New-York tribune., 1894-06-25
SONG FILLS THE GARDEN.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE SAENGER-
FEST
PROTESTS BECAUSE or THE ABSENCE
or IFTK AVAIL. SOMETHING.

! TWO CONCERTS GIVEN BY THE SINGERS LOUD
PROTESTS BECAUSE or THE ABSENCE
or BEER AVAIL. SOMETHING
The sinrerfest was continued yesterday after
noon ana evening in the Madison Square Garden
and was attended by large crowds. In the after
noon $3.50 people were present but When lhe uooIS
were opened in the evening there was ruSn'
When the conductor Frank van DER Stuche"'
raised his baton over 1000 music-loving Germans
had crowded the big Garden 70 its utmost capacity
The seats reserved for the singers rising tier upon
tier made one black mass Of humanity rehcN''
only by the gayy hued banners ana hags win
which the Garden decorated. THINK oi the
brilliant beams Of hundreds Of incandescent lights
upon these add the perfect harmony OF "a great
/ orchestra and the trained voices of $500 singers
and some idea of the Sangerfest on Its second
night may be gained.
/ Right here II may be said that the banners Which
are hung upon the walls Of the Garden are not
mere decorations. They belong TO the different
societies which are taking part in the festival ana
form distinctive part of II. The first thns Il
German singing club does after its organization IS
/ to adopt a handsome banner under which lts MEM
| bers may rally The present Sangeriest mas
brought out an immense collection Of these siIken
/ emblems of harmony Their intrinsic value varies
| from $500 to 500 but their sentimental value Is
b greater than gold and diamonds.
Among the banners in the Garden is that of the
Arion which is in glass case-so precious is 1t
and it cost 5000
COMPETITIVE SINGING.
The afternoons concert of competitive
/ prize singing The first and third classes entered
the lists and when they had ended the judges with
wrinkled brows. retired to consult Ihe Winners W.T. i
will not be announced untll t9-lnoiI4p~ p a. ~ ~
The societies of the first class sang Yesterday
afternoon Xerlett's "Das Grab am Buscnto" The
Contestants were orPheus. Of Eungq harm9nie.
Arfon and Z6liner Mannerchor, of Brooklyn
The societies Of the third class turned 9u, nm III
sang in turn Pache's "Waldeinsankeit The
for discrimination in the excrleh1 SlhEii6 III we
clubs seemed almost impoSsibr hS ,,I "oy b
TROY Mannerchor Gambrnus Sangerkranz
/ PhUadelpha; Albany MannerchOr Quartet. leia-
ware Sangerb.nd. Wilmington. Del; Echo Quartet
BROOKLYN: Arbeiter Mannerch2r En4aPgtn sl raa,, ~
ManneTchor Caca, Grands;t BROOKLYN Alle
Sangerbund, Philadelphia; Lancaster ManneTchGr
Lancaster Penn: Eichenkranz, East New-l ofK' :
Orange Valley Junger Mannerchor. Orange ~ j.
Iiedcrkranz Syracuse; Entracht. Newark; Con
cordia. Waterbury, Conn tarugari SahH@rn'mng' fHn'i'
Penn Arion. Washington; Bergische Harmonic
New-Haven Conn: IAederkranz, Jersey City: Al
penr0schen. Brooklyn
THE EVENING CONCERT.
But IT was in the evening when the Garden shone
/ resnlondent Every seat was taken. and when the
great audience applauded the sound was heard
through the windows and over in Madison square.
The programme included eleven numbers as al
ready published in yesterdays Tribune. ana 1t
was received with enthusiastic applause Ihe con-
Guiding selection, american Fantasic. by the
orchestra and a chorus Of 600 voices from the
|. / Northeastern Sangerhund was cspecally I'M
pressive. The orchestra llmher,i y H.. MISS MISS ,, G"'
uanari were the solosts OF the evening
fat ,hs end of the evenings concert the Liedcr-
kranz club threw open its doors. anc AT y o'clock
, the BIG rooms crowded. 'coinnrrS VIZ
held and well was it attended. The societies which
81 OrJneNS
Mannerchor; the Philadelphia ManncrchoI an, ana
the Milwaukee Singing Class. They were It@csrii' @
as guests Of the Liederkranz. Conrad Bchrens
Carl Naeser and Rculing sang al the 'hio'"a'
The pTogra,nme for today Is as foow': At
oe'2Gk a. m and ae[ the " eegaes Of the %ortheass
Sgnrertund in Terrace Garden A. 10 o'clock a
den and at O'Clock there viii be prize singing 10y
the societies belonging - ne scc'9a Gass .' '''
At COX clock in the evening TIE second grand con-
VII he hfa and 9fs sffe atrasv tha4s Vii mas
The members OF tho 2n-oftown socriie9 w WeTe eeI
hey oad n9t GET The bar in IN the be G1rn sai Th
reused the ire OF the out-of-iown mrn' am u!tS
were not slow IN expressing their opinions OF tie
Sirec,jon of the management Of the Garden. police
men were stationed at the bar 70 preFe9t tne "a T.
te,Rst Pgs station. hesri Of mis- he wi,3arsw ,hc
police. saying that he was noi responslRir IoI "''
D ! bar Hence Gambrinus was quietly "oFShpped
e YESTERDAYS MUSIC.
An original feature OF the German Sa'efilf@l u
the competitive singing u various societies for prizes
The artistic value Of this feature has been mucf
questioned In the Western meeiings II has beer
: abandoned; chiefly. imagine. because of the III
G feeling which the competition has caused. Ih
: Northeastern federation has adhered TO the plan
which in reality is integral element OF the fesu
: val idea. though the cond|ctors. who may be sup
posed TO stand the artistic side OF the gatherings
q are as a rule opposed 70 the contests Inc m'efrS
4 awakened by the struggle for supremacy IL conlne
Il 70 the singers themselves. That was denonstr"t"
nv the attendance at the concert yesterday after
T. ,l,, which was wholly given up % the singing 10
> ,rz-e one Of the results Of the system IS mat IN
societies that participate concentrate their ln'eres
. on the competition to the neglect Of the Ies'Nd
concerts proper. In which the indVidnA!lty "l III
> societies is lost The societies study the songs whc
e they are to sing in the competition ana treat IN
e works set arar for the general choir aS matters
v secondary importance Then, having performed the'
Il Duties 10 their organization. they slight their ohe
l. work or ignore II altogether Moreover II mas o''e
- ,sen questioned that the competition furnishes
real test OF the musical capability OF the sociehe'
I~reouentiy the societies recruit themselves Tor IN
time being from singers who have ht'e else una"
Temporary interest in the success or the m''''"N'
e choir and that a purely selfish one Inc aHip'"o
,e 20 succeed IS very strong, however, ana II must
d confessed that the demonstration made yesterday
p, ,enecallv by the six societies that competed III ~
. first class gave dignity to the present nee.'h
which has seldom II been paralleled IN the MS
~ tory Of these festivals
, The rules regulating the contest are very slFlhH
e ent more so this time than ever before, 'h'' nov
)r "a. connetng societies have been CLASSIFIED &C
h cordng to the number of singers IN each' -"
ic was obviously unfair arrangement thonR
o nrobablv dictated by considerations OF pracu''
., value But that the artistic merit OF so''e'
does not rest upon It's numerical strength - mo'
l. o,,,,o,,s nropostion on the contrary, those wh
have studied the male chOirs In the United states
TO esneclaly the choirs that use the vernacuiar
le thclr cultivation of this dstncuveIy German "e
to ~ musical composition. know that the reverse
ID true The finest mems choirS are thoSc ""o'
: membership is limited TO sixty or eighty voice
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