When it’s March and it just keeps snowing…and snowing… many of us look for something to get us out of the house and keep the winter blahs away. Activities meant to enrich our lives, such as musical events , have been a popular choice over the years.
Great artist course presenting Miss Rosa Ponsell Polley Music Library Collection, 1923.
This dreamy-eyed beauty (“Sensational Prima Donna , Dramatic Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Company, New York”) appears on the cover of the program for her March 6, 1923 performance at the Lincoln City Auditorium. Rosa was a featured artist for that year’s Great Artist Course series.
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, 1928-1929, third season, fourth concert Polley Music Library Collection, 1929
This gorgeous Art Deco cover appears on the March 24, 1929 program of a Lincoln Symphony Orchestra concert. The lengthy program includes biographical information about composers. Then, as now, programs often included ads from sponsors. This one includes an ad for a Steinway Piano for $1425!
To see more March concert programs from the Polley Music Library at Lincoln City Libraries, go to
March Programs
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