The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-14
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was owing to a new departure undertaken
by the SRngerbund. The musical failure
nf the massive choruseS at Cleveland
caused the rule to be adopted that no socie-
ty with less than twelve singers should be
admitted to the festivals and that only
such societies as received ceruhcate IRON
the musical leader of the festival or his as
sistants, who were to examine each OF the
several societies at their home, should be
entertained rs participants and guests OF
the festal CITY. Besides this, the introduC-
tinn of the full chorus. as an integral part
nf the festivals, caused several Of the small
societies to drop out of the SRngerbund.
On the whole, however, the organization
profited largely by the change, and tile fes-
hval at |. usville was really the first
musical festival the Sengerbund ever held.
II may not be improper to add that the
Earlier SWngerfests had an element of weak
ness in them as musical organizations that
developed into defect that inteIfered with
heir original object. We allude TO the
tendency among the delegates to make the
reunions too social and conviyial for the
siosc application to rehearsals that the in
!erests of the society as a musical body re-
CURED. AT Cleveland this became so obvi-
Dus as to attract the attention of the MEM
0ers themselves to the necessity of disso-
eating the prominent social and COnvivial
element from the active duries of the dele
gates and more rigid line of duty in the
matter of rehearsals AS wei! as more strict
scrutiny of the qualification of the active
members of the society was instituted
This bore fruits at the meeting in Louis
Vile, as stated by Mr.. Rattermann, when
the first distinctive musical festival was
given in 1874
The remarkable success of the May Festi-
val held in this city attracted widespread
attention from musical circles elsewhere,
and led to feeling that succeeding musi-
cal gatherings here would be scrutinized
with muguiiying glasses of double force
hereafter The Germans enjoy the delight
full sOcialitv that these reunions afford, but
he does more than enjoy the magnificent
music that the Bund in these great gather,
ings aims to render. And there is, there.
lore an earnestness in the zeal with which
he goes through with the often times labo-
rious duties of the Fests. The Bund orig
lnaly was composed exclusively of male
singers and the rules of the organization
possess that restriction. 1t is, however,
Contemplated at this time to amend the
rules of the Society 50 as to admit female
singers to the order, provided those OF the
Society in favor of the innovation shall be
able to carry this important amendment.
1t is by no means certain to prevail, but
The excellence of the culture displayed by
the ladies who contribute by their voices to
the concerts here, seems to almost demand
that it be done II is remembered by many
Of those who participated in the Festival Of
1870 that the members were so delighted
with the singing of Mrs Edmund Dexter
rs to voluntarily pay to ST. Luke's Hos
pital $500 rs delicnte compliment to that
singer which they felt it impossible to
pffer to her for her services at the Society S
Concerts.
We do not desire to provoke invidious
comparisons, but it has been remarked
frequently in the hearing Of the writer
that the excel ence Of the lady singers
residing in Cincinnati who participate in
lhe present Festival make it impossible to
forget that Cincinnati is not al1iurnt in
male singers of acknowledged reputation.
The present management of tile S9nger-
lest is under tie charge Of the Central
Committee, composed as follows:
PreSident--Iohn Grussius.
Vice Prcsiicnt-Joel Strinberg.
Recording Secretary-Abe bert Bettinger.
Financial Secretary Elias Guthardt.
reasu"cr-Angust BruggenIan.
This Central Committee has the CO-onera.
lion of the Citizens Committee, the Board
Of Control, the Finance Committee, the
Press Committee, the Committee on Hall
Committee the Committee ON Decoration
The Committee on Music TIE Committee OF
Reception and Procession and the Picnic
Committee.
Inc Cltzens' Committee is composed o
Mr.. Jacob Elsas, President; Gen. HiCken
ooper. Albert ,Schwili and Chas. ?. Taft
Vice Presidents; Chas. Benninger, Record
ng Secretary; Herman Cooper, Core
Iponding Secretary; Louis BaIlduf, Treas
nIer and one hundred and seVenty-six cit
znns The Board of Control consists o
John Gros ius, President; Samuel W. frost
Secretary; Richard +. Zeidler, Assistan
Secretary; Albert Bettin"cr, A. Bruegge
mann. Jacob EIsas. Louis Herancourt
Chas Jacob Jr., julius Lang Joel II. Stein
berg and Lucien Wulsin. These Commit
tees were appointed shortly after the meet
ing Of the Bund two years since, when i
was decided to hold the present SmngerfeS
in this city, and several OF them were s0ol
llter organized and have been actively pre-
pairing for the festival for the last iifteel
months or more.
If persons uniformed on the subieo
iuppose that a Sgnger(est of the dimension
md completeness Of this springs up sp0G
taneouSly into being from the mere Assem-
plage in city Of number of musical Sc
pieties and music-Ioving people, he
greatly mistaken. There has been lon
continued and arduous labor. there haN
been thought and persistent effort to max
it a success, there has been the eXppnd
ture of money and time and patience b
men who do not ask and are not likely
receive conversation, but there has bee
the finest and the most thoroughly sati
factory, the most Il ri"us SHngerfest hi
has hitherto ever assembled i'll Americi
and should the Bund be dissolved to mo
,,,I,i yh tb,,ly God 10 lil-nlN