The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-14
C|Nc|ANATI'S IR|UMPHS
IN MUSIC, ART AND INDUSTRY.
The Golden Chain That Links
Them All Together.
The Sangerfest of 20 the Parent
Of Our Recent Progress,
And the ExpOsitiOns, May Festivals
and College of Music the
Legitimate Offspring.
a SHORT SKETCH OF THE PARENT VINE
AND ALL ITS BRANCHES.
THE sENGERFEsT OF 1870.

cent Temple of Music as it will appear
when the additions now being erected are
completed. This, the legitimate offspring
of the Sengerfest now in full tide of its
wonderful success in our city, opens its
arms to the parent from whose fruitful
ioins it springs as certainly as cause
produces effect. In the spring of 1870 GER
tain public spirited gentlemen, among
whom we recall the names of Ex-Mayor
Wilstach, Jacob Elsas, Mr. Seasongood,
Mr.. GLASS; Mr.. Goshorn, Mr.. Adae, Mr..
Greenland Mr.. Marmet, Mr.. LOCKER, Mr..
Eckemann. Ex-Mayors Moore and Davis,
and Others met to discuss the plan of
erecting building for the meeting of the
seventeenth Saengcrfest, which had been
appointed to meet ON the 10th of June in
this CITY,
Fortunately the preliminary arrange
ments fell into the hands of men of action
rather than words, and at meeting of citi-
Eens held on the 18th OF May the plans
were so far advanced that the erection of
building was an assured success but at a
meeting on the 25th of the same month
Mr.. Goshorn, from the Board of Exposition
Culllt lOFWtTu anu OIIeTGu
loan from that Board of 5000 toward
the completion of the Sang2rfest building,
then in course of erection, provided it
could be used for the purpose of an expo
sition that had then been decided upon.
The offer was accepted and the new temple
was completed%ithin less than two months
from the time of the beginning of the un-
dertaking, after plan and under the SUI
pervision Of Mr.. s. Kuntzky, at an esti-
mated cost for the structure alone of some
$25,0O0 This building was $50 feet long by
ITO wide. The main audience room was
240 ieet long by G6 feet wide, but there
were in addition two side audience rooms
$50 feet long by 90 feet wide. The ceilings
of this hall was "A feet high and the whole
was lighted by 112 windows.
A platform for ! 300 singers and 300 mu-
Biclans occupied one end OF the hall. There
were two entrances from Elm street, one
from Plum and one from Fourteenth
street. The decorations of the building
were done under the direction Of Messrs.
Strauch, 7. b. Handy, Jacob Elsas and Ex-
Mayor Wilstach. The audience-room was
supposed to be sufficient to accommodate
10000 people, but it was in reality capable
of holding more than that. There have
been at various times immense throngs of
people assembled within its walls. We give
cut of the old building as it appeared
when completed, and used for the seven
teenth Sengerfest. From this hall, the di-
rect creation of that Snngerfest grew our
present magnificent Temple, as we shall
proceed to show further on.
The SGngerfest that took place on the
16th of June, 1870, is described in the daily
papers OF that date very fully, and was rep
resented by representatives OF musical soCi-
cites and visitors from nearly every State in
the Union. Its success was enormous, and
gave Cincinnati a name and fame that
has since in ourMay festival of last and
preceding years and our Musical College
and the present Sangerfest placed this city
in the front rank as the musical center of
the United States. AT the fest of that year
the crowds of strangers who thronged here
to attend the concerts of the singers and TO
look at the procession of the societies was
unprecedented in the history OF Cincinnati.
Over thirty thousand strangers were gath
cred here from abroad, and one hundred
and fifty thousand were estimated to be
assembled around the hall when the pro-
cession arrived there. Fourth street, from
Main to Central avenue, was black with a
perfect sea of people through which it was
almost impossible for the marshals to force
way for the procession to pass, and the
Paris of America resembled the gay French
capital, whose name it has borrowed, when
grand review is held on the Champ de
Mars, or the Champs Elysee on the occasion
of the Emperor's fete under the reign of
The late Napoleon.
Grand triumphal arches were erected on
Fourth and on Vine streets, and also on
Elm street at the entrance of the hall.
These were tastefully decorated with flowers
md i L., l. a
beauty of the pageant. Public and private
buildings upon the entire line of march
were, as now, gaily decorated with garlands
and flowers, and the national flag Of our
own and those of the various countries of
Germany, were displayed everywhere. The
city opened its hosptable doors to the
warm-hearted strangers, who thronged
from every part of the Union, and never,
perhaps has Cincinnati felt the clasp of
more sincere fraternity than she exper
fenced from her visitors on that occasion.
Thirty-fiye foreign societies, averaging at
least fifty members, participated In the
parade We give their names and that of
our own home musical societies as they
sppeared in the procession at that day:
Maennerehor of indianapolis.
Frcier Saergerbund, Chicago
Frohstnn, Chicaeo
SrhwcitZer, Chicago.
Liederkranz, Cincinnati.
Schweitzer Of Cincinnati. Gin innau
MaennerchOr Cincinnati
Harmonic (Bandl, Detroit.
Maennt rchor, Sandusky.
Frunsnn. Louisville.
Teutona Maennerchor (I}ani), Chicago,
Arion dcs Westens, st. Louis.
Orpheus, St. Louis
6ociaer SaengeTchor, ST Louis
Concordia, Madison, Ind.
LederkEaTZ, Hamilton, o.
Beethoven Gesangverein, Wheeling, Va
MNcnnerchor, Laporte, Ind.
Maennerchor New Albany, Ind.
Maenncrchor, Wooster o.
Ledcrkranz, Richmond, Ind.
COncordia. New Br, men, o.
Orpheus. Louisville, Ky.
Liederkranz. Louisville Ky.
Brudersbund Tifiin, 0.
COncordia, Delphos o.
Schiller Verein, Dephos, o,
Maennerch0r Toledo, o.
Concordia, DAYTON, o.
'afaennerchOr (Bandl Cleveland.
Liederkranz, Sidney, o.
Harmonic, Troy o.
Harmonic, Dayton, 0.