Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-11
THE GERMANIAS.
A Brilliant and Successful En-
fertainment.


The first anniversary of the Germans
Club was celebrated at the Opera House
last evening with a concert and ball. The
attendance was good, though not as large
as the society was entitled to, but the ex-
tremely cold weathef and the almost i'm
passablo condition Of the roads had no
doubt much to do in keeping some OF the
enthusiastic lovers Of music, song and
dance at their own firesides. However,
the gallery was completely filled with the
fashionable part of the community, and
the bright faces Of the ladies and their
beautiful toilets were as picturesque and
enchanting as a fiower-bed in June. The
concert programme embraced ten num-
bers, two instrumental and eight vocal,
the latter being divided off into three solos
and five choruses. The orchestral music
was especially good, and was without ex-
ception the best we have heard in Eureka.
Rossini's overture to ''Tancredi, ;" the first
number, was played with exquisite har-
mony and effect, the melodies of
the grand old opera being brought out
in all their purity and soul-stirring sweet
hOobs al u ldiS ~ pOl blOu vi tut duultuC0
came in after this piece, they missed the
gem Of the evening. The chorus, number
ing ten voices followed in the Forest y
song Of Haeser. This was sung in Ger
man, as were all the choruses. 1t is a
beautiful melody, and was fairly rendered,
but not tremendously, the tenors occa-
%sionally getting restless and striving to
get ahead of the baton. Chris. wager sang
"Thou Art So Near" by Reichardt, in
quite an acceptable way, but was evidently
laboring under a little h~oarseness, the
middle notes being a slightly hard an I'M
musical. A slight German accent impart-
ed richness to the words. The familiar
old song was greeted with generous ap-
plause. Night was given by the chorus
with more precision and harmony.
This was no doubt owing to the
directors change Of position, who placed
himself immediately in the center Of the
half-circle, having previously stood with
the bass voices on the extreme left, and
managed to bring the discordant elements
under better control. Max Moeller then
sang, 80, Isis !" by Mozart, in his rich
bass voice with grand effect, bringing out
the lower notes clearly and the higher ones
with sonorous% roundness and volume. The
song is a charming one, and deserved an
encore. "This is the Lords Own Day."
by Kreutzer, was not as good as the previ-
Gus ones by the chorus. 1t lacked both
strength and harmony, This was followed
by the overture to Martha" by the Or
chestra, and never did the sweet melodies
OF Flotow sound sweeter or more entran-
cling. The cornet was a little unruly, but
not enough to maj the charming effect of
the gems Of the f~avorite opera. 1.-THE Ger
man Song" Of Kalliwoda by the chorus was
next to the best given by that body. 1t is
a pretty air, and the voices blended nicely.
Its soft notes burst out like tones from a
flute. In this song the baton was
used to splendid advantage, and the
voices appeared to come out of one
throat. Chris. wager then warbled the
gem solo Of the concert, "The Horn of the
Alps" in English, one Of Proch's beautiful
sentimental melodies. On being encored,
he sang one Of those sad German ~refrains
which lift the soul to a higher plane, and
brings one in communion with the daugh-
ter Of the spheres. The programme was
happily concluded by Kinkel's Farewell
song, which was no doubt the best effort of
the chorus during the evening. 1t was de-
servedly very heartily %applauded.
Max Moeller welded the baton like a vet
eran, but could not always bring out that
precision and harmony so desirable and
necessary on the part of a director. The
chorus was composed of the following
singers First tenor-Chris. wager, Fred.
Eichorn and Jacob Fischer; second tenor
Fred. Hoffman. ]. Langstroff, Fred.
Loeschenkohl and VIM. Reminis first
bass-Matt. Schaetzlein and VIM. Ash
second bass, Joe Hausmann and Max
Moeller.
The orchestra was composed Of Prof.
Plumhoff, Max Moeller, George Come,
Frank Riegelhuth and Ed. Pasco.
After the concert ball was inaugurated
and almost the entire assemblage partici-
pated in the dancing, closing the natal
celebration Of the Germanias in a very en-
joyable and social manner.