
uniiaren a unorus, wun urcucntra. Acgiujuiuiou
Prelude to Lohengrin Wagner
Orcliestra.
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(c) Dedication
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Mrs JanBeu- uu iura. iuuise jansen-wyue.
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.' .Strauss Scene and Aria, from Lucia de Lammermoor.
11 Bacio. .Ardittl
Solo for .Soprano Mrs. Wagner-Thomas.
PART II.
Concertino, Solo for Cornet.
Especially Composed and Played by II. Bellstedt.
The Shepherd on the Rock Schubert
Miss M. Munchoff, with Clariuetta Obligato.
Stories of the Vienna Woods J. Strauss
Orchestra, with Zither and Mandolin Obligato.
Aria Radanie from Aida. Verdi
Mr. Christ Hansen.
Potpourri . . .... . ; Conradi
Orchestra and Children's Chorus.
The' concert of the Saengerbund, which is one ot
the principal features of the entire festival, will be
The management of the Saengerfest, true to the; given Friday evening. A glance "t the program, which
.R. Strauss thoughtful German way of doing things, has not over- JfJ herewtn appended, reveals the nature of this per-
. .C. M..v. Weber iooke(i th0 children. Friday afternoon there will be formance. The program follows":' '
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anotner inaunee aesigueu ior soloists .miss m. Mv ncnoir, Boprano; Mrs. lieese-
following program will be rendered: Sprotte, mezio-sopratio; Miss Myrtle Moses, alto; Mr.
siftut- m,r M. Munchoff. Miss M. Moses, Mrs. Kellermann, baritone; Mr. C. Hansen, tenor.
ihi eanrfm..nnh.- o i . v, ti, ifficin. Uivrkii ii..an.ntt. Mr it HfliHtedf solo cornetist. and PART I.
Solo for Alt'oM8sMVrtle'MoVes."" ' Solo for Tenor Mr. Christ Hansen. 2,500 school children of Omaha. ) '" Opera Boabdill
Walther's Prize Sonit. from The Melsterslneer . . Valse de Concert Brlllante Doehler-Schulhoff Overture Stradelia tiotow ii u.niu.e-Aoiuuuu.
Wagner' Orchestra. Orchestra. i
Solo for Tenor Mr. Christ Hansen, t Aria, from Gloconde. IPonchinelll Solo for Mezzo-Soprano Mrs. Hesse-bprotte.
Phantasla (C minor) Mozart Solo for Alto Miss Myrtle Moses. (a) America
Donizetti
Solo for Soprano Miss M. Munchoff.
Hungarian Dance No. 2 Brahms
Orchestra. : '
THURSDAY EVENING.
' Director of Bund, Theodore Kelbe.
Director of Orchestra, Th. Rud. Reese.
Soloists Miss Munnchoff, soprano; Mrs. iHesse
Sprotte, meizo-soprano; Miss Myrtle Moses, alto; Mr.'
Christ Hansen, tenor; Mr. M. Kellermann, baritone.
London's "Big- Ben" Outclassed by New York Timepiece
waukee will conduct the male chorus.
Local soloists who will assist are:
Trovatore, with Orchestra Accompaniment
A.. I. Root, contralto; F. G. Ellis, baritone; George Thursday is always a big day at the "county fair."
Johnson, tenor. : The local chorus and the festival and so it will be at the Saengerfest, for on Thursday
orchestra will be conducted by Th. Rud Reese. there is to be an "artists' matinee." .The program for
You have heard now of the vocalists, but do not the matinee, also for the Thursday evening concert,
let fancy mislead you to the presumption that the follows:
Saengerfest is to be limited to vocal music. True, it Is Director, Th. Rud. Reese.
Drlmarlv a vocal event, yet there Is to be an orchestra Solosists Miss M. Munchoff. Mrs. Hesse-Surotte. (a) FeBtmarsch.
of alxtv nieces. Including ' such celebrities aa Anton Miss Myrtle Moses, Mr. Christ Hansen, Mr. M. Keller- (b) Festival Overture.
Stechle, violin virtuoso, and Herman Bellstedt, cornet oZtZVrt! .C. M. v. Weber De. Deutschen MannesWortund Lied. Dregert
soloist. Orchestra. Bundes Orchestra, with Orchestra Accompani-
The forthcoming Saengerfest is an event of such (a) Dedication : Schumann ment Mr. Th. Kelbe Director.
