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Poem Reprint Celebrates Big Timber Music Club Heritage
A 1920s era poem recalls Big Timber Montana musicians and a local Woman's Club music program. It names Adelina Baskett Gladys O Leary Amelia Howard Julia Skillman Lena Whitney Edna Davis Bess Kellogg Ruth Higbie Marian Veblen Louise Ellingson Della Webb Maud Hickman and others in performances benefiting troops and phonograph contracts. The piece closes noting the meter and calling the work free verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi
Big Timber
Montana
Adelina
Patti
Adeline Baskett
Gladys O’leary
Europe
Howard
Julia P. Skillman
Lena H. Whitney
Il Trovatore
Madame Struckman
Edna P. Davis
Madame Kellogg
Bess
Ruth Higbie
Lucia
Marian Veblen
Gilmour
Louise Ellingson
Della P. Webb
The
Victor
Myrtle
G. Leasby
Margaret Lintz
Lyceum
Florence Utermohle
Maud Hickman
Phillips
Castle
Irene
Mrs. Coit
Frank Chase
Tetrazzini
M. Battistini
Edna G. Baker
Puccinni