Note: This collection of Musical Events Programs contains programs for the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Conservatory of Music, Lancaster Community Concert Association, The American Guild of Organists, Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Musical Arts Society, The Oratorio Society, and Lancaster

local union of musicians, it was copied by the great city of New York the following year with a memorial concert in Madison Square Garden and for many years was celebrated at Manhattan Beach, Atlantic City and Willow Grove during the band concert season. In 1905, interest in band music was high in

LITITZ AS AN EARLY MUSICAL CENTRE. THEhistoryofmusicinLancastercountybeginswiththeearlyreligiousmovements. The county of high agricul- tural destiny was in the mak- ing—with axe and plowshare—and there was neither opportunity nor oc- casion for serious or organized effort in the field of music

MUSICAL ART SOCIETY MUSIC FROM LANCASTER'S HISTORY Music has been important in the social development of Lancaster, an Anglo- Germanic community, and its story is told by the Musical Art Society and Mrs. Clifford Huffman. [Editor's Note] Musical Art Society presented a program illustrating the role