New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-01
CROWDS AT THE CITY HALL.
SINGING In THE OPEN AIR.
A RARE CONCERT IN MADISON SQUARE.
IMMENSE CROWDS AND wELLRENDERED PRO
GRAMNE

lmdENSE OhOWDS AMI a xnV
GRAMME
The concert by tho German singing societies took
place last night In Madison Square. An immense
audience present and the programme was rendered
to the evident satisfaction Of all who heard It. 1t Is
doubtful any open-ar concert in this city In recent
years has been heard by such tremendous gathering
as that which literally choked up tho square last
night. The concert was not advertised to begin until
g, hut long before that hour the larger stand, the
one In the park looked like 3 sea of faces while nearly
every inch Of available space between tho two stands
was filed.
BY an unfortunate oversight o largo crowd Of
people was allowed I'LL the stand, in front OF tbs
Albemarle. Hotel and Hoffman House, which had
been reserved for the singers. When the socies'es
arrived from steinway Hall and pushed their way
through the crowd with the aid OF the police, con-
sideraoie ume had TO DO used up In dispensing inc
crowd from this stand. and 1t was o'clock before
the concert began. At that time the crowd In tho
street ex tended from Twenty ffrh-s to the arch IN
Twenty third st. while Q multitude stood on the grass
behind the laryer stand, and filed the Sidewalks In
front of the hotels.
At 0 O'Clock . band Of seventy.fve pieces, under
tho leadership OF Reinhod SchmeZ, played tho grand
march from sTannhaeuser' by Wagner with good
effect Next came "The Jubilee Overture BY Lind
painter and then the entire chorus 1000 voices, sang
Hail Columbia effectively harmonzed BY MAX
yogrlch and led BY Theodore Thomas WIN ms
customary skill. The societies not only piondeo
we'll, but, under the circumstances. sang WIN sur
prsing precision and followed Mr. Thomass SIX 1908
cane with a. much II they were singing unoce
electric lights instead Of ckering gas Jets The osnd
played for the next number the Hallelutsh Chorus
from q The Messiah by Handel. and the chorus foE
lowed with Q capital rendering OF Kreuusrs Tne
Lords Own Day" repetition was demanded ana
,ustIv 90 aInvoc alton to the Battle rom Rienz'
nv wagner. was given by tho band, after which me
chorus sang "The Star spangled Banner also
bamonzed for mems voices by Max Voerich.
Tho audience received this with great favor. ana
Mr. Thomas willingly departed from his usual ruic
and a verso was repeated. @Torchlight Dance
Meyerbeer. BY tho band The heavens are Telling
Beeethoyen, by the chorus, followed. The Jubilee
Chorus for orchestra closed the programme. and It
was appropriately chosen, because It ends With .
spirited arrangement OF the American National hymn.
he chorus took up the strain OF the hymn and tho
audience sweled the chorus in triumphant tones that
shook the arches and wound mp the day in harmo-
NOUS and happy way.
II was nearly IL O'Clock when the concert ended.
Follow ing are the societies which took part
Allemania Maennerchor. Allemania ouartette Club
Anolo ArIon Armnis Beethoven Maennerchor Blooming
aas Concordia Maennerchor tBrookyn) Cor
dIalls Deuscher Lieierkran Ehrenrter Gesanaverein
Eichenkranz Frankenberser Maennerchor Fritz Reuter-
Iyra Garmania, Harlem Eintracht Harlem Mssnnerchof
Harugari Iiederknnz. Heneound Heveus. ha1s0n Men
nerchor Humor Zoellner Masnnerchor Brookyn. Kreut
,er ouartette Club, Loreey Naennerchor. Marschnef
Naann,rchor Mozart Verein. Newly Maennerchof.
" IIedertafel Oeserrech, Orber Gesansverein, Or.
lando orpheus saengerbund ouartette Club Entroche
Rhsincod Rhenischer Saengerbund Rheinpfseifes
w.onnsrchor saepgeruss Saengerrunde schillerbund.
scbottener Maennerchor, Seh~aebscher Saengeroanos
Th,odor Koerner Iiedertafe. Uhlandbund washington
Heights Lledertafel Yorkvils Maennerchor Nsseransn
Gesangverein.