The Master Singers

              The Master Singers



They sing with remarkable refinement and assurance and with perfect intonation—


HERMAN DEVRIES, Chicago American




Specimen Program:—





O Filii et Filiae


8 part


Leisring




An Eve'ng's Pastorale


4 part


Shaw




Cherubic Hymm


7 part


Tschesnokoff




Lift Thine Eyes


5 part


Logan




Cossack War Song


5 part


Parker




Celtic Hymn


8 part


Roberton




The Nightingale


6 part


Tschaikowsky




Guns


7 part


O'Hara




High Barbary


6 part


Hall




Bells of Eventide


5 part


Jaroff




Ave Maria


5 part


Bach-Gounod




Song of the Flea


4 part


Moussorgsky




Who Built de Ark


4 part


Huntley




Listen to the Lambs


5 part


Burlin




Water Boy


7 part


Robinson




Swing Along


6 part


Cooke




Song of the Jolly Roger


4 part


Candish




In a Monastery Garden


4 part


Ketelby




Serenade from 
Student Prince


5 part


Romberg




Kammenoi Ostrow


8 part


Rubinstein








Management

The Horner Bureau
 3000 TROOST AVENUE New York Kansas City Chicago






The Master Singers

Personally Directed by Jacques Homier Assisted by Dean Remick, Accompanist and Concert Pianist


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The Outstanding MALE OCTET of the Day



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• An unusual ensemble of soloists doing the unusual in male chorus singing.




• Each man, a highly trained and experienced musician—as an ensemble they have attained an enviable artistic ideal.




• The MASTER SINGERS have acquired the musical inflections which are necessary to interpret choral masterpieces so that the listener gets the full import of their messages.




• Hearty endorsement is evidenced in sponsorship by prominent Music Clubs, Civic Organizations and College Artist Series.





From the Press:—



... The Master Singers, I assure you, are really singers … It is a joy to hear these young men … They sing with remarkable refinement and assurance and with perfect intonation … If we could only hear such pure and beautiful English oftener.  Success may be measured by the applause, recalls and encores accorded them and their unusually skillful director.  Mr. Homier is truly a master of choral art and is served by some very fine singers.


(HERMAN DEVRIES, 
Chicago American
)




... It is without question the finest ersemble of its kind in the history of Chicago … we fell under the spell of the song, so varied, so expressive, and so often filled with the most stirring kind of drama … they seemingly know how to balance the serious and gay … In all they showed expert interpretive art, a lively sense of the value of contrast, a nice appreciation of the artistic worth of restraint … Beautiful music beautifully sung.


(GLENN DILLARD GUNN, 
Chicago Herald & Examiner
)




... there is nothing but praise to mention in behalf of these singing gentlemen … they possess a highly individual and mellow quality of tone … they sing in quasi - Russian style and their performance is full of vitality … This efficient male ensemble displayed a brand of showmanship that bespoke a long experience before the public.


(EUGENE STINSON, 
Chicago Daily News
)





Featured Ensemble of the 
House by the Side of the Road
 N.B.C. Coast to coast with Tony Wons



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Jacques Homier


• Jacques Homier has spent many years in building one of the finest libraries of male chorus literature in this country.




• From this library he has chosen the outstanding compositions of various types and has rearranged them to best serve the needs of his singers.




• Thus the MASTER SINGERS are able to present their varied programs of the best in ancient and modern music winning for them the enthusiastic response from the music lover as well as the unstinted approval of the routined listener.




• Added to the vocal virtues of these excellent singers are dignity of presence and a manner that wins the public.







Partial Repertoire of the Master Singers See List of Repertoire



Classical (A Capella):





Media Vita


Bruch




With Drooping Wings


Purcell




An Evening's Pastorale


Shaw




Celtic Hymn


Roberton




The Nightingale


Tschaikowsky




Autumn


Gretchaninoff




Lament


Melnikoff




Evening Bells


Jaroff




On the Sea


Buck




Finlandia


Sibelius







Classical (with piano accompaniment):





Arab Song


Clokey




Liebestraum


Liszt




L'Heure Exquise


Hahn




On Wings of Song


Mendelssohn




Going Home


Dvorak




Ganza Drums


Strickland




Border Ballad


Maunder




Kamenoi Ostrow


Rubinstein







Ballads:





Lift Thine Eyes


Logan




Sylvia


Speaks




Out of the Dusk to You


Lee




Lassie O' Mine


Walt




Morning


Speaks




In a Persian Market


Ketelby




Wee Little Home I Love


O'Hara




Indian Dawn


Zamecnik




In a Monastery Garden


Ketelby




Boots


Felman




John Peel


Andrews




On the Road to Mandalay


Speaks







Negro Folk Songs:





Water Boy


Robinson




Plantation


Reiner




Shortnin' Bread


Wolfe




De Sandman


Protheroe




Swina Along


Cook







Negro Spirituals:





Chillun Come on Home


Cain




Listen to the Lambs


Burlin




Keep in the Middle of the Road


Bartholomew




Who Built de Ark


Huntley




Deep River


Burleigh







Operatic:





Coronation Scene from 
Boris Goudonov


Mossourgsky




Pilgrim Chorus from 
Tannhauser


Wagner




Soldier's Chorus from 
Faust


Gounod




Toreador Song from 
Carman


Bizet




Night from 
The Demon


Rubinstein







Standard Popular Ballads:





When Day is Done


Katscher




Oh Miss Hannah


Deppen




Winter Song


Bullard




Kentucky Babe


Geibel




Can't You Hear Me Calling Caroline


Roma




Just Awearin' for You


Bond







Songs of Yesteryear:





In the Gloaming


Orred




Old Black Joe


Foster




Juanita


Spanish Melody




Sweet Genevieve


Tucker







Novelties:





Song of the Flea


Moussorgsky




Cossack War Song


Parker




The Drum


Gibson




Guns


O'Hara




Taps


Pasternack




Old Americana


Homier







Sea Songs:





Song of the Jolly Roger


Chudleigh-Candish




Rolling Down to Rio


German




Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep


Willard




Old Man Noah


Bartholomew




High Barbary


Hall




White Horses of the Sea


Warren







Musical Comedy and Operetta Selections:



Serenade from 
The Student Prince


Song of the Vagabonds from 
The Vagabond King


One Alone from 
The Desert Song


Your Land and My Land from 
My Maryland


Gypsy Love Song from 
The Fortune Teller


The Mounties from 
Rose Marie


Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life from 
Naughty Marietta


Song of Love from 
Blossom Time


Stout Hearted Men from 
The New Moon


Armorer's Song from 
Robin Hood


March of the Musketeers from 
The Three Musketeers


Old Man River from 
Show Boat


Rangers Song from 
Rio Rita


Allah's Holiday from 
Katinka


Song of the Flame from 
Song of the Flame


Heidelberg Stein Song from 
Prince of Pilsen


Auf Weidersehn from 
Blue Paradise


Great Day from 
Great Day


Mascot of the Troop from 
Mlle. Modiste





Sacred:
From the Russian Liturgy



Cherubic Hymn


Tschesnokoff




Glorious Forever


Rachmaninoff




Hospodi Pomilui


Lvoff




With Heart Uplifted


Schvedoff









From the Latin Liturgy





Ave Maria


Bach-Gounod




Benedictus


Perosi




O Filii et Filiae


Leisring




Vere Languores Nostros


Lotti







English and American





Thanks Be to God


Dickson




The Lost Chord


Sullivan




The Lord's Prayer


Forsyth




The Rosary


Nevin




Unfold Ye Portals


Gounod




The Holy City


Adams