Foreign Language Press Service

Hans Zimmerman

Scandia, Sept. 16, 1916

We attended an unusual concert at the Wicker Park Hall last night. The headliner on the program was Hans Zimmerman, who was billed as "male soprano and impersonator". When Zimmerman appeared before the footlights, the audience was puzzled; many wondered whether some woman was not doubling for Zimmerman.

The program was as follows:

1. Piano Solo, Peer Gynt Suite Edvard Grieg
a) "Morgen" (Morning)
b) "Aases Dod" (Death of Aase)
c) "Anitras Dans" (Anitra's Dance)
d) "I Klippe Kongenns Hal" (In the Hall of the Mountain King) Clara Anderson
2. Three Soprano Solos
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a) "Island" (Iceland) Norwegian Folk Song
b) "Geite Lok" Norwegian Folk Song
c) "Carissima" A. Penn

Hans Zimmerman, Male Soprano

3. Three Violin Solos
a) "Lifbesfreud" Kreisler
b) "Intermezzo" Bizet
c) "Bouree" Goldblatt

W. Harold Simmons

4. Norwegian Folk Dances Cora Gilburne
5. Reading, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" Service

Zimmerman

6. Piano Solo, "Rigoletto" Verdi-Liszt

Clara Anderson

Intermission

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7. Two Soprano Solos
a) "Moderen Synger" (The Mother Sings) Sinding
b) "A Little Love" Silesien

Hans Zimmerman, Male Soprano

8. "Anitras Dans" (Anitra's Dance) Grieg Edna Sortelli
9. Violin Solo, "Concerto in E Minor" Mendelssohn

W. Harold Simmons

10. a) Greek Dance Gounod
b) Amaryllis Ghys

Sortelli and Gilburne

11. Two Soprano Solos
a) "Arnes Sang" (Arne's Song) Heise
b) "O, Dry Those Tears" Del Rieg

Hans Zimmerman, Male Soprano

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Gowns for Zimmerman by Louise Ferguson, Chicago, Helga Qually, and Clara Murdock.

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