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March 21, 1925.
PRESTO
OTTO W. MIESSNER
SONG ADOPTED
Widely Known Manufacturer of "Little Piano
with the Big Tone" Writes California State
Song, Which Is Included in Contents
of School Music Books.
He is in the community resting for a few days
prior to addressing the state music supervisors con-
vention at Pomona this week. The spirit of River-
side and California, particularly as brought to the
composer by the Glenwood Mission Inn, inspired
Miessner to write the music for a California song,
an effort that has been in his mind for a number of
years, since an earlier visit to the state.
His Work for Music.
Miessner was president of the national music su-
pervisors last year and has done much toward having
piano lessons given to classes in the public schools,
making it possible for children who have not the
HEARD ON RADIO
ARTISTIC
Composer Used Little Instrument in Broadcasting
New Song at Station KHJ, Los Angeles,
March 10.
IN EVERT
DETAIL
Otto W. Miessner, president of the Miessner Piano
Co., Milwaukee, is composer of the new song, "Cali-
fornia's Calling Me," which has just been adopted
as the California state song, both by the State As-
sociation of Music Supervisors, and the state Board
of Education of California. It is to be placed in all
of the school music books in the state. This song
was broadcast on March 10 by station KHJ of Los
Angeles, with Mr. Miessner playing the accompani-
ment on a little Miessner piano. The words follow:
CALIFORNIA'S CALLING ME.
By W. Otto Miessner.
I
Land of mountain-girded valleys,
Land of far-flung ocean shore,
From the silent high Sierras,
To Pacific's mighty roar!
How I love your vales and mountains,
Azure sky and deep blue sea!
Ever homing in my roaming,
California's calling me!
California's calling me!
Refrain:
California! California!
Land of laughter, land of song.
California! California!
Happy home I've loved so long.
California! California!
'Though in far lands I may be.
Still my heart's in sunny California—
California's calling me!
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II
Vast cathedrals of Sequoia,
Southern palm and northern pine,
Flowers, fruits of grove and garden
Greet who worship Nature's shrine.
Still the mission bells are chiming
Where the padres' feet have trod;
California! California!
Close to Nature and to God!
Close to Nature and to God!
Ill
Fair Yosemite is calling,
Hear the echo from Tahoe!
Shasta, Siskiyous, enthralling,
Calling me wher'er I go.
Though I tarry on the mountain,
Or at Carmcl-By-the-Sea—
California! California!
Dearest spot on earth to me!
Dearest spot on earth to me!
The words were written and the music composed
recently while Mr. Miessner was enjoying a rest
at the Glenwood Mission Inn, Glenwood, Calif. In
reporting the fact the California Enterprise of River-
side reminded readers of his previous compositions,
hundreds of which are in use in schools throughout
the country including those of Riverside and the rest
of California. Continuing the paper said:
home opportunities to secure a musical education.
"I feel that California has not the sort of state song
it should have," said the composer to an Enterprise
reporter yesterday, "and I was tempted to write this
song by the environment at the Glenwood Mission
Inn and the happy people gathered there in the Cali-
fornia sunshine."
It is probable that the song will be sung at the
Rotary Club meeting today as Miessner is a Rotar-
ian, is well acquainted with Dr. Charles Barker,
who will be the principal speaker, and will attend the
meeting.
The "Art Song Cycles" volume, used by the River-
side schools, was published by Miessner and largely
written by him. Many of these songs have been
sung by Riverside school children in costume at vari-
ous school entertainments.
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