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• t *:•v~ — '* *; • •• IWMNOIS THURSDAYf :ifl-t,d*!Sg!i!rill jr. iMi!to;so ;eismar'The musical director of radio station WHFC in Cicero is a Brookfield man, Frank Linhart of 9*140 Monroe,1 Listeners of the sta-• , 1 • ilion recognise his eight piece orchestra which is n daily feature over t he air. lanes. Mr. Linhart, himself, plays the flute with tlio band, althoughl he occasionally doubles oh the saxophone.Mr. Lin hart's duties at the station include tile complete planning of musi.nl programs, with the ad dr cm! ta°k of arranging and transposing the music to he used.Linhai l*s talent does not end with thclt;e chores, for he is also a well known composer of polkas. Included among them is .a musical salute to the village, entitled, Ifnmkflfdd Polka. This number has been recorded by the Linhart orchestra, and is a familiar tune played on juke boxes throughout (•hicaguland. Unhart has a total of *2(b’ Himpositions already copyrighted and he is working on others. Mis Olympic March has been the most popular. It has been reprinted fvviety with negotiations under way to reproduce it again.Other Linhart compositions are, Tavern Polka, Old Bohemian Polka, Butterfly Polka* At Home atid Village Polka. Hik newest mimbfer, Old Brew, has not yet been recorded. Linhart said that the title for his[chDr-islmn.of100histehiastndPlan 3 Newtheie6Classrooms atGross Jan. I(.Added Facilities for 00 Students PlannedtFor First of the YearBroctions \ part o1 materiA t lamp tive si with tber i nAcc Brook makin wrcat with plastk the \v adornEdrthat I displa theFRANK LINHARTlatest creation was prompted by friendship with Otto Kudrlc, president of the Old Brew company..Skilled Arrangerboule have stall for h ThiSt. Itip ulMr. Linhart’s job in transposition of music, is to take widely known songs- and fit them into orchestrations, suitable for the .various nationality programs on the radio, such as the Lithuanian, Polish, Bohemian and Greek hours. These are aired regularly overWHFC.The Magnet Reporter was introduced to a fine illustration of a busy man when he called at the Linhart home. Mr. , Linhart was poring over a Greek hymn book with an eye for a religious numberwhidh could . be readily transposed to make interesting listening on the Greek hour. Besides this, the table was piled high with Slavic orchestrations^ .Liriharf; said he had to . select pieces from these, arid then re-arrangc them for a two hour Bohemian operetta, which wasscheduled to he staered nt, the Hav-VarDavIn ¥Haf ♦presiis clt of L( ganisthe I Iowa and ( Th ly f(rict lt;identspec!Varnsionsoffic€1willDec.
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Brookfield Magnet
Brookfield, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 04, 1947
Page 9
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