Word: concert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, the town of Gary, Ind., celebrated "Witwer Day." The newspapers had editorials and there was a concert. In the concert a girl sang to the sound of an orchestra. The girl's name was Kathryn Witwer, she was the daughter of a Gary, Ind., mechanic, she had won a young girl's singing contest, she had sung from the stage of the Chicago Opera Company, her voice had been mildly praised by competent critics, she wanted to go abroad and study music but she had no money. This last fact accounted for the existence of Witwer...
Reading the far-flung accounts of this insignificant event, operagoers were at a loss to discover the reason for Miss Witwer's sudden prominence. Then they read what Miss Witwer's father, the mechanic, had told her after the concert: "You sang like a gol-durn angel." It became obvious that Miss Witwer was being groomed to enter the list of artistically mediocre "favorite daughters" of U. S. opera. Like Grace Moore (TIME, Feb. 20), Marion Talley (TIME, March 1, 1926), she would make her debut surrounded with newspaper reporters and home folks. If she made her debut...
...Pierian Sodality Orchestra will present its annual spring concert at Jordan Hall, Boston. Tuesday evening at 8.15 o'clock. This concert, which is the final appearance of the orchestra during the current season, is the highlight of the organization's year...
Nicholas Slonimsky, who assisted in conducting the concert last year, will lead the orchestra on Tuesday evening. Rosita Escaloua, a pianist of no small ability, has been secured as assisting soloist...
...program is as follows: 1. Le Jardin des Amours (Divertissement) J. J. Mouret Quatuor des Violes et Clavecin 2. Suite pour Quinton L. Tomasini M. Marius Casadesus 3. a. Variations L. Mozart b. Sonata A. Scarlatti c. Fileuse H. Desmarest Pour clavecin Mme. Regina Patorni-Casadesus 4. Concert pour Viole d'amour B. Asioli M. Henri Casadesus 5. Un Fete a la Cour des Miracles J. F. Le Sueur