Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-07
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NrwAHx, N. j.. July s.--Never in tho MS
tory Of this city has there been sucn an
immense gathering a. at the second DAY
festivities OF the Sixteenth National SON
gerfest. Fully $4,000 people thronRed the
festivsl-grounds, which are bridged W :
triumphed arch. OF the s,s4 sc'ive
singers in the choruses at tho concert
s,O53 are from other cities.
HOW THEY PASS THE HOURS.
The Virginia Singing Society are getting
a royal reception in Newark ~ the guests
81 The Phmnix Society. of this city. Iney
occnpy a tent in Caledonlan PARK ana
have their headquarters at Packers nan.
AT these places they pass the hours IN
song, directed by Musicai-Leader r. LOUIS
Ide. Yesterday morning Delegate jacob
Ebel attended meeting in Sanger Hall OF
the Sengerbund. 1t was decided TO noid
the next Sangerfest in New York IN 1884.
IN GOOD CONDITION.
The Virginia singers are well ted ana
healthy. They sing at every concert IN
the combined choruses. The PhGnix So-
ciety OF Newark will banquet them at
Phoenix Hall a. special guests. The TWEEN
tv-one active singers participating from
Richmond are: Charles ". Philips. V. i.
A. Spott, Oscar Spott, Henry Greener A.
volkmann, J. J. Spilling. William Ebei, W.
p. Klein. William Herbig, Otto Os;ergren.
Jacob Ebel, J. c. Hartmann. Max Iindner,
A. Hartung. Henry Miller, {. L. koehler,
Nj. Briel, A. Nollmer. Louis Werner, Henry
Schmidt, Charles Haas. Sr. Besides these
there are some passive members who do
not sing. Among them are August Pohlig,
&c. Seibert. +. G. koebler, William Hol-
zapfel. and Charles Gloss. Yesterday after
moons programme consisted OF prize-sing-
ing.
FOR THE BUST.
The united singers of six different cities
competed fer the S2,l00 Schubert Dust.
Troy had the smallest chorus and rhila-
dephia the biggest. The prize VIII pro-
baby 90 TO the latter or TO Brooklyn or
Trenton. The prize-singing in the third
class brought out societies from Philadel-
phia, Allegheny City, Brooklyn, Carlstadt'
Wilkesbarre, New York. Washington
Elizabeth, Hoboken, Trenton, Whining
ton, and Baltimore.
THE FESTIVAL CONCERT.
At Sunday nights big festival concert
Director Frank Van Der Stuckin led the
combined choruses. in which the VIZ
ginians participated. Among the prima
donas who took part was MIS-. hi.ter,
Goethe, Miss Klein-Euler, and Miss Maud
H..
dred picked musicians and the chorai
forces numbered four hundred. NJ,
The Virginians will not leave Tor hicn-
mond until next Wednesday morning.
COMPETING FOR PRIZES.
At the Sangerfest on the fourth day, fif-
Nv thousand people were present. -Four
thousand singers rehearsed this morning
In the afternoon the prize singing societies,
first and second class, competed Tor mccall
lions. Competitors: Social Quartette Club.
Greenpoint: Liederkranz, scranton;
Ariop. Brooklyn: Concordia, Waterbury,
Conn; Maennerchor, Philadelphia; Har-
monte. Philadelphia; Arion, Baltimore.
SECOND CLASS.
Second class song, The Ruined MILL"
Societies twenty-five to thirty-nine men.
Arion, New Haven; Williamsburg senger-
bund: williamsburg Arion; Jersey City
Heights; Sangerrunde. Baltimore; no.
boken Ouartette Club; Arbeiter Sanger
bund, Philadelphia: Liederkranz. SYRIA
cuse: Tutonia, Jersey City Harmonica'
Baltimore Sengerbund. Washington
Concordia. BROOKLYN; Sengerbund, Brook
lyn: Teutonia M@nnerchor,. Allegheny
City: Franz Apt Scholars. New York;
Kreutzer Quartette,. New YORK; Har-
Brooklyn: Arion Quartette. Brooklyn;
Philadelphia Quartette Club.
Judges: II. Mosenthal, Dudley Buck;
Adolph Neundorf, Horny Zoeilner. and
Max Braun.
PROGRAMME LAST NIGHTS CONCERT.
Overture, "Ruy Bias" (Mendelssohn)
orchestra.
so Far" Engelsberg) grand chorus
(without accompaniment. :,
"Recitative and Aria from the Creation
q. Hayden,) Herr Emil Fischer.
Suite from ''Algiers." GO. Saint Saens')
grand chorus (without accompaniment.
"Tne King in Thule" CFolksong).
Songs. Frau Marie Ritter, (ioetz).
Concerto, lin A minor G.. Goldermann,
Victor Herbert. and orchestra.
"Wither with JOY" /. Silchor
Grand chorus. with accompaniment)
a, 1.-THE Wanderer." +. Schubuct; b. Fair
est Angel" Graben, Hoffman. and Herr
Emil Fischer.
"The Star-Spangled Banner, Dudley
Buck. FESTIVAL overture with finale grand
chorus and orchestra.
Parade tomorrow; six divisions; 10000
paraders; twenty bands.