Last Night's Musical
A report on a well-attended quarterly student recital at the Driskill Hotel, with the evening's program of songs, duets, and recitations.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Page 6
1 min readLast night at the Driskill hotel parlors the musical class of Mrs. Walthersdorf gave their first quarterly music. There was an appreciative attendance and the rendition of the program was attended with success in every respect.
All the respective numbers were quite cleverly presented by those who gave every evidence of having given care and thought as well as a skillful touch to their work, and the result was an evening of musical enlightenment and pleasure.
The program was as follows: Duet, "The Golden Rod" (Behr) — Dave Hopkins and Mrs. Walthersdorf; March (Lichner) — Adolph Bahn; Song, "In the Shadow of the Pines" (Lang); "Dance of the Daffodils" (McClellan) — Aerata Crow; Duet, "Rondeau" (Krog) — Marguerite Byers and Mrs. Walthersdorf; Trio, "Summer Zephyrs" (Holst) — Ida Mann, Henry Tinnen and Mrs. Walthersdorf; "Song of the Swallow" — Henry Tinnen; "The Troubadour" — Ida Mann; Recitation — Mrs. Davis; Trio, "[...]" — Mrs. B. McDonald, Mrs. Walthersdorf, and Miss Norelle Walthersdorf.
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