Historic documents · File A·01·a
Newspaper articles, 1884 to 1955.
Seventy-one years of clippings in which William ApMadoc is named. Each one opens the scan as a PDF, with his name highlighted on the page; the note underneath says where on the sheet to look and what the piece is about.
Newspaper articles
108 clippings · 1884–1955- 1884-12-30Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower center of the page A notice of the Central Ohio Eisteddfod at Columbus on New Year's Day, listing William ApMadoc of Utica among the violinists.
- 1884-12-31Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower left of the page The same notice of the Columbus eisteddfod, carried again the following day, with ApMadoc among the violinists.
- 1886-02-03Syracuse Daily Standard - Syracuse, New York Upper center of the page At the Ilion Vocal Society's first public concert of the season ApMadoc sang in both a duet and a quartet.
- 1887-12-27Decatur Daily Republican - Decatur, Illinois Middle center of the page ApMadoc of Utica conducted the opening session of the fifth annual eisteddfod in Pittsburgh, where about a hundred singers sang to a small morning audience and six thousand in the afternoon.
- 1887-12-30The Massillon Independent - Massillon, Ohio Lower left of the page ApMadoc conducted the St David's Society eisteddfod, which drew some 15,000 people and close to 900 singers before breaking up in uproar over the award of the $500 choral prize.
- 1889-06-27The Van Wert Republican - Van Wert, Ohio Upper center of the page Notice of a concert to be given by ApMadoc and his party of professional musicians, on their way back from Dakota where he had been adjudicating at an eisteddfod.
- 1889-07-16The Lima Daily Times - Lima, Ohio Middle left of the page An announcement that ApMadoc of Utica would give a musical entertainment in Lima on the Friday evening, assisted by local talent.
- 1889-07-17Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower left of the page Notice of ApMadoc's Opera House concert in aid of the Welsh Congregational Sunday school, the paper noting how much he had done for congregational and church music in America.
- 1889-07-18Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower left of the page The same notice of ApMadoc's benefit concert for the Welsh Congregational Sunday school, repeated as the date approached.
- 1889-07-18The Lima Daily News - Lima, Ohio
- 1889-07-19Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower right of the page The notice of ApMadoc's benefit concert, carried again.
- 1889-07-19The Lima Daily Times - Lima, Ohio Upper left of the page ApMadoc appeared at Cambrian Hall in an evening of song and elocution, having arrived from Chicago after a tour of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota.
- 1889-07-20Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Upper right of the page The notice of ApMadoc's benefit concert, carried again.
- 1889-07-20The Lima Daily Times - Lima, Ohio Lower center of the page A short report of ApMadoc's Lima concert, where excessive heat kept the audience small but those who came were well repaid.
- 1889-07-22Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Lower left of the page A correction advising that ApMadoc's concert would be held at the Music Hall rather than the Opera House as first announced.
- 1889-07-23Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Middle center of the page The notice correcting the venue of ApMadoc's concert to the Music Hall, carried again two days before the event.
- 1889-07-24Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Middle right of the page A fuller preview of ApMadoc's musical and rhetorical entertainment at the Music Hall, with the programme, the accompanist and the price of admission.
- 1889-07-25Newark Daily Advocate - Newark, Ohio Middle left of the page The day's personal column notes that ApMadoc of Utica is staying in Newark as the guest of the Cordray family.
- 1890-01-12The Marion Daily Star - Marion, Ohio Middle right of the page An account of the Chicago eisteddfod, whose concert programmes were conducted chiefly by ApMadoc, W. E. Powell and Professor J. P. Jones.
- 1890-01-16The Olean Democrat - Olean, New York Middle left of the page An explanation of the Welsh eisteddfod for American readers, noting that ApMadoc was among the three men who conducted the Chicago concert programmes.
- 1892-03-03Waukesha Freeman - Waukesha, Wisconsin Upper center of the page ApMadoc of Chicago was billed to speak on the coming World's Fair and to sing at the annual eisteddfod at Bethesda church in Genesee.
- 1893-08-15The Olean Democrat - Olean, New York Middle center of the page As secretary of the first international eisteddfod, to be held at the World's Columbian Exposition, ApMadoc was giving all his time to the work and was chiefly responsible for its programme.
- 1893-09-06Galveston Daily News - Galveston, Tx Upper right of the page At the first Gorsedd ever held outside Britain, staged at the world's fair in Chicago, ApMadoc was named bardic scribe of the new American branch.
