The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-05
Singing SOCIHTIES.
Musical Germans of Hud-
son County at Schuet-
zen Park.
EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.
They Gave a Handsome Cup to a
Popular Musician.

Every member of nearly every German
singing society in Hudson county has
been praying for fine weather for the last
week and when the storm clouds cleared
away and Schuetzen Park looked greener
and more inviting than ever, every one of
them felt inclined to preface the pro-
gramme for the fest by singing hymn
of Thanksgiving.
Then they all went to the singing fest
of the United German Singing Societies
of Hudson County, held at the park yes
terday
The singing fest is always great day
for the true Teuton. Singing is part of
his existence. A German who does not
belong to singing society is rarely
found. Among the first on the ground
were the members of the Eiche and
Gemuethlichor, of Jersey City.
The officers are:-President, Edward
Brodhag; vice president, William Braun:
Braun. They pitched their tent in in a 4; COSY
corner, but had hardly time to drink a
glass OF beer before the stately forms of
the members of the Arion from Jersey
City, fifty strong, appeared on the ground.
President Kolhe was there, and so were
Delegates William Frankenbach and
Louis Breher.
Union Hills pet sons of the Eintracht
were just below the Arion President
Philip Patberg chatted with Vice .Presi-
dent E z. Kicking, Secretary Rolling
and Walter Wirtz, and waited impa-
tiently for the music to commence.
The thirty members of the Hoboken
Quartette Club occupied a cosy little
booth to the right, and Messrs. Bender,
Sankering. E. Stendner, L. Schrievogel
and H. Trauter, their officers, made things
pleasant for them.
The Schuetzenbund, the Teutonia. Ho-
boken Lederkranz, the Swiss Harmony,
and the Jersey City Sengerbunde were
further on and massed their forces, at the
hour for the commencement of the pro-
gramme.
GOOD MUSIC.
Shortly before three o'clock Prof
Jaeger, the leader of the Second Regi-
ment Band, waved his baton and the
strains of Offenbach's overture, "Or-
pheus," caused the onlookers to pause
and listen.
In this selection, as well as in the three
that followed it, the orchestra showed the
careful training it had received.
Prof. Jaeger, by request, played
gavotte as cornet solo and was thrice
encored.
But the hour for the instrumental mu-
sic had passed. The singers of the diff
ferent societies gathered together under
their different leaders, and the Eintracht
and Schuetzen SRngerrunde, of Jersey
City, under the direction of Prof A.
Polletti, sang "Walderrauber, by Abt,
with care and intelligence.
Then the ,Hoboken Lederkranz sang
"Die Heimath Am Rheim," by Mohr, and
the Teutonia, OF Jersey City, rendered
"Soldatenliebe." by Schrotter. "Wie
hab'ich Dich Geliebt," by. the Hudson
tafel and der Lenz ist d." by the Swiss
Harmony, of Union Hill, followed, and
then came the gem of the programme.
Three hundred singers massed them
selves in front of Prof. Klahre, and at
sign from his magic baton three hum
dred voices burst forth into the noble
strains of fMendelssohn's "Bacchus Chor."
"Winkled" sung by the Hoboken
Quartette Club and Jersey City S@nger-
runde; Water Rhein," bV the Eiche and
Gemuethlicher Chor; "Waldmorgen," by
the Arion, and the "Jubel Chorn by the
Lyra, followed in rapid succession by am
other grand chorus, and the programme
was finished.
A CUP FOR OSCAR KLAHRE.
During the evening rockets and roman
candles blazed and lighted balloons sped
slkyward. But there was something else
coming.
The singers massed together again, and
4uls ~ lAhAhCAlAS. uICttSuISA VI IuO ttpSO-
citation, mounted the platform and in
few easy, well worded sentences pre-
sented Director Oscar Klahre with
handsome wine cup.
The cup is of solid silver and bears the
inscription = "Die Vereinigten Gesang
Verein Won Hudson County, dem Derigen-
ten Oscar Klahre, August 4, 1882"
Mr.. Klahre has been for years the direc-
tor of the majority of the singing societies
in the county, and to his direction
they owe their present popularity.
MI. Klahre made suitable response.
The officers of the fest were president. /.
w. Frankenbach; secretary, E. e.
Boettcher; treasurer, A. Lankering.
The committee comprised Charles
Bieber, Chairman E. Gategast and Z.
Bfehm. Messrs. A. Lankering, Charles
Bieber and Junger were the members of
the Committee of Arrangements.
The gate receipts, after the expenses
are paid, will be devoted to building
monument to the memory of Josef Shad-
Ter. the great singer.
The programme, in full, was as fol-
lowS:-
PROGRAMME.
Selection, Der kleine Herzog". ......... .Lecocq
Wazer, ''Traume auf dem Ozean"... -Gungi
Gavotte "Maikoenigin". ..........-..... .Czbutka
Chore.
''Waldessauber' .Abt
Eintracht und Schuetzen- n-Saengerrunde-Dir
gent, Hr. A. Poiletti
"Die Heimath am Rheinh ........-...T .Theo. Mohr
Hoboken -Dirigent, Hr. Oscar
Klahre.
"Soldatenliebe" .Schrotter
Teutonia- -Dirigent Hr. Oscar Klahre.
''We hab' ich Dch geliebt' '..............M Mohring
Hudson Quartette Club und Union Hill Liederta-
fel-Dirgent Hr. Oscar Klahre.
''Der LEM iSt da". Observation-Disclosures -GangleF
Swiss Harmony Union Hill-Dirigent. Hr. zingg.
Massenchor-"B "Bacchuschor" Omit orchef,
terbegD. MendeisSohu
Dirigent, Herr Oscar Klahre.
Pause.
Overture, 'Krondiamanten".. .Auber
Chore.
'TrInkl1ed krug
Hoboken Quartet Club und Jersey City
Saengerrunde.. Dir1gent, Hr. w. Heroert
water Rheln" ....... ...niVnr
Eiche und Gemuethlicher Chor,
Dirigent, Hr A. PolletH
Acknowledgment, Hr. W. Groeschel.
"Jubelchor" . , 0tto
- ''''|'-' '-''' : Gluck.
Fair Weather Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 5, 1880
For Eastern New York and New Jersey
Rain, Monday fair, Tuesday cooler
northerly winds. For Western New
York:-Showers in Southern portion, fair
in Northern portion; cooler; northerly
winds.