Halevy
Band

4. Song. Vive l'America Millard
(Encore) Uncle Sam's Farm
Mrs. M.R. Blake

5. Ballad. Will o' the Wisp
Mr. C. Makin

6. Song. The Star Spangled Banner
Madam Anna Bishop and the other artists

7. Grand finale, National Melodies of different nations Von der Mehden
Silver Cornet Band

In speaking of these concerts it is interesting to note the number of
fine singers that we had in California in 1874 and how easy it was for
a manager to select the best out of these for any occasion.

Women's Voices: Madam Bishop, Mrs. M.R. Blake, Mrs. A.
Thiesen, Miss Marian Singer, Mlle. Franzini, Mlle. Anna
Elzer, Miss Susan Galton, Madam Babcock, Signora Bianchi,
Mrs. Eliza Boston, Miss Rowley.

Men's Voices: Signor C. Orlandini, Charles Metti, M.A.
Anderson, C. Makin, Henry Baker (tenor of the opera troupe),
Sig. Luigi Contini, Ben. Clark, W. Finkeldey, Carmini
Morley, Alfred Kelleher, Sig. Fulvio Rigo, Sig. E. Bianchi,
Alfred Wilkie, Sig. G. Marra, W.C. Campbell, Mons.
Davidowitz (Russian opera tenor), Geo. Carltos, Sam Booth,
Amos Durant, F.L. Phelps.

Musicians: F. Gilder, Prof. Hartman, Prof. H. von der
Mehden, Ernest Schlott, Mulder Fabbri, Prof. M. Schultz,
C.J.J. Smith (flutist), Louis Boedecker (pianist), Stephen
Marsh (harpist), George L. Blake (cornetist), Bender,
Shepherd, Emerson, Wilson (horn quartet), Miss Rotier
(pianist), Prof. G. Cellarius (violinist), A. Kessels
(pianist), Miss E.M. Burkhardt (Chicago pianist), H.F. Todd
(cornet).

These men and women singers and musicians took part in these series of
concerts given by Frank Gilder in 1874 and were available at any time
when needed. They were only a number of the many fine singers then in
San Francisco. I doubt if you could be so successful today, for these
were genuine tried singers, ready to go at any time and fill the
place, either with sacred, secular or operatic music. There were also
the members of the Loring Club, all good singers, picked and tried,
who sang in choirs, concerts and also in prominent musical
undertakings of the period. I have tried to leave no name out of the
list of singers. Professional jealousy does not exist in any of my
musical life. It never did, and if people will use their good, common
sense and judgment and see a singer in her true light they wi