Importance that the railroads have recognized it by
granting reduced rates to Omaha from every direction,
and seven special trains from eastern cities have been
announced.
The ten states to be represented in this festival of
music are: Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, South Da
kota, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa and ;
Colorado.
Wednesday, the opening day, there will be a recep
tion concert, at which the following program will be
rendered: ; - '
Soloists Mrs. Louise Jansen-Wylie, soprano; Mrs.
. Wainaa-Root, alto; Mr. George S. Johnston, tenor;
Mr. Fred Ellis, baritone.
PART I.
(a) March Tannhauser Wagner
(b) Festival Overture 11. Duetner
- Orchestra.
Welcome, male chorus. . .' Motoring
United Singers of Omaha with Orchestra
Accompaniment.
Welcome Address-r-Mr. Robert Strehlow, president.
Welcome Address Hon. James C. Dahlman, mayor
of Omaha. . .
Address Mr. Otto Robland of St. Paul, Minn.,
president of the buud. - . '
Camellia, solo for tenor Richard Strau
Mr. George S. JohnBton.
(a) Spinning Chorus, from the Flying Dutchman
Wagner
(b) Autumn's Greetings Th. Rud. Keen
Ladles' Chorus with Orchestra Accompaniment.
(a) Dream at Twilight Strauss
lb) Nur Elnmal Ulueht die Stunde Bohm
Solo for Baritone Mr. Fred G. Ellis.
Concert Waltx To Spring L. Mildo
, .Mixed Chorus with Orchestra Accompaniment.
PART 11.
Overture Rienzi W'agner
Orchestra.
la) le$ Ck V " r's ToeihterUin. .... ,Loew
(a) Untreue
(b) The German Song ; .John Kalllwoda
Bundes Chorus, a Capella.
To the Evening Star, from Tannhauser Wagner
Solo for Baritone Mr. M. Kellermann.
Aria, fgrom Sampson and Dellla Salnt-Sacns
Solo for Mezzo-Soprano Mrs. Heese-fc'protte.
The Oath on the Ruetll Carl Fique
Bundes Chorus, Baritone Solo by Mr. H. Burkley and
Orchestra Accompaniment Th. Kelbe, Director.
. . . . Moskowsky
. . . .A. Thomas
ATIONAL, pride in every Brltlnh
N Institution, both large and
I snuQl, ! probably accountable
iw me errun'.-oua Claim in ine
pictorial aupplement of the cur
rent issue of the London Kphere,
to tbe effect that a famous ' Bl Ben"
clock In Westminster tower Is the titan
of timepieces. According to the Eugliali
. publication,' "Biff Ben" is the Urgent strik
ing, most powerful, and most accurate
public clock in the world, the first blow on
"B;g Ben" at each hour denoting correct
time.
The famous timepiece, by which every
punctual Londoner sets his watch, has
four dials, twenty-three feet in diameter,
the canters of which are 180 feet above
the ground. The numerals ou the dials are
two feet long, while tbe minute spaces are
one foot square. The minute hands are
fourteen feet W and weigh approxi
mately pounds each; they are made of
copper and travel a distance equal to lot)
niliea each year. The hour hands ara nine
feet in length, and the pendulum Is thir
teen feet . long, with a bob weighing
pounds.
The weight of the clock aggregates toN
and one-ia'f tons. Two men are required
to oi. fi liouis three timet a week
to wind the mechanism up, after climbing
374 steps to reach the clock room. The
bell, popularly known as ''Big Ben." on
which the hours are tolled, weighs thirteen
and ono-half tons, and the hammer that
unfailing does the bidding of Father
Time weighs 400 pounds. - A quartet of
quarter bells total nearly eight tons.
Until the advent . of the Colgate com
pony's clock In Jersey City', a'.id the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company's clock,
i)'; Ben" re;gned supreme aa the master
piece of colossal clocks. The four dials of
the Metropolitan clock are twice as high
above the street, being SK feet up in the
air. They are built up of reinforced con
crete, faced with vitreous glue and white .
moaaio tiles. Each dial is twenty-six feet
six Inches In diameter, exceeding "Big
Ben's" face by three and one-half feet.
