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Official Journal of the American Union of Swedish Singers
> VOL. LI CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL, 1957 No. 4
75 Years of Continuous Singing—Diamond Jubilee Celebrated by
SVITHIOD SINGING CLUB
^PHAT Swedish male chorus singing
in America is far from dying out
is eloquently demonstrated by Svit-hiod
Singing Club of Chicago. Organ-ized
in the month of June, 1882, by a
group of fifteen Swedish immigrants
the Club throughout these seventy-five
years of continuous singing has
grown to a membership of nearly
1,300, with a chorus of 100 trained
male voices. From the small rented
halls in the early 1880's to the mag-nifecent
present-day, ultra modern
clubhouse, with air conditioning
throughout the many club rooms, re-hearsal
and banquet halls, lies a
span of love and effort for the per-petuation
of Swedish song and cul-ture,
which challenges the imagina-tion.
The history and growth of Svithiod
Singing Club is closely related to the
history and growth of the City of Chi-cago.
The great Chicago fire still
showed ugly scars on the Near North
Side, but North Clark Street had been
paved with bricks from the ruins of
the Court House, when Svithiod Sing-ing
Club was organized in June of 1882.
At this time the tide of immigrants
from Sweden was in full swing. The
Midwest and especially Chicago be-
(Continued on page 6)
Object Description
| Title | Musiktidning Apr. 1957 |
| Subject |
Choirs (Music) Singers Singing Music ensembles Clubs Organizations Newsletters |
| Creator | American Union of Swedish Singers |
| Publisher | Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center |
| Date | April 1957 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Language | swe, eng |
| Rights | Issues of this journal created before 1989 are in the public domain in the United States. Issues of this journal created after 1989 are provided for educational use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes when a statement of credit is used. For more information, contact SwensonCenter@augustana.edu. |
| Collection | American Union of Swedish Singers, Swenson Center (Augustana College) |
| Identifier | Musiktidning_No4_Apr1957.pdf |
| Date.Year | 1957 |
Description
| Title | Musiktidning_No4_Apr1957 1 |
| Subject |
Choirs (Music) Singers Singing Music ensembles Clubs Organizations Newsletters |
| Creator | American Union of Swedish Singers |
| Publisher | Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center |
| Date | April 1957 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Language | swe, eng |
| Rights | Issues of this journal created before 1989 are in the public domain in the United States. Issues of this journal created after 1989 are provided for educational use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes when a statement of credit is used. For more information, contact SwensonCenter@augustana.edu. |
| Collection | American Union of Swedish Singers, Swenson Center (Augustana College) |
| Transcript | mmr Official Journal of the American Union of Swedish Singers > VOL. LI CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL, 1957 No. 4 75 Years of Continuous Singing—Diamond Jubilee Celebrated by SVITHIOD SINGING CLUB ^PHAT Swedish male chorus singing in America is far from dying out is eloquently demonstrated by Svit-hiod Singing Club of Chicago. Organ-ized in the month of June, 1882, by a group of fifteen Swedish immigrants the Club throughout these seventy-five years of continuous singing has grown to a membership of nearly 1,300, with a chorus of 100 trained male voices. From the small rented halls in the early 1880's to the mag-nifecent present-day, ultra modern clubhouse, with air conditioning throughout the many club rooms, re-hearsal and banquet halls, lies a span of love and effort for the per-petuation of Swedish song and cul-ture, which challenges the imagina-tion. The history and growth of Svithiod Singing Club is closely related to the history and growth of the City of Chi-cago. The great Chicago fire still showed ugly scars on the Near North Side, but North Clark Street had been paved with bricks from the ruins of the Court House, when Svithiod Sing-ing Club was organized in June of 1882. At this time the tide of immigrants from Sweden was in full swing. The Midwest and especially Chicago be- (Continued on page 6) |
| Identifier | Musiktidning_No4_Apr1957.pdf |
