New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-29
THE GERMAN sAENGERFEsT

Tuesday, the first day of the festival, ushered
BY glorious morning cool balmy and delicious The good
city Providence wdeawake very early for the singing
societies from New York. Philadelphia Newark &C.. were
expected to arrive at or a. m Notable preparations had
been made receive the welcome strangers and to make
them feel heartily at home Many Of the houses hand
somey decorated and the German and American flags
very generally displayed Across Westminster st. Wey
bosse very elegant triumphant arch has been erected in
evergreens suImounted by motto Of welcome and orna-
mented with shields and many sentences Of cordial greeting
As early o'clock the streets up which the singers were to
the City Hotel to be there reviewed and addressed by
His Exceency Gov Burnside and his Honor the Mayor OF
Providence hrOnged with ladies' and the singers ds
they passed through the arch and all along the line of march
loudly greeted with applause and shouting 1t was
animated and 1t hard to tell which was the
happiesi the welcomed or the welcoming.
Before the City Hotel they paused in divisions and were al
ternaey addressed speeches full Of good wishes by the
Governor from the balcony of the hotel and the Mayor from
the street after which they dispersed to their quarters which
comprised all portions Of the city and the outskirts
The New.England Clubs the Quartette Club Of Hartford
rpheus Club of Boston and the Frohsnn Cab Of Worcester
arrived Providence Monday evening and were most en-
Enthusiastically received salute of artillery fired. and
the singers aghed from the trains amid the shouting Of the
multitude and the of the The Frohsnn Club
are the guests Of the Turner'S and the Opheus Ge Club OF
Boston, Carl Zerrahn President the guests OF the Opheus
Cab of this city They all conducted to headquarters
Pratts Hotel by the Providence Liederkranz Turner's
Opheus Club and the American Brass Band Prats Hal Is
very brilliant with decorations both inside and out Notices
devices abound and the door placed the following
most delicate and hearty OF welcome;
Herein, saenser sehci da' Hsu,
wird ibH doch ers, der wshrs Scbmuck vsiehsn,
Sieht maa Lgeh T. her enrie.en; - .... IT,. -. IN
yns ABODE yei viii have its Oruamen, only when you enter
The Hall itself elegantly decorated 1t festooned with
of
Mendelssohn Schubert schumann List Clara schumann
and many other composers and artists In prominent
position found the following inscriptions:
Hoeea d. dss mseohiiFe Klnsen
=, Da' br init dem saa'sn , Sen"'Asea'
Tef dringi e. dorch MARI uud Bein"
Heares thou the loud and mighty tone
Falling vibrant on the waing ear
Ringing from the German song 90 clesr
ia vie der ton ehe vefbed die Tocke der fukunt aoiei
Fun deutschen saengeriesi in neuen NSefanG!'
Yes the sound borne s6osd the he'll Of the Future Psa
The TRANSACTIONS must credit to The ProridH Journal
which he's evidenced interest In all the details OF
the Saengerfes Inside the hall OF the headquarters the ag
which exceedingly rich in design and workmanship and
beautiful their varied color indicate the following Societies
being present Aurora Teutonia Saengerbund Heyeta
Junge MOennerchor Sing Academic Axiom Eato SOC Maen
nerchor Coonia Entraoht Beethoven MIennerchor Mo
veren and the Ledcrkranz all Of NeWYork; the Or
pheus Society Boston, the Aron WILLIAMSBURG Germana
Of wesfed Mass; the Frohsinn from Worcester the Au
Egg HarbOr City. aud the Entraoht from Spring
field Mass The Societies pretty wei represented In
ber viii probably from COO to CSC singers but they
are nearly all OF them ftclls that may expect The
performance to be OF 6fst.rate merit.
We attended rehearsal this afternoon at the City
Hall The singers gathered together in strong force notwh
standing the overwhelming heat Of the weather We never
remember intensely scorching day ushered in by 30
moderately cool an early morning Preparation poured from
sbfv vFall
living and GOODNESS was not attanabe under any OF cir
The hail is well arranged as possible con
derng and the hight Of the ceiling which does not
exceed "A feet platform raised at the end Of the hall
which will possibly hold 800 singers and orchestral performers
combined the singers being elevated above the band Al
though this the best arrangement that could Be made It
will only enable the conductor Mr. Pauer to onehad OF
his vocal strength II tue at the Academy Of
Music York but the voices here tell out much better
The rehearsal satisfactory could be expected the
singers going through their work tanning with hand and
wipng the from their brows with the other some Of
the ensemble pieces with orchestra spnddy sung and
were really magnificent effect especially tina; grand old
cborae Mighty Fortress God aud the large lne
hymns Jublant Creation by H. Mohr These worthy
Of all praise The hal Is decorated with evergreens tasteful
wreaths encrcng the OF all the renowned composers
Of Germany
The Of this festival have all been conducted by
Dr. Gotschalk ofProydence attention
pied with details which very borous for three
months He has reduced the opposing good order
80 confusion exists any department and there is
every prospect Of festival going of TO the entire satsac
ton everybody Nearly every seat In the Hal has been
taken. and found it very difficult 10 secure
We acknowledge perfect dread Of that Concert Hall
this evening" How any exist for two hours and half
small hall crowded TO suaocaton with )w ceiling bat
few windows and flaming gasghts running up the Their
mometer 100 problem have yet to solve and to suffer
in the solution.
1t viii be impossible send account OF the Concert to-
night the mail leaves just at the time the performance viii
conclude. five utterly dissolved tonight we viii
mail 10 morrow
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