The New York herald., 1871-06-27
G ERFEST.
PRIZE SINGING AT STEINWAY HALL.
Monster Concert at the Em-
pire Rink.
Unabated Enthusiasm and Crowds
OF Delighted Listeners.

competitive concert at saengerest Is a novN
and interesting entertainment Take that OF yester-
day for example. At two O'Clock In the afternoon
there was not vacant seat IN Steinway Hall and
crowds of musical pilgrims could not find aught buc
standing room, and very little OF that. THIS ~
probably the only occasion during the festival when
attention Of the strIctest and most rigid kind Is
exacled Of every one present. a whisper, creak-
ing boot or an unmelv cough or sneeze Is sure 70
draw down the Indignation OF the audience on tie
head of the unlucky offender This concert -
the ruling principle OF the Saengerest,
and no political club OH election day ever
watched more ntently for the returns than do the
assembled singers for the appearance OF each OF the
competing societies. The Jolly, goOd-humOred faces
that to the exclusive property Of those chill
dren OF song become the moment preternaturally
solemn a. ii their existence depended on the result.
AT the Fifteenth street entrance TO the hall white
hats and linen coats snrged to and fro and red,
white and blue badges fell into line as h0arse Ten
ton at the head OF the stairs called out the name
OF the society next the list. The Bclvidere House
was crowded with singers discussing tne merits
Of the competitors and there was an expression OF
relief the faces OF those who had Just sung In the
hail. as II they had passed successfully through
terrible ordeal. In front Of the stage sat the
dread council, the judges-Messrs. +. L. Ritter.
Ii. O. Imm-and above and around waved the
handsome flags and decorations with which the
Messrs Stelnway had ornaented their hall, and Tor
which the skiiful hand OF Herr Reck was RESPONSE
bic. The competitors were divided into three
classes, each being arranged according 10
the number of singers. Hence the first class.
the prize for which is magnificent Steck grand
piano, were allowed many more singers than those
OF the class, the prize for which Is Cycloid
tt,i,s ttr.tta IN oil
number OF singers with prize consisting OF book
and music case. Besides the connecting societies
there was present to all up the nermssons , an
orchestra under the direction OF Carl Berglnann.
The following was the programmes
yua,,,a 'oo,ise" IL, .o:;.: :;nsn, N. Weber
to he '''lI sGird % class Green fo .,
uafmcnic Of baltimore Director, Mr. riman
beethoven Maennerchor, Of rhladepha, ~ ca,
saengerbuns, Of Buffalo Director Mr. Gnsr.nsr u.s
srmana Of M Mr. sr,s h%ssn
puiaIo Lederiafe, Of Buffalo. ,:...
Competition sops Of The socates belonging tie
os o Gna" prsso d se S Il snesn
saengerbunt, of Washington.
hr.n.ns hr,on. Of B. BaiiMore. ',n,rc
n af fnadcpl director einsnan
oarte cnD q rilsaclph'" Director " Hartman
ce@peiton SOY song % Of the belonging to the F,Tsi
angsr aaenne1ca"r, nH a Of haepha Director Garie
Maennerchor q Of Phi. phlaasehs Director .,,,ner
ssmana Maennerehor, Of Baltimore director ieaschow
Liederkraaz of Baltimore .......p ..prector, hos"aid
or tho three ieider works gwen To the societies
to sing. by far the most trying ana dhcult was tne
"Chaims CT the Woodn Tor the second class Re-
gardmg the performance OF all the societies we eau
make ma es1e @ m ,ns y. Tse esmas m'o our
borne out by the verdict vi the majority oi !ne
audience present me hrs, priae ies nc,ween ,,e n
Gcrnania Maennerchor; tie second VIII undoubtedly
be gwen. or should be given ut least to the Choral
! nf
American and consisting OF gentlemen not usually
cIassed with German singers on account Of Their
that is. outside of the words they sing. The third
viii probably be given 70 either the GerInania, OF
the society which pleased the audience most dur
ing the entire concert and received the greatest ap
plnuse. was the Choral Society OF Washington.
According each society concluded their arduouS
task they were deluged with bouquets by their
friends and greeted with the inevitable "Hoch!"
AT THE RINK
in the evening the audience numberer fully 5000.
On the stage were about twenty-five hundred sing
and an orchasra OF 100, Mr.. AEricola fanr
beng the lcancr.
rne programme consisted Of the following
works.
~ Allegro, % Andants, Ce) aanuet g Marcia.
"'''"1 Nor6aasicin sacnssrband
taote or soil male chorus and orcbe.tra soprano
solo, Nine, Louise L.ch,may baritone solo, Mr. Ed
Regarding this concert we cannot say much for it
in musicai point ol view. No worse building could
of any KIND. Its great sze low roof utter absence
of acousCal qualities and the hubDub among the
nattentyc audience preclude the possibility of CIV
ing detailed criticism of the performance. Tn Q
symphony was InaudDe TO al least nall the auui-
cnce, and from the entrance we would Imagine that
Mr.. Paur was waving MS baton TO no purpose what
The most interesting work was the cheEdT1tr,e OF
Max Bruch, pupil or Hitler. who has been an IN
dustrions worker In his profession at Cologne tnis
native place) CopieatZ, sond rlialisen ana Berlin
(where he resides at present The subject ~ Morse
legend, and the treatment or 1t reveals In some
places much OF the spirit OF Mendelssonn while other
parts weak and mOn0ton0u5. There Is mucn
freshness dramatic ure ana originality ABOUT
it In general which cannot fail at all times TO
arrest the attention ami interest OF the musi-
clan. The absence of the celebrated basso
OF the New York Licderkranz Frederick Stems,
who has made the part OF the hero Frithlof spe.
cia study, and has on previous occasions created
the widest enthusiasm III 1t, was sorely missed.
Mr.. vIerling Is good, conscentiou. artist but his
voice was not adequate 10 the eugencies OF tne
music. Neither did Nine. Lichtnay Interpret the
the part OF ingeborg satisfactorily. 1t needs long
study and careful rehearsas 10 catch Its peculiar
spirit. The chorus splendid. and did not tail In
q single instance to respond TO the baOn OF the con.
duCtOr and the thoughts OF The composer
After the concert the Lederkranl Society took
their guests, naif dozen societies from Phlladel-
phla, Buffalo Chicago aud Baltimore, down 10 the
NatatorIum on SiXty-Blth street, and lnauxurated
grand summer nights festival there. Another por-
the ndeiatgabIe Julien, assisted by Mr. Adoiph
Neuendorf and his fine orchestra and solo artists
had concert specially prepared for them.
This evening another lnoustcr concert VIII De
gwen al the Rink, with the following programme
.'Ireludes.r Llszt lhis best work; "Praise OF
Music.u Billeter sung by the Baltimore societies;
"RlenIi,fi overture, wagner; ''SOng OF spring.
Wocckel, sung by the Philadelphia societies;
.Saamls,' triumphal solg OF Greece, sung by all
the societies. The conductors Will he Dr. Leopold
Damro-ch AMI paur On Wednesday grand picnic
win oe given at jones' Wood 1T wilicn the prizes
will be distributed