The morning call., 1894-06-10
SONG FESTIVAL.
Preparing for a National
Event.
SINGERS MEET IN NEW YORK.
There Will Be Over Ten Thousand
Voices in Chorus in Madison
Square Garden.

New York will have to capitulate to the
sons and daughters of the Falherland for
a week at the close Of this month, says the
New York World. From all over this sec
ton Of the country the music-loving Ger
mans are coming to Join with their brethren
here in the greatest Saengerfest that has
ever been held in this land. There Will
probably be not less than 100000 visitors
drawn to the city by the affair. and they
will all be dominated by the spirit Of music
and mirth.
The real music-loving German likes his
music of be highest class, and he likes to
whet his appetite for it with an abun-
dance of p0mp and innocent merriment
So this coming Saengerfest will make the
city a paradise for them, as the programme
that has been arranged is very elaborate.
The Madison-sQuare Garden will be the
headquarters, and IN its great amphtheater
the concerts will be held. Inside and out
the garden will be made as beautiful as
the art of the decorator and the florist can
make il. Flags of all nations will fly from
its turrets and towers, while across Madl-
son avenue a superb triumphal arch Will
be constructed.
Tie festival will Open on the night OF
Friday, June D. with a great torcnlight
DdIdu6 ludO VI tlutS0S W bO q AiOSt uOFti
and beautiful affair. More than 10000
men VIII carry torches IN the line. Each
viii wear an Alpine hat, and they will not
march to the music OF brass and cymb balls,
but to the sweet and inspiring strains OF
marches sung by the great singing sOcie-
ties. 1t is expected that the great chorus
will number fully 10000 male voices, and
as all Of these will take part in the torch
light procession and will join In the sing
ing. of Die Yacht am RheiD, the occasion
promises 10 be one that Will make every
patriotic Teuton think that the millennium
has come.
a feature Of the procession will be a
huge float representing the apOthaOsis
of music and song. 1t will have a po-
sition Of honor between the AriOn and
the LieGerkranZ societies. In gorge
Ously constructed temple Will be seen
Apollo playing a Tyre. In front of this
Lohengrin Will be seen being carried
across the waters in a pink shell drawn
by swans to resume his aTduOus duties
as Keeper of the Holy Grail. There will
be Goddesses of Liberty and Germania,
and characters from a dozen of the great
operas. On the front OF the float Will be
a large pipe organ with angels on either
side, and with Joseph Haydn playing his
own grand sacred compositions. There
will be many other figures on the float.
and the whole will be made beautiful for
the eye by flowers and incandescent
lights.
The procession will be preceded by
The Trumpeters Of Sackiugen" and by
delegations from riding clubs, military
organizations. etc. The invited guests,
among whom are President Cleveland,
Governor Flower and Mayor Gilroy. will
view the procession from the balcony of
the MadisOn-square Garden. General
Franz Sigel will marshal and lead the line
from Second street to Second avenue, up
CannDd through ENDrfnaufh
TO Union square, up Fourth avenue TO
Madison-sGuare Garden and up Madison
avenue to Central Park, where it will dis
band.
The musical directors. Messrs. Van der
StuckeD, Zollner and Helm, have been re-
hearsIng the musical societies in the va
riGus cities for months and they will
bring the great chorus of 10000 men to-
gether in this city in time for grand re-
nearsals
The opening concert on Saturday even
ing, June %, will be given in honor of the
visiting singers. The second concert on
Sunday afternoon, will be largely de-
voted to prize singing. The prizes will
embrace gold and silver cups. enormous
wreaths Of sterling silver, a colossal bronze
or Beethoven and three concert grand
pianos. The third concert. which will be
of popular nature, will occur on Sunday
evening. The fourth, which will also be
devoted to Urize singing, will take place
Monday afternoon, and the final per-
Torrance on Monday evening. a large
number of the most popular solo
ISIS have been engaged for these con-
certs. Among the most prominent are
Nine. Amelia MateIna. Emma Jucb, Lii
liam Blauvelt. Nine. Tavary, Maud Pow
ell, Signor Csmpanari, Emil Fischer, Con
rad Behrens, Arthur Friedheim and Vic
tor Herbert. Each concert will be marked
by special programmes, the classification
of which will include the masterworks of
the greatest composers.
Prices for the great concerts are to be
made reasonable. There will be 5000 seats
at 90 cents each, 1000 at 81 each and 1000
at 81 30 each The picnic and opeD-alr
musical festival on the day and night Of
June 26 will take place at Ulmer Park,
near Benson hurst, and fully 10000 people
are expected there.