- 1895-08-25Davenport Daily Leader - Davenport, Iowa Middle center of the page Notice of ApMadoc's concert at the Second Presbyterian church, the paper describing him as a leader of eisteddfod and Welsh national festivities on both sides of the ocean.
- 1895-09-01Davenport Daily Leader - Davenport, Iowa Middle left of the page A report of ApMadoc's programme Song and Poesy, a talk and recital arguing for better use of the voice in both song and speech.
- 1895-10-21The Lima Daily Times Democrat - Lima, Ohio Upper center of the page In the announcement of the Lima eisteddfod's adjudicators, ApMadoc of Chicago is named as one of its two conductors.
- 1895-10-31The Daily Herald - Delphos, Ohio Lower left of the page ApMadoc conducted the crowded afternoon session of the Delphos eisteddfod and introduced the opening speaker.
- 1896-08-30Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Illinois Middle center of the page A music column on the coming prize competitions names the four adjudicators and notes that ApMadoc represents Chicago on the board of management.
- 1897-07-02The Lime Springs Sun - Lime Springs, Iowa Lower left of the page Notice of an entertainment by ApMadoc, instructor in song and oratory, at the Welsh Presbyterian church, with a quoted review praising his evening of song and poetry.
- 1897-08-09The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle left of the page At the Salem interstate Chautauqua, ApMadoc provided the musical preludes to the day's preaching with a chorus of two hundred voices.
- 1897-08-17The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle right of the page In the closing report of the Chautauqua, at which some 12,000 people camped, ApMadoc is singled out for his week of chorus drills in vocal music.
- 1897-08-18Lincoln Daily News - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower left of the page The same closing report of the Salem Chautauqua, crediting ApMadoc for the week's chorus drills.
- 1897-12-28The Racine Daily Journal - Racine, Wisconsin Upper right of the page ApMadoc, described as a leading Chicago Welshman, regretted the abandonment of the winter's interstate eisteddfod and blamed the want of a central Welsh organisation in the middle west.
- 1898-02-03The Daily Herald - Delphos, Ohio original JPG Middle right of the page The prize list for a coming eisteddfod sets a tenor solo composed by ApMadoc, The Shoe Upon the Shore, as one of the competition pieces.
- 1898-07-25The Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle right of the page The day's Epworth assembly programme lists the chorus drill as conducted by ApMadoc.
- 1898-07-30The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle left of the page A warm account of ApMadoc's Song and Poesy entertainment at the Congregational church, in which he also spoke on the growth of music in America.
- 1898-08-04The Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Upper left of the page A despatch from the Epworth assembly grounds mentions ApMadoc in charge of the music among the day's headquarters business.
- 1898-08-05The Evening News-Call - Lincoln, Nebraska Upper left of the page The visiting Tennesseans were assisted by the assembly chorus under ApMadoc, which the paper judged to have reached considerable proficiency.
- 1898-08-06The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska The afternoon programme at the Epworth camp again lists the chorus drill under ApMadoc.
- 1898-08-06The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower left of the page ApMadoc and his full chorus were billed among the speakers and singers for a union temperance meeting on the assembly grounds.
- 1898-08-07The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska ApMadoc drilled the large chorus for half an hour before the afternoon meeting, and the announcement that he would sing a solo was met with applause.
- 1898-08-08The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska original JPG Lower right of the page The day's Epworth assembly programme again lists the chorus drill under ApMadoc.
- 1898-08-09The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska original JPG Middle center of the page The afternoon programme at the assembly lists ApMadoc's chorus drill between the school of junior methods and the round table.
- 1898-08-10The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska original JPG Upper center of the page ApMadoc had some trouble persuading a sociable audience to stop visiting and settle to the opening songs at the evening meeting.
- 1898-08-11The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle center of the page At the close of the assembly the chorus put on record its thanks for ApMadoc's work and asked that he be brought back the following year, and he led the final hymn.
- 1899-01-02The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska original JPG
- 1899-01-03The Racine Daily Journal - Racine, Wisconsin Lower right of the page Acting as adjudicator at the Racine eisteddfod, ApMadoc paid a high compliment to Mrs Rogers Evans, who took the prizes for both English and Welsh recitation.
- 1899-06-30The Journal-Advance - Orchard, Arkansas Middle left of the page ApMadoc is listed among the speakers billed to appear at the Springdale Chautauqua alongside William Jennings Bryan and Champ Clark.
- 1899-08-13The Nebraska State Journal - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle center of the page The day at the Salem Chautauqua opened with the usual band concert and chorus led by ApMadoc.
- 1901-07-06The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Lower right of the page Notice that ApMadoc of Chicago would give a musico-literary recital at the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church, assisted by Miss Hannah Morgan.
