The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17

Clelland, w. B. Merrill, Charles a.
Dana, John L. Cockerill and Judge P.
Henry Dugro.
All the principal singing societies in
every state east of the Mississippi will
be represented, and it is expected that
chorus of 10000 male voices will be
heard. This will constitute the largest
male chorus ever heard in this country.
Ine society trusted the mana cement of
the carnival to James Morrissey and
in addition TO the singing societies. the
members OF which are all non-profes-
sional, the following we'll known musi-
cal artists and soloists have been en-
gagged: Amelia Materna, Emma Juch,
Lillian Biauvelt, Madame Tavaray,
Maud Powell, Giuseppe Campanari,
Emile Fisher, Conrad Behrens, Arthur
Freidheim and Victor Herbert.
The musical directors Messrs. Van
derstucken and Zoetner have been la
boring very effectually for the past
three months and they are perfectly
satisfied with the result of their la
bors In all there will be five concerts.
Inc opening performance is at $50
o CLOCK on Saturday evening, June %,
ana 1t will be given in honor of the
visiting singers. The second will take
place on Sunday afternoon. 1t will be
devoted to prize singing in which male
chorus societies of the first and third
class will compete The former con
sists of representatives from Buffalo.
Baltimore, Philadelphia. Brooklyn and
New York, will sing Ferlatti's ''Das
Grab I'm Busento." The third class,
comprising societies from every state
east of the Mississippi Will render
Bache's ''Walkeinsamheit'
The prizes in each Of the cases will
be: First Steinway grand piano; sec
ond, solid silver cup and third solid
silver wreath.
The competitive prize singing for the
second class will take place on Monday
afternoon, June %. when Won Wei
zierla's "Herrbst Nacht" will be sung.
The prizes in this second class will be
similar TO those Of the FIRST and third
The first concert will be given on Non
day, and all the prominent artists r2en-
toned will take part IN Ii. President
Cleveland and Governor Flower have
written to the committee accepting the
invitations to attend, and il is expected
that many notable persons rom the
different states will come 10 see the
performances.
The decorators are already busy at
work on the garden, and when the
be confronted with A dazzling blending
Ct the stars and stripes and the Ger
man tricolors, fe5tooned with natural
flowers and garlands. The front of the
building, on the Madison avenue side
is similarly decorated. In case a hot
spell should pay a visit during the
celebration, the immense sliding roof
can be thrown open, thus giving the
spectators the pleasure of an open air
concert. A triumphal arch is being
erected in front of the balcony at Mad
ison avenue, and it is expected that
from this balcony President Cleveland
and other distinguished visitors Will re-
view the procession which will herald
the opening of the saengerfest This
parade will be the principal feature of
the festival. Fully 10000 men viii be
IN line. each one wearing an Alpirr.
hat and carrying a lighted torch. They
will march to the time of vocal music
and all along the line of march the
citizens have been requested to illu-
inmate their residences. Interspersed
along the line, there will be several
floats, beautifully decorated, and the
principal one will represent an apothe-
sis of music and song 1t will have
the place of honor between the Arion
and Liederkranz societies. Several uni
formed organizations will also take
part. and altogether the sight will be
a pleasing as well as instructive one.
On Tuesday, grand picnic and sum
ner nights festival win be held in I'll
nler park, Bensonhurs Long Island
where the prizes will be awarded TO the
successful societies.
This will bring the carnival to an
end, and from presenI indications. iudg-
ing from the extraordinary demand for
seats, thes success of this gigantic
saengerfeSt is already assured.