RejsenTilAmerika_1912

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RAC INE , M ILW A U K E E , M IN N E A P O L IS , ST. PAU L

The concert given by the Danish student and alumni singers of the Royal University of Copenhagen to an effusive audience that crowded Pabst theater Wednesday night was marked by a number of novel featu­ res. No piano was used. The old-time tuning forks were employed to get the pitches. Solos were given with an accompaniment by the chorus only in every instance. The chorus remained standing through each section of the program (each member holding his student cap), even while quartet numbers were given. The effect was pleasing for the sake of novelty if for no other. Though composed of amateur singers—fifty members selected from some 400 applicants at the Copenhagen University—the chorus deserves high rank from the professional standpoint because of thorough training under Conductor S. Levysohn of the Royal opera. Væddekørslen om F o rm id ­ dagen v a r ikk e gan ske fo r­ svundet a f Halsen, og saa generede det os m aask e at se, at D am erne ikke k la p ­ pede, men overlod denne ganske vist i V arm en lidt anstrengende F o rm for B i­ fald sytringer til det stærke Køn. Men da vi efter Kon ­ certen mødtes med Dam erne i K lubb en s L o k a le r og hørte a f deres egen Mund, at vi havde sunget som »smaa Engle«, slog vi os til Ro med, at ogsaa •B ifaldstil­ kendegivelser er underkastet Modens Lun er. Kon su l B e c h fra Chicago, som overvæ rede Koncerten, fo rsik rede os, at v i havde sunget lige saa smukt som i »Orchestra Hall«, og P ressen v a r næste Dag overordentlig godt tilfreds med vore Ydelser. Hosstaa- ende en Anm eldelse a f Kon- Runestenen i Milwaukee skandinaviske Klub. certeil i »The M ilwaukee Jo u r n a l« : Vi havde Følelsen af, at Koncerten i det næsten fyld te »Pabst Theater« knap v a r saa v e llykk et som de foregaaende. Støvet fra