- 1901-07-10The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Upper left of the page A critic's review of the musico-literary recital ApMadoc gave at the Welsh church in Oshkosh.
- 1901-07-12The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Lower left of the page A village column reports that Miss Hannah Morgan had been engaged as ApMadoc's accompanist for the concerts he was giving around the district.
- 1901-07-13The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Lower center of the page The concert ApMadoc gave at Peniel church, with Miss Hannah Morgan accompanying, was greatly enjoyed.
- 1901-08-27Coshocton Daily Age - Coshocton, Ohio Upper right of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-08-29Cambridge City Tribune - Cambridge City, Indiana Upper right of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-08-29The Newark Advocate - Newark, Ohio Upper right of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-03Sandusky Daily Star - Sandusky, Ohio
- 1901-09-03Tyrone Daily Herald - Tyrone, Pennsylvania Lower left of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-04The Fort Wayne News - Fort Wayne, IN Upper left of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-05McKean County Miner - Smethport, Pennsyvania
- 1901-09-06Democratic Standard - Coshocton, Ohio Middle left of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-12Elyria Republican - Elyria, Ohio Lower left of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-12Tyrone Herald - Tyrone, Pennsylvania Upper center of the page A syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition names ApMadoc of Chicago as one of the three adjudicators for the choral competitions.
- 1901-09-14Denton Journal - Denton, Maryland Lower left of the page The syndicated notice of Welsh Day at the Pan-American Exposition, naming ApMadoc among the adjudicators, carried here in a Maryland paper.
- 1902-07-09The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Lower left of the page ApMadoc, by then musical director in the Chicago high schools, was billed to give a recital tracing the development of old Cambrian song from the earliest times.
- 1902-07-12The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Lower left of the page A village column noting that Miss Hannah Morgan had been engaged as ApMadoc's accompanist for his concerts in the district.
- 1903-07-05The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, Utah Lower center of the page A review of the month's magazines singles out ApMadoc's historical account of the Welsh eisteddfod as being of real value.
- 1903-07-16The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower center of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-07-25The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower right of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-08-06The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower right of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-08-27The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Lower center of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-08-29The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Middle right of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-09-05The Lincoln Evening News - Lincoln, Nebraska Middle right of the page An advertisement for a Chicago school of music and drama lists ApMadoc among its musical directors.
- 1903-12-04The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin original JPG Middle right of the page When Dowie announced he would sail for Australia, ApMadoc stated flatly that he would not be permitted to leave without the authority of the judge in the Zion City case.
- 1904-07-18The Washington Post - Washington, DC Middle right of the page ApMadoc of Chicago was among the five musicians who judged the choral contests at the World's Fair, where nine clubs competed in two grades.
- 1904-07-20The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Upper left of the page The nine-day Chautauqua programme has ApMadoc entertaining with reading and song on the opening afternoon and forming a choral class that he conducted each morning.
- 1904-09-04The Galveston Daily News - Galveston, Texas Lower right of the page An advertisement for the Sherwood Music School in Chicago lists ApMadoc among its directors.
- 1905-08-26The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Upper center of the page Some thirty thousand people attended the annual reunion of Welsh pioneers at Girard, where ApMadoc, professor of music in the Chicago high school, was among the distinguished visitors.
- 1907-02-21The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Lower center of the page The list of officers for a coming eisteddfod names ApMadoc of Chicago as adjudicator of music.
- 1907-03-09The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Middle right of the page The list of officers for a coming eisteddfod names ApMadoc of Chicago as adjudicator of music.
- 1907-05-11The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Lower right of the page The list of officers for a coming eisteddfod names ApMadoc of Chicago as adjudicator of music.
- 1907-05-18The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Lower left of the page The officers chosen for the Venedocia eisteddfod on Memorial Day include ApMadoc of Chicago as adjudicator of music.
- 1907-06-08The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Upper center of the page At the successful Venedocia eisteddfod ApMadoc judged the music, at work from the opening session until after midnight.
- 1908-06-20The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN Upper right of the page ApMadoc of Chicago appears among the adjudicators engaged for the Winona assembly's musical competitions.
- 1908-06-26The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Middle center of the page At the Winona Assembly choral contest ApMadoc judged the music alongside Peter Edwards of London, and shared the judging of recitation.
- 1908-07-11The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Middle left of the page ApMadoc, by then director of music in the Chicago high schools, gave a concert at the Presbyterian church that was greatly enjoyed.
