“The Polyphonic Club of Portland

Portland had a Polyphonic Club in the late sixties.  Its membership was composed entirely of church singers of the city.  Its most conspicuous undertaking was the production of George W. Martson’s comic opera, ‘Don Bobo,’ at Deering Hall in the spring of 1866.  On this occasion the soloists were… and Sarah Ware.”

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Music and Musicians of Maine, by George Thornton Edward, 2007, page 151