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Frank Linhart,BrookfieldMan, Directs WMusics 'The musical director of radio ! station WHFC in Cicero is a Brookfield man, Frank Linhart of 9*140 Monroe;1 Listener's of the station recognise his eight, piece orchestra which is, n daily feature over,the air. lanes. Mr. Linhart, himself, plays the flute with the band,! althought he occasionally doubles | on the saxophone.Mr. Linhart's duties at the sta-j lion include tlic complete planning * I of musi/nl programs, with the add-1 j od ta-k of arranging and trans-j i posing the music to he used, j lt;Linhai l’s talent does not end with thclt;e chores, for he isalso a well known composer of polkas. Included among them is .a 1 musical salute to the village, entitled, Brookfield Polka. This number has been recorded by the Lin-I hart orchestra, ami is a familiar tune played on juke, boxes throughout (-hicagoland. Linhart has a total of 20^ ffampositions already copyrighted and he is working on others. Mis Olympic March lias been the most popular. It has been reprinted twice,with negotiations under way to reproduce it again. Other Linhart compositions are, Tavern Polka, Old Bohemian Polka, Butterfly Polka* At Home and Village Polka. His newest number, Old Brew, has not ^et been recorded. Linhart said that the title for hislatest creation, was prompted by friendship with Otto Kudrlo, president of the Old Brew company.Skilled ArrangerPlan 3 New Classrooms at Gross Jan. IAdded Facilities for 100 Students Planned For first of the YearWith an Overall attendance f6r November of 84G, and more than 200, students expected in the kindergarten in thd fall of 1948, three additional classrooms, will be available at Gross school after the first of the year acccording *to an announcement made Tuesday byThe three additional‘chass rooms are to be on ihp second floor and they will relieve some of the student load at the present time, in addition to offering some solution to the problem of increased attendance next fall.The unusual growth in District 95,; aecording to Hummel presents a problem to the Board of Education, in view of the heavy* influx ofMr. 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 nndio, such as the Lithuanian, Polish, Bohemian and Greek hours. These are aired regularly over WHFC.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 number which could be readily transposed to make interesting listening on the Greek hour. Besides this the table was piled high with Slavic Orchestrations, Linharf; said he had to. select pieces from these, and then re-arrangc them for a two hour Bohemian operetta, which was scheduled to be staged at the Hav-licck theatre in Chicago within two weeks.Another rush job was awaiting LiriharL It consisted of a volume of orchestrations .which, had to be chahged into band mhrches for the J. Sterling -Morton high4 school band, Linhart, incidentally, taught nuiaifcAt^he'^ch one -tiTne;-r; Mr. Linhart's orchestra .also has been playing movie shorts which are produced by a Wirinetka firm.' The lt;shorts deal with;' educational subjects arid are shown at schools throughout the state. The Linhart orchestra provides the musical backgrounds.v,DInprisofgsthloanSFV;Born in BohemiaMr. Linhart was born in the country which was known, as Bo-henua before the first World War, He began, his, music studies at the age of. eight. He was .admitted -tothe worl d repowned Prague Con-servatory of Music, .where he studied until the war broke out. He(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
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Brookfield Magnet
Brookfield, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 04, 1947
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