The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-28
GERMAN Musical cuNVENii0N.
Two Concerts Yesterday-A Matinee I'm
the Afternoon end Grand SISging
Match in the Evening, Etc

PROVIDENCE r. l., June Give have had
music enou. to-day to satIs meio- III MAC and
heat enough 10 inspire with serious doubts as to
the actual latltute and longitude OF this city Bee.
thoven ana Wagne have doue the honors of ma.
unee, Meyerbeer, Lszt and host OF lesser lumna-
nes have made the nlghJ vocal and The dog star has
Tagen with what the oldest inhabitant declares to
be unprecedented persistence. I he extreme warmth
OF tire weather has eXeIted no beneficial influence
over the tTeasurerS receipts for the room
barely 6Ied TO IwO- hrds OF its capacity "' ''U"S
Had not the gathering oil diettonH by their good
taste and enthusiasm atOned for scarcity numbers
The participants in the musical convention would
have had cause TO object to the specimen OF tropi-
ca climate with which they were being favored, As
1t is however, the pecunarS results of the festival
are declared TO be satisfactory enough, and as the
applause as teen quite h5eraly bestowed on each
and ali OF the societies represented in the conyen.
ton, no one complains.
hls evening the third concert brought to close
the musical portion of the festival, although 10.
moro at grand farewell pcn.c which wi take
place some ten or twelve miles beyond the CITY. SIX
hundred sturdy Singers, clustering around the r
leader on hull top, viii carol forth uendelssohn,s
"Hunter's Farewell" and Aorschwer's Union song
to The qualification OF the sixty tn )usaud
OF Providence who, present absent, will DO their
best to catch the strains which the tOwnsmen hone
will be waited cityward upon the breeze. AS the
realization OF this aforementioned hope is at best
doubtful 1t is believed that the gathering at Rocky
Point will be immense.
Meantime those good music,lovlng people who
regard the holding of The convention IN their @ tv
as an event-iDasmuch as the entertainments fur
nshe0 by perpatec payers and wandering min
strels can hardly be said to attain the highest stan
dard OF art-ventured forth this afternoon and nau-
gurated the day by calling at the matinee. The toi
lowing programme was offered:-
/ Overture 'MidsummerN n ght's Dream 'Mendessobn
2 AN unS Sy ha % Hsr or Eod
B. Baritone by A E es member OF the
T. "Andanie " from The Il ith symphony ... Beethoven
D. Sung BY tn: orpheas Club Providence lotto
G. Andante co n motO and Finale, from the symphony
n PART IL
!. Concert Overture in Rietz
Sung by Mr. e Schraabstaeter member Of the oT
g. wanderng"-Qa aS1f aTtete RSfaon soio Kreutzer
4 TAI TA ndSnte from the Jupiter symphony... Ozart
DO w sung by the 0rphcas, Boston ADJ
Having smi.sed he asscm6aso iii evening Liin he
for tle grand singing match and final soiree was
presented, the subjoined programmed
l. ouverturo-Tamhauser, r,................R Wagner
o,S a." Sy SISs he %gnscrbuud Philadelphia, ''o
by he Frohsian Worcester Mass; '''
lfuon By lie &ozii vcsln New kF'u'1'F
9O'u''i By the Iiaio, New YORK: L. schroeder
he Qaartctto Club, HaT0ea a'G Conn nj hartford
BY the Eniachr, Newark; N. j. ff Az
, o,- PART II
WandtTng St SSRi %eSe:
BY the Irion New York ''u1''
3. Waldabenschen.
By The ieoerkranz Now ork.
. ~ by the Social M@nnerchor New York
= ,,,..,., BY the Ieutonia New York.
BY the Orpheus Boston,
the Yun9cn MannerCicr, New York 1NO
By the Beethoven Mennorchor, New York.
S ny mnus-"God Is the Lord. .Berner
By lne Colonia N ennOrchor, New YORK.
The oVeItures were executed in magnificent ST. le
ana Inc miadelphia S@ngsI bund, who first ap-
peared, though lacking the tenor element sang
very accoptablY. No, so Inc FrOhsinn Society, who
rulhiesSly bulcheroo charming little song descrp.
i've OF moonlight saunters and maideus' dreams.
none OF lhe proVlncal organizations. in fact, uis-
nngushed themselves, and the New York sin .ers
DOIe on the palm II the enthu OF the auden ce
may De any proof OF their success. The Aron's per.
iorh ancs was worthy OF all praise and the Lieder
kIaIz IA spite OF an express request addressed to
Ihe assembage for the purpose OF dscOuntenancilg
eheofes, was recalled with perfect Willingness aud
Ioieea @ INTO making proper acknowledgment OF the
compliment paid them
without entering into further details it may be
sau IN sun mine ~, that all the associations
HcquUed themselves OreditAhly OF their respective
!asEs' ana by their proficiency showed that the
arr Is gaming from day 10 day more worshippeTs
on american soil. MSy eTbeeI's Der kIskest0ns
Drought the cs0eert TO CLOSE the audience retiring