Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-05
WITH BURST OF SONG
The Great Northeastern Saengerfest
Opens Up at Newark.
THOUSANDS OF SINGERS PRESENT,
Who Are Welcomed by q Grand Chorus Of
Six Hundred Voices.
ALLEGHENY'S TEUToNIA TO THE FRONT

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
NEW YORK, July 4.-Before chorus of
600 voices and an orchestra of 15O strong,
thousands of Newark's citizens paid a
tribute of welcome this afternoon to the
Sixteenth National Saengerfest of the
Northeastern Saengerbund. The chorus
represented the united singing societies of
Newark, and their opening festal song was
one of hearty welcome to 1000 other singers
from various parts Of the country, who
were gathered in the great Music Hall at
Caledonian Park. No event in the history
of the city has attracted such a vast throng
of interested spectators and never has
one of those festivals of song been so
happily and enthusiastically initiated
The park itself had been turned into a
fairyland of decorations. 1t was martial
camp of tents and country fair Of fakir
stands and amusements. Close by the
gates stood large tents for the police and
committees, for the postofice and for the
telegraph companies. Beyond the great
music hall stood dancing pavilion, where
crowds of oung persons danced to the airy
tunes of steam organ. Under the trees in
every direction were long tables, about
Germans and young Germans drank beer
and gossiped. Further along at the western
END of the park, long rows of tents were
filled with visiting singers, greeting their
friends and entertaining each other.
Opening of the Saengerfest.
At o'clock, the time set for the opening
ceremony, the massive music hall began to
fill up. There was a large sprinkllng OF
well-known persons among the 1000 or
5000 present. A large party of friends Of
Governor Albeit occupied his handsome
private box in the rear of the hall The
orchestra occupied places directly in front
of the singers, and in the midst of them the
conductors stand, daintily trimmed with
ferns and plants, stood out
At $3.50 o'clock johannes Werschinger,
second official leader of the Saengerfest,
mounted the conductors stand and in re-
sponse to his waving baton the orchestra
filled the hall with the soft, swelling chords
of Weber's "Freischuetz" After this
overture the united singers of Newark broke
into a grand chorus of welcome by E.
Fromme. 1t was accompanied by the or
chestra. The first words were:
Willkommen hurrahi Willkommen hur-
rahi
Willkommen yum frohilchen feste.
At the close of this chorus President Lentz
stepped on the raised stand and made the
opening speech in German. He then formally
declared the Saengerfest opened and intro
duced Governor Albeit, who followed in
speech of hearty welcome and patriotic
greeting. Mayor Haynes spoke after the
Governor, and presented to the visiting
singers the freedom of the city.
Some Choice Music Rendered.
The musical programme was then con-
hai rrif
loud applause Frau Ida Klein Euler rem
dered an aria from 'Tannhauser," by Wag-
ner, accompanied by the orchestra, with
charming skill, and the concert was con-
cluded as follows:
"The Stiffness of Morning"-C Isenmann,
United Singers (without accompaniment).
Hungarian Dances. Brahms Orchestra.
"Alone"-A. Braun, United Singers with
out accompaniment.
Freedom of Nations"-C. Attenhofer,
United Singers (without accompaniment).
. Solo-Herr w. Bartels. - ..-,s -.
AT o'clock an immense throng witnessed
the unwilling of the Schubert bust, which
is the prize for the competition of the
associations of the various cities. This
evening the Caledonian Park was again
thronged. The grounds we're brilliantly
illuminated with lanterns and electric lights
and the scenes of the afternoon were enacted
once more. A greater assemblage than was
present during the afternoon filled the
Music Hall and listened to fine concert
rendered by the orchestra As the strains
of the final number ceased bursting bombs
told of the beginning of the exhibition of
fireworks in the grounds of the park.
Anegheny's Teutonia Up Front
At the first rehearsal this morning the
director of the Saengerfest announced the
following five societies as the best among
the 127 societies participating in the Saen-
gerfest: Washington Saengerbund, SYRIA
cuse Liedertafel, Scranton Liedertafel;
Arion, of Philadelphia, and Teutonia, of
Allegheny, Pa
The Newark Turnverein offered their hall
for free use to the Teutonia Maennerchor
during their stay at Newark. The Arion,
which is the best singing society in Newark,
invited the Teutonia to-day to spend an
evening at their hall in the city.