The Indianapolis journal., 1883-05-14
THE COMING MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The Official Announcement and Appeal
Made by the Committee.

Inc Following Is the official announcement
made by the committee of the Indiana Sanger
bund regarding the proposed musical festival
to be held here in September:
To the Musie-Lovfng People of indianapolis and
the Public in General:
Mention has repeatedly been made of the
musical festival which will be given by the In
diana SGngerBund, In this city, on Thursday,
Friday and satnrdtv Sentem6er q = and q
This will be the first entertainment of the kind
TO take place here after lapse of sixteen years,
tee OF the association 10 make the festival per-
rect success in every particular. Cincin-
nati, Chicago and other cities have
their musical, operate and dramat-
ic festivals, which form gatherings
for music and art-lovng people from all parts Of
the Union. Why should not indianapolis sue
ceed in an undertaking of the Same kind, and
derive therefrOm the benefits other cities dO7
Our musical festival is not to he mOney-Inak-
ing concern for any ones special benefit. The
object OF the Indiana Sengerbund is to cultivate
music ana singing and arrange musical festivals
from time TO time at different places. 1t Is the
first time that the festival s9ngerfest Of this
association Is TO be held at the capital Of the
State, and the executive committee is there
1ore making great exertiOns to have 1t surpass
any similar entertainment heretofore given by
the bund. Everything, SO far, bespeaks for the
festival a great success.
Although the LiedeFkranz is the only society
which belongs to the association, the Mienner-
chor, with its fine mixed chorus under the leader
ship OF Carl Barus, the Lyra and its excellent or
chestra. with Reinhold Mueller as director, and
the singing society OF the Independent Turn
verein, have readily consented TO assist in the
FESTIVAL. what progress our home societies have
made recently their entertainments during the
past season have plainly shown, and when they
unite with the outside societies the pnblic may
EXPECT a musical feast which will do credit to
our city. The director of the festival is Alexan
der Ernesiinof, director of the LiederkraDZ, a
gentleman well and favorably known in musical
circles. An excellent programme has been pre-
pared, and will he published soon.
The musical director Ia now in communication
with a number of sOlOists, and, as the festival
taxes place before the Oueutnu of the tneaIer
and concert season, he will doubtless succeed in
making many engagen ents which will greatly
add to the other attractions. The orchestra will
CONSIST OF sixty men, all excellent musicians.
Three concerts will be given at English'e Opera
mouse, Two evening performances and one Iuat-
lnee. The stage will be fitted up to admit
the grand chorus of nearly 700 voices.
The expenses OF the festival are estimated at
about $4,000. IL is expected and hoped that the
receipts of the concerts and of the picnic, with
which the festival is TO close, will cover all ex-
penses. II there is u surplus. IL is proposed to
expend it for some benevolent purpose, but
there may also be II deficit, and in such a it
is hoped that the liberality OF our citizens will
aid the management of the festival. For that
purpose plan has been agreed upon which was
adopted in other cities on similar occasions, and
which has always worked very well. II is the
guarantee fund plan. The duty raise that
fund devolves upon the following named gem
tlemen. who compose the finance committee:
MAYOR Grnhbs, l. N. Pattlson, Albert GALL OF
to N. Freuzel, August NJ Kuhn, John e. s. Har-
rison, Daniel Monninger, George Rryer, L. Des-
sar, Theodore Pfaffiin Ernst Xii H. Henry Frank,
OHrlSt brlnk, ERNST hnOuel, Emil Martu John
W. Schmidt, John FrIck, William H. Sherer and
E. C. Henderson. The committee has organized
by eecting Albert Gall, presidents; ID. W. GrubOs,
wee president; Otto N Frenzel, secretary John
Frick, treasurer, and is now ready for work.
Tney have divided the city into districts and
will ask our citizens TO subscribe to the guaran-
tee fund. III there is deficit not a cent of the
subscription Will be collected, but If the receipts
do not cover the expense the subscribers will he
asked TO assist IN covering the deficit in pro-
portion to their subscriptions
Or COURSE II any one proposes to aid the
festival now by n cash donation, instead of sub
scrlblng to the guarantee fund.- he is welcome TO
TO do 80. The intention is NOT, as stated above,
To benefit any special society: the enterprise is
Tor the public gnod and benefit. They mean to
days IN "A pleasing and highly satisfactory man
ner and show that Indianapolis can have n
grand musical festival as well as other
cities. Beside the pleasure and amusement
which is to be derived from the festival, our
business men Will also have n pecunary profit
from it, for in addition to the visiting societies
ana their friends, the festival will he attended
by large number OF people, MS arrangements
Will be made TO run excursion trains from all
parts of the State. So bespeak IA kind re-
ceptlon for the members of the guarantee fund
committee. The solicitations are IN the interest
OF II good enterprise, which every liberaEmiu iuded
citizen ought to be willing to aid.
j. l.. BIELER, A. MAEULEE,
PRESIDENT Secretary.
The Executive Committee of the Indiana Seng-
erbund.