- 1909-08-05The Van Wert Daily Bulletin - Van Wert, Ohio Lower center of the page A notice of the New Year's Day eisteddfod at Toledo, with prizes above a thousand dollars, names ApMadoc as one of its two adjudicators.
- 1910-02-13Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia Middle left of the page A review of the sacred cantata Bethany, sung in Atlanta by a chorus of sixty-five voices, whose words were written by William ApMadoc to music by W. Rhys-Herbert.
- 1910-04-13The Charleroi Mail - Charleroi, Pennsylvania Middle left of the page The choir of the First Presbyterian church was to sing the sacred cantata Bethany, for which ApMadoc wrote the libretto to music by W. Rhys-Herbert.
- 1910-06-18The Ogden Standard-Examiner - Ogden City, Utah Middle center of the page Writing about the Salt Lake tabernacle choir's proposed pilgrimage to the Welsh national eisteddfod, ApMadoc predicted it would do the city and state a vast amount of good and promised the singers a warm reception in Chicago.
- 1911-05-06The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana Upper center of the page ApMadoc's sacred cantata Bethany was given at St Paul's Lutheran church.
- 1911-06-03The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana Upper left of the page ApMadoc was engaged to judge a singing contest between seventh and eighth grade pupils of the city schools, the paper calling him a fine judge of ensemble singing.
- 1911-06-10The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette - Fort Wayne, Indiana Middle center of the page Judging the schools' singing contest, ApMadoc gave the honours to the Hanna school with forty-nine points out of fifty and said it was the most difficult task ever assigned him.
- 1911-06-10The Fort Wayne Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana Upper left of the page After a contest the judges found hard to separate, ApMadoc spoke to the hot and weary children at some length about singing.
- 1911-06-14The Weekly Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana Upper left of the page Nearly six hundred children filled the high school auditorium for the singing contest, where ApMadoc of Chicago sat as one of the three judges.
- 1915-07-16Fort Wayne News - Fort Wayne, Indiana Lower center of the page ApMadoc's name appears in a long list of musicians printed with a piano advertisement.
- 1915-10-18The Evening Tribune - Albert Lea, Minnesota Middle right of the page At the eisteddfod held at the San Francisco exposition, ApMadoc acted as high priest for the druidic rites staged in Golden Gate Park and explained their ancient story to the crowd.
- 1916-08-14The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, Utah - Obit Upper left of the page Notice of the death of William ApMadoc in Chicago.
- 1921-05-21The Fort Wayne News And Sentinel - Fort Wayne, Indiana Middle left of the page Among the Sunday church notices, a chorus was to render ApMadoc's sacred cantata Bethany at the evening service.
- 1923-08-01The Evening State Journal and Lnicoln Daily News - Lincoln, Nebraska Upper left of the page A column looking back on the news of years before recalls ApMadoc arriving to conduct the Epworth assembly chorus.
- 1924-03-04Sheboygan Press Telegram - Sheboygan. Wisconsin original JPG Upper right of the page A notice of the cantata Bethany, the book by ApMadoc and the score by W. Rhys-Herbert, drawing together the biblical stories of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
- 1925-04-02The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, Connecticut Middle left of the page A church's evening programme sets out the full order of ApMadoc's cantata Bethany, movement by movement.
- 1925-12-19Olean Evening Times - Olean, New York Upper center of the page The Christmas evening service was to close with the sacred cantata Bethlehem, written by ApMadoc to music by W. Rhys-Herbert.
- 1928-07-12Appleton Post-Crescent - Appleton, Wisconsin Upper left of the page Village choirs were taking ApMadoc's cantata from church to church through July, with the script his and the music by W. Rhys-Herbert.
- 1928-07-14Appleton Post-Crescent - Appleton, Wisconsin
- 1933-03-24The Daily Northwestern - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Upper center of the page A St David's Day address on Welsh achievement in America names ApMadoc among the musicians who had delighted audiences far beyond the Welsh community.
- 1946-08-17The Ogden Standard-Examiner - Ogden City, Utah Upper right of the page An anniversary column reprints the old notice that ApMadoc, holding a high place in the music world of Chicago, would give a discourse at the Second ward hall.
- 1955-05-14The Galveston Daily News - Galveston, Texas Upper right of the page A visiting chancel choir was to present ApMadoc's sacred cantata Bethany, set in the home of Lazarus and his sisters outside Jerusalem.
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A handful of files carry misspellings from when they were scanned — “Neward” for Newark, “Liconln” for Lincoln, “Waukesah” for Waukesha. The titles above are corrected; the file names are left as they are.