Tbe figures on the dial are just twice the
height of those ou the famous londou
clock, or four feet. The minute marks,
being ten and one-haJf Inches square, are
a trifle smuller. but the hands, built on
iron frames' snd sheathed with copper,
weigh l.UOt pounds for the hour Indicator
and 7'J pounds for the minute hand. The
larger hand measures seventeen feet from
tr.d to end and twelve feet from the cen
ter to the point. The smaller hand meas
ures thirteen feet four Inches over all and
eight feet four Inches from center to
point. They .revolve on roller bearings,
and, Ilka tha numerals and minute marks,
are Illuminated by Incandescent lamps un
der heavy plate.' wired g'asa. . . 1
Being more modern than "Big Ben," the.'
driving power ot this huge mechanism is
electricity, and none of the many devices
connected therewith require any manual
' operation, the entire Installation being auto
matic. The master clock, which Is located lo the
director's room on the second floor of the
building, controls about 100 other clocks
throughout the entire . structure; besides
this, it controls several programs Instru
ments for sounolng various schedule of
bells In th different departments. This
clock is a high-grade regulator and ad
justed to run within live seconds per month.
The chimes comprls four bells, the largest
weighing 7,000 pounds 'In th key of B flat);
the second, 2.000 pounds (E flat); th third,
2,000 pounds (F natural), and th smallest,
l.hM pounds (key of O). They are located
on th forty-sixth floor, mounted on up
rights, and struck by clapper worked auto
matically from underneath.
At every quarter hour, . through the
medium of a transmitter, electrical im
pulses are sent to the hammers on the
forty-sixth floor, and simultaneously the
tones -of th "old, historic Cambridge",
chimes peal forth their message of tenipus
fugit. Following the fourth, or last quar
ter, the hours are sounded on thre 7,000
pound bell, with an Impact of about 200
pounds.
The Colgate clock, which Is the largest
In ths world, makes "Big Ben" seem de
cidedly small by comparison. The dial of
th Colgate clock is thirty-eight feet In
diameter. The minute hand measures
"twenty-oii feet over all, with eighteen feet
three Inche from the center to the point.
Tbe hour hand Is thirteen feet from the
center to point and seventeen feet In total
length. The pendulum of th clock Is eight
feet long, while the weights sum up 1,660
pounds. Electrio lights mark ths minute
divisions on the dial, at two feet apart, and
th numerals masur five and on half
feet high and thirty Inches wide. Th
center of th dial Is lower than that of
"Big Ben," being only 140 feet above
th ground, but owing to Its peculiarly
conspicuous location on th Jersey shore,
facing lower Manhattan, Its usefulness
Is not seriously handicapped by this fact.
pitw York bun.
Orchestra.
Under the Double Eagle F. Wagner
Bundes Chorus and Orchestra.
(a) Autumn R. Franz
(b) The Victor II. Kaun
(c) Longing.., A. v. Fielitz
Solo for Mezzo-Soprano Mrs. Hesse-Sprotte.
Waltz Children of Spring Waldtcufel
Orchestra.
Am Rhein Belm Weln Franz Ries
Solo for Tenor Mr. Christ Hansen.
a) And the Flowerlets Are Blooming. .W. Handwerg
(b) Heartache Swablah Folk Song.
Bundes Chorus, a Capella Th. Kelbe, Director.
Overture Tannhauser Wagner
Orchestra.
PART II.
Waltz, from Romeo and Juliette Gounod
Solo for Soprano Miss M. Munchoff.
When the Swallows Homeward Fly Fr. Abt
Bundes Chorus, a Capella.
AzMa from Nebascha A. Goring Thomas
MIsb Myrtle Moses.
Wotan's Leave and Fairies' Charm of Walkyre. .
Wagner
Solo for Baritone Mr. M. Kellermann.
Banquet Song , . . . . J. H. Stunz
Bundes Chorus and Orchestra.
Although Omaha is chiefly known as the nation's
corn crib, a world's live stock market and the com
mercial entrepot of tho entire upper Missouri valley,
time has been taken from sordid commerce sufficient
to place Omaha squarely upon the map of tbe muBical
world as well. Omaha, In fact. Is tbe music center of
the west. Omahans aa a rule know good music when
they hear It, and Omaha Is always keenly apprecia
tive. Tbe Sangerfest concerts will be held In tbe
spacious Auditorium and indications now denote that
the house will be well filled at every performsnts.
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