The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-12

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/ encorei Harmonious as onr merry songs. our
hearts shall ever be ~
without, have been under the superintendence
0i MT George Klein, Of New York, whose VIE. VIE,
this afternoon.
The Formal Reception
OF the visiting societies will take place tomorrow
afternoon, preparatory 70 which thefe VIII De
this afternoon, at the New horticultural Hall.
Such of the visiting Societies as arrive during
the afternoon, will ee met at the dinerent depots
their respective quarters At o'clock in the
evening, such OF the guests as may have arrived
by that time will be met at the National Guards
Hall by the Honorary Committee and the Phila-
delphia societies. These will all form i'm process
sion, and proceed to Walnut street wharf AZ half
past o'clock, to meet the other visiting socie-
ties, on their arrival. The approach of the
boat containing the strangers will be ereeted
Dy salute OF ten guns and splendid dis
chafge OF rockets and other pyrotechnics. The
guests and their escort will then be formed in
procession, and proceed 10 Independence
square, where addresses of welcome will be de-
liyered-one in English by his Honor Mayor
McmchaeL and another in German, by DR..
unite in singing Schuster's "S@ngergruss, after
which the visiting societies will be conducted to
their several quarters.
The Program me for Sunday.
Sunday will be nomlnaIly day of rest and
recreation; but 1t is doubtful If much OF the
former will be enioyed by the participants ON
account OF the excitement which will naturally
attend the final preparations for the great events
of the week. The Liederkranz, of New York
who are the special guests OF the Sengerbund
of this city, will devote the day to an excursion
down the Delaware, which has been rendered
them by their hosts. The steamer Pilot Boy has
been secured for the occasion, and will leave tue
second WnarI oelow Arch street at 10 o'clock in
the morning, returning by 8 in the evening. AS
two full brass bands will accompany the marty.
II may be anticipated that they will enjoy them.
heartily in the good old fashion of the
SSelfrSs-s.jaao SSelrss E Other Societies viii amuse them
selves by going on excursions to the suburbs OF
the city, The Miennerchot Of this city have
chartered the steamer Star, on which they will
make an excursion up the river with the Ger
mania M@nnerchor of Baltimore, the Teutonia
Manperchor of New York, and the Wilkesbarre
M@nnerchor as their guests.
The Great Concert of Monday
evening Will be the most attractive feature of
the festival. A rehearsal will be given at 10
O'Clock in the morning at the Academy OF Music,
and it is announced that the holders OF sfckets
who desire to avoid the great crowd that will
be present in the evening will be admitted to
this preliminary concert.
In the evening the grand concert will take
place at the Academy, and it is expected that
the affair will entirely surpass everything that
has been witnessed there in musical way.
The orchestra, selected from among the best
instrumentalists of Philadelphia, will open the
exercises by the performance of the grand
overture to Weber's opera of Oberon. This
will be followed by two grand com
posiions-the hymn "Herder,n to be sung by
the New York societies, aud the Twenty-fourth
Psalm, to be sung by the Baltimoreans. But
the great feature of the evening will be the
singing of several choruses by about twenty-five
hundred voices in concert-an achievement
which has never yet been attempted in this
country. The pieces sci ected are the folio wing:
Tschlrsch's "Harmonie," Kreos' Hell der Got.
ten des Gesanges"-"H all TO the Gods OF Song"
and the immortal "Hallelujah Chorus" of
Handel.
The Prize Concert on Tuesday Evening,
to be held at the Academy OF Music, will deter
mine the question as to what societies are to be
the recipients of the prizes. AT the two last
festivals, the first prize has been awarded to the
S@ngerbund of this city, but on this occasion
none of the Philadelphia societies Will enter
into the competition.
The prizes are three IN number consisting of
silver goblet, beautiful decorated bann er,
manufactured by Klein, of New York, and
handsome sash and banner.
The first of these, the grand prize of the festi-
val, Is OF great intrinsic value, being sixteen
inches in length, and of the most elaborate
manufacture. Tie ornamentation is very fine.
On the top of the lid is the Goddess OF Music IN
efigy, and around the body are the ousts of
| three distinguished musical characters. 1t
| bears an inscription in German, stating that 1t
| is the prize of the Tenth General Sengerfest,
| held in Philadelphia from July 13 to July Is,
| 1867. This fine specimen of the silversmith's
art was manufactured by George Sharpe and
Christian Lang, of this city. and is certainly a
credit to the ingenuity and workmanship of
| Philadelphia mechanics.
The following eminent Philadelphia musi.
| clans have been selected as the Committee to
determine upon the award of the priest
Messrs G@rtner Fischer, KunZer, Heinemann,
and Hartman.
The following Societies will compete for the
prizes above-named:--The Colonia, Liederkranz,
Mozart Verein, Beethoven M@nnerchor, Har.
mCnia, and Quariette Club, OF New York;
Aurora, OF Egg Harbor City; Eintracht, ol
Newark; Liederkranz, of Baltimore; Deutscher
| SRngerbund, OF Buffalo; S@neerbund, OF Brook.
lyn, and Quatete Club of HoDoken,
On Thursday there will also be meeting oi
delegates from the different organizations to
determine the place for holding the next annual
festival.
THE Grand Picnic Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, at o'clock, all the
societies will form in procession and march "
Engel & Wolfe's Farm and Washington Retreat
where they will pass the day. The line will bt
formed on York avenue, the right resting OF
Green street, and extending to Fourth and Arch
streets. General Ballier will act as Grand Mar
shall, and Generals Meade CadWalader anC
Patterson, as Honorary Marshals. The process
sion will consist of five divisions, made up a,
follows:-
First Diuision.-The Honorary Marshali
in carriages; the Grand Marshal and hi
aids and the society marshals, all mounted;
band of music; the National Guards, under tn,
} command Of General Peter Lyle; and the Com
mittee of Arrangements, Honorary Committee
and Philadelphia Rife Club, in Carriages.
SECOND DIVISION.