New Song Premieres at La Crosse Theater
A new song premieres at La Crosse theater with orchestration by an announced composer. Performers participate in the event, showcasing this fresh work amid local arts coverage.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1923
Page
11
A new song premieres at La Crosse theater with orchestration by an announced composer. Performers participate in the event, showcasing this fresh work amid local arts coverage.
The State Journal records judged entries for the University of Wisconsin Madison music contest with remarks on Wisconsin song themes and specific composers. Judges praise the effort, note the difficulty for some to express ideas, and commend pieces by Joan Bennett Vernon Bestor and H Elizabeth Afott while awarding Lagerquist the prize for a setting with strong melodic text.
Fragmentary verse hints at a rustic Wisconsin scene near Monona Water, with references to a roving couple and a melody. The text is garbled but evokes a rural memory by a lake, where lovers or a waiting partner might meet at day's end amid blooming roses and rippling waters.
The La Crosse Tribune editorial from October 9, 1922 praises Wisconsin's state blues craze and hints it spurred a contest resulting in the state song. It argues Wisconsin deserves serious sentiment, mocks California pride, and offers a starter lyric draft to songwriters.
A Neenah lyric by H Elizabeth Mott with Carl Lagerquist of Madison set to music becomes a promising Wisconsin state song. A State Journal contest awarded prize money, judged lyrics strong though music later split prize for proper fit. Lagerquist, a Madison theatre organist, gains recognition for the composition winning judges.
The Sharman and Cross Company of Minneapolis announced a two phase project in La Crosse Wisconsin. They will build 25 bungalow style homes at about 880000 and one six unit apartment building this fall. The Minneapolis office will remain the main headquarters.
A gold marshal's baton studded with 110 large diamonds and emeralds was recovered near Vedensky Cathedral in Petrograd. It is believed to be the baton presented by Tsar Alexander II to his brother Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1875.
A vintage notice exhorts drivers to courtesy and safety on roads, urging patience, yielding of right of way, and care for pedestrians including children and elderly. It echoes the Golden Rule of the Road for safe behavior. In Kingston England a tabby cat fishes along Tiege’s Mill River, pouncing on minnows with quick swerves to reel in its catch.
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