New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-30
GERMAN SINGERS FESTIVAL.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE MEETING IN BALTI-
MoRE-A GREAT COMPETITION FOR PRIZES.


MoRE-A GREAT COMPETITION FOR PRIZES
. baltimore, June 29.-Three thousand German
singers Will attend the festival of the Singing Societies
Confederation of the Eastern States be held in this
city from June 30 to July The singers will DO ac
companicd by their wives and friends to the number
of abont 5000, and the Maryland German Singing
Societies are making extensive preparations for the
entertainment of the visitors The railroads have
agreed to sell round trip tickets at single fare. For
four days Baltimore will ring with German music.
william f. Heimendahl who has been selected for the
difficult position of musical director Of the festival.
is Of Baltimore's ablest musicians. He is the
leader of the German Maennerchor and Of the Phil
harmonic Orchestra He is a native Of Elberfeld,
Germany, received his musical education at Wiesbaden
and Brussels, and to this country in 1884 For
several weeks he has been visiting the larger cities
belonging to the confederation and rehearsing the
choruses to be sung at the concert
The prize singing contest will be the feature Of the
festival but the Baltimore societies Will not take part
IT. The competing societies will be divided into three
classes according to the number OF their singers.
In the first class those having forty singers over
will sing; in the second those Of twenty-five to thirty
nine and in the third, those Of sixteen to twenty
four singers The societies competing for the prize
in the first class the Arion and Germania, of
Newark, N j.; Junger Maenncrchor, Of Philadelphia;
Saengerbund, Of Washington Aron, Of Brooklyn;
saengerbund, of Hartford, and the Philadelphia Maen-
nerchor They will all sing the song, Fruehling'
by Rheinberger The prize song for the second class
is "waldmorgen,n BIZ Koellner, and the competing
societies are Frohsinn, of Altoona, Penn Concordia,
of Bridgeport Conn. Williamsburg saegnerbund zoell-
ner Maennerchor and Social Quartet Club, of Brooklyn
Phoenix Of Newark n. j.. Arion Of Philadelphia;
Concorila of Waterbury, Conn schwaebischer saen-
gerbund and Franz Abt Schueler, of New-York Arion
of Jersey City Heights N j. Ledertafel and orpheus'
of Buffalo In the third class, the Concorda, OF Brook
Ign; Maennerchor,, of Lancaster, Penn kreufzer
Quartet Club, of New-York Philadelphia Quartet
Club. and Concorda, of Philadelphia Harmonic, OF
Reading Penn. Virginia, of Richmond; Lfedertafel,
Of Trenton " J. Lederkranz, of Syracuse, n. Y and
Fintracbt of Newark, n. j., will compete and the
prize song selected is Die Ilebe kann Ncht Enden,'
nv T. IIebe. In former festivals there have been
frequent complaints about the alleged injustice OF the
Judges To avoid this strict regulations have been
adopted The judges, five in number are to be ap-
pointed by a commission consisting OF L. schneider,
Joseph Raiber and Ernest Knabe. Their names are
not to be made public until they have given their
decision on July 4. Each Judge is ignorant OF tho
names of his colleagues The decisions are 10 De
made Immediately after the singing In writing ana
are to be nclosed in sealed envelopes, which are not
to be opened until July A. The judges nave 10 cohso'
information, precision, defamation and execution
Three prizes will be given to each class. Ihey Will
consist of silver laurel and oak wreaths on REQ SILK
plush with an appropriate inscription.
The entertainment Of the visitors VIII begin with
a reception at the Concorda Opera House tomorrow
The same evening there VIII be a grand torcniish'
narade For Sunday an excursion has been planned to
Ray Ridge which resort has been reserved tor the
singers exclusively Two steamers and several special
trains Will carry the guests down to the resort AT
Bay Ridge a concert viii be given by a mixed chorus
and also by about ten different bands On Monday
morning the National delegates convention VIII DO
held and the place for holding the next festival three
wears hence will be selected. In the afternoon the
first prize concert will take place at the Academy Oh
Music and in the evening concert VIII be gwen at
the same place by chorus composed of as many singers
as can be accommodated upon the stage, which Is 10
be enlarged for the purpose. On Tuesday morning
the singers VIII be shown through the city. The after
noon and evening been set apart for another prize
concert and general concert singers parade
under the command of Colonel II. G. Tieck CHIEF
MARSHAL will take place on Wednesday, In which the
State militia and fire department are expected 10 take
part For the picnic has been arranged at
the schuezen Park where the prizes Will be distributed
to the winning societies
A guarantee fund of SOS 900 has been raised by
citizens any deficit IN the cost OF entertaining
the societies. The Brooklyn societies coming to the
festival are Hermannssohne Maennerchor Hessscher
Saengerbuni, Schwaebischer Saengerbund, Williams
burg saengerbund, Maennergesangverein, Arion Con-
cordia Maeunerchor, Haydn Maennerchor, Schneider
Gesangverein Harmonic, Williamsburg Boss Bakers
Gesangverein Norddeutsche Harmonic, Philharmonic
Maennerchor Zoellner Maennerchor Brooklyner Maen-
nerchor Brooklyner Saengerbund, Brookyner Quartet
Climb Dcutscher LiederIranz, Caeca, Grand-st.
Friedrich Gluck Quartet Club, Social Quartet Club
Coneoriia Quartet Club. The Philadelphia societies
to participate Orpheus, Allemania, Philadelphia
Quartet Club Arion, Harmonic Marburger Lederveren.
Tcutonia saengerbund, Concorda Quartet Club, So
zalistische Ledertafe, Junger Maennerchor, Kreuz
nacher saengeIbund, Columbia Gesangverein Leder-
aranz, Concordla Gesangverein, Mozart Harmonic
Arbelter saeDgerbund, Eintracht, saengerbund Gam
brinus Maennerchor, West Philadelphia Maennerchor
Beethoven Lederkranz, Ledertafel, Mozart Maenner-
Choir, West Philadelphia Harmonic, Germania Masn-
nerchor Franz ADt Saengerbund and the Cecilia.