The New York herald., 1865-07-18
THE SAENGERFEST.
MOVEMENTS OF THE SINGERS.
POstpOnement of the Saenger
Procession.
The Public Rehearsal at the
Academy.
THE MAMMOTH CONCERT LAST NIGHT.
A Truly GRAND MUSICAL DEMONSTRATION.
SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS.
THE PROGRAMME TO-DAY,
Ae., &C., &c.
SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS.
THE PROGRAMME TODAY,
Ac., &C., &c.

present Sangerfest this city, nobody but the Germans
themselves understand the nature and character
of these festivities The singer unions-the sanger
bunds as they are termed in the German anguage-are
national demonstrations of modern type, which were
introduced into Germany twenty thirty years ago
They were inaugurated in consequence Of the rapid
growth of the Of music and song, especially in
quence of the cultivation OF the manner gesang
chorus songs.
In very few years almost simultaneously, musical
societies and gee clubs for the manner gesang esab
lishcd in almost every city and village in Germany 1t
movement, in which the people were engaged
with great zeal and enthusiasm.
Until this period the exercise Of the art OF chorus sing
ing had been rather exclusive and mostly confined to the
theatre the church and associations the choruscs
composed Of male and female singers Gemschte
chors) who only cultivated classical music Tho cultva
ton Of national song and music and the
positions of the greatest masters Of the nation
were however, neglected and manner chorus songs and
quartee singing only cultivated by the teachers OF
the schools teacher associations and confer
encss, at period when the common schools became
moro emaucipatei from the church. From this period
up the present time and song Of this description
extensively cultivated and the manner chorus be-
national institution.
AS these musical associations had been estab
ishd in all parts OF the country it was found necessary
TO nangurate extensive reunions, for the purpose
of facilitating social intercourse and render the
positions of the national masters in cectual
This led to the organization Of the Singer unions
the Sangerbunds-which celebrated their great sanger
festivals ut Dresden, Wucrzburg Cologne Brunswick,
Koenigsburg, Berlin, LEIPZIG Munich Karlsruhe, Bonn
and other cities under the leadership OF eminent
posers and musicians such ZOener Abt Kuecken,
Franz, Weber, Retz and others
Especially in Western Germany, in the lands on the
Rhine, this movement became very Interesting The
Germans united with their Gcrmanic neighbors, the
Begians and Holanders and Neherlandish German and
Gcrmanic-Begian Sanger Unions were organized, who
celebrated their great musical festivals at Arnhcm,
Cleve, Brussels and Cologne. Even abroad the German
art OF chorus songs Is gaining favor as has been demon
strated by late German musical festival at Paris In
consequence of the increased cultivation Of music
general German Sanger band has been estab-
ishcd in Germany, as previously the general German
Turner and Shuetzen Unions have been organized The
first general Sangerfest held in the celebrated old
town OF Nnrnberg grand scale, where deputatons
and societies from all parts of Germany met they
now will meet again at Dresden The great German
national festivities however Of historic origin, and
Of great national and political importance far
the never ceasng movement for national unity is con-
cerned, and in tins respect havo revolutionary
dency. Even the festivities among the Germans in this
country important as we'll interesting. Their ma
tionay Is preserved, and German art and customs are
cultivated.
The first German sangerfest in this country was held
at Philadelphia in 1861 the second at Baltimore In 1861
the third at New York in 1862 the fourth Philadcl-
pha in 1885, the nth at Baltimore in 1854 the sixth at
New York in 1885, the seventh at Philadelphia in 1855
Since then the Sanger festivals be held every
three years The eighth was held at baltimore In 1885,
and the ninth was TO be held at the city Of New York.
but the breaking out OF the war prevented it, and was
postponed until the restoration OF security and peace
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS.
The quantity Of lager and weis beer and Rhine wine
imbbed yesterday In metropolis passes computation
The breweres have been work night and day for the
past month manufacturing the rs named drinks. Huge
carts peranbuated through sorcets from an early
hour supplying the various gartens whose stock had
been all exhausted the previous day To go up the Bow
cry sufficient instruction In the German dialect
to enable to speak the language and to hear English
spoken in our city Is rarity IL seems as II the Bremen
steamers had empticd Germany OF its inhabitants and
landed them at New York. Yesterday gala day
Teuionic residents AT early hour OF the morning
they up and doing, in their holiday ATTIRE and
Of the day.
Early yesterday morning the singers met again at the
Singer headquarters and the plan was to organize q
grand process on which was 70 proceed down the Bow
and pass through the Park where the Mayor to
review III singers, and thence the procession was 70
proceed through Broadway TO Fourteenth street 10
the Academy Of Music. This part Of the programme
OF the atmosphere abandoned, and the Sanger pro-
ceesson will take place on Wednesday. The singers
however proceeded In q body 10 the Academy, where
the public rehearsal for the main concert, which
took place last night. was held by the double
crs--somc two thousand voiccs-and by the
orchestra composed Of some hundred artists under the
OF the seats were occupied and the receipts for rc
hearsal seats amounted to about hundred and seven
fy dollars All the tickets for scats ut tho Academy
during the main concert last night had been sold ycser
day and the receipts amounted to about three thousand
dollars Besides these, about seventeen hundred dollars
had been taken and II will be that the expenses
will exceed by far the receipts The rehearsal at the
Academy as well tho monster concert, great
musical affairs and the various compositions, which are
very complicated, rendered in magnificent style.
We give the following programme Of this rehearsal
and mammoth concert:-
Pant l.
l. Overture, "Robespicrrc, ,Littaif
2 Thuermered .Rcbling.
BY the whole double chorus
g. Aur grcist gum schwcrdt Kiickcu.
Sung b. the Philadelphia AlIscmcins ssngerbund.
CooDos Hahn, from 0edpus in Coonus. .Mendelssohn.
Double chorus and orchestra.
~.
uuverturc "RicnzP'. ............ Richard Wagner
z Hymn to the Music. c.....................Iac .Iachner.
Double chorus-suns by baltimore Xlisemeino
. Sangerbund.
Double chorus and orchestra
rrE rHusRxsR ffsp.
wachct auf, ruff euch die stlmme,
Des Wachters Won der hohen Znne,
Anf du weites deutsches Land, wach auf, wach auf1
Die hr an der Donau hauset
Und wo dor Rhein durch Felsen brauset
Wo sich thuermet der Dime Sand
HABIT wacht am Heimaths heerd.
In ircucr Hand das jSchwert
.Jedc stundc yum scharfen STREET,
Der IasI. Tag sIta des Kampres is. mich. we,u
keusch i'm Lebcn, fest i'm Glaubcn,
Lasst euch den treuen muth nicht rsubcn
seid einie da die Stundc schlsgt
Rcin ct euch In Gebeten,
Auf das ihr vor den Herrn K6nnttresou
W. mn or um werk each frsgt,
Wonn or cuch fragt,
Das Kreuz sef cure zer
Eur Helmbusch und Panicr
In den schlachten, wer in den Field,
Zu Gott sich halt
Der hat ALIEN sich wohlgestelt,
Der hat sich wohgestellt
Sich herab vom Himme drobcu,
Herr, den der Engel zungcn loben
Sci gnsdg diesen deutschen Land
Sci gnsdfg dIcscm Land
Donhornd der Feuerwolke,
sprich zum F6rsten, sprich yum Woke,
vercine sic NIT starker Hand
Nit starkor Hand
Sci du uns Field und Burg
Du fihrst uns woh hindurch
Hallclujahi
Dein dein ist heut und alIezeit,
Das Reich, die Kraft, die Herrchkeit
DE Kraft, die Herrichkeiu