The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-19

The WHEELING MAENERCHoR One of
the peculiar blessings of lhe Germans is
their musical talent We have often felt
ike envying them their fine voices and
vocal skill, but never more so than when
attending rehearsal of the Maenerchor
society last night There is richness OF
melody in their music aud heartiness
of enjoyment in their singing which few
Americans can ever produce Singing is
national pastime among the Germans
and we must confess that il is mach bet
ter aud more rational than many Of our
American habits Tho German goes to
his daily toll with melody iii his heart
aud some sweet song of the Fatherland
is forever trembling upon his lips 1t
,heds its influence upon his lif" and
makes him patient aud strong to bear
the burdens of humanity.
The Maeuerchor Society OF Wheeling
was organized about ten years ago and
has maintained an uninterrupted existence
over since. The present officers are as
follows: Henri Foss, Musical Director
Louis Stifel, President; b Hammer, Sec
rotary; julius Lose, Treasurer; F. EbDert,
Librarian 1t has thirty regular mem
bers and holds its meetings twice week
Just now all the German Musicians III the
city are busily preparing for the grand
national "Saeagerlest, which is to take
place in Columbus, Ohio. week after
next 1t will commence on the 29th inst
and continue four days. The exercises
will consist of concert and prize singing
and the discussion of musical affairs. -
Over six hundred musicians are expected
t. be present and highly interesting
time is anticipated This is the first tes-
tival of the kind which has been held
during four years and will be the more
interesting and joyful on that account.
The principal part of the programme has
already been arranged aud much of the
music which will be sung in concert has
been furnished to the various societies
which expect to take part in the exer-
cises Three national songs, two Ameri
can and one German, are to be sung i'll
the open air in front of the State House
when the delegations meet. The music
of the festival will he directed by Profes
sor Barus of Cincinnati Several prizes
are to be contended for by the various
societies and will he awarded by com
mite to the society which displays the
greatest vocal skill For a prize song
the Wheeling Maenerchor is rehearsine
'Wie hab ich sic geIiebt," by Mohring, and
Judging from the ability displayed at TIE
rehearsal last night, we are inclined to
think that whoever excels it will have
to get mp very early in the morning
indeed.
But in addition to its musical cultiva
tion, the Wheeling Maenerchor has pro
vided free circulating library for the
use Of its members and thus combines
literary culture with the development OF
musical taste. We were pleased to find
that the library consists of such stand
ard works as the writings of Goethe and
Schiller and Humboldt and other dis
tiuguished German authors, and transla
tions of the works of the best English
writer's of both prose and poetry
The books seem to be in good reques,
and are much used.
We understand that it L. the intention
OF the society to give several public con
certs during the coming fall and winter
we hope it will do so and afford our
citizens the pleasure of hearing from
amateurs in our own midst music equa
to that produced by the best travelling
artists.