St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17

Review the Procession
NEW YORK, June 16.-A festival Of
song. national saengerfest, which
promises to eclipse any previous effort
of the kind that has been attempted in
this country. will begin in the spacious
Madison Square Garden Saturday, June
23 This carnival of music and song
will be produced under the auspices of
the Nereinigten Saenger society, OF
which William Steinway is the honor
;ry president, and Richard katZen-
meyer is president.
The society, in bringing about this
festival, does so in the belief that it will
tend to encourage the cultivation of
music and song. The committee of ar
engagements is very representative one.
and among those who are taking an
active part in making the affair sue
cess are Mayor Gilroy, eX-Mayors Z. Il.
Grace and Hugh J. Grant, Chauncey M.
Depew. Elery Anderson. James Kill
preth, collector of the port of New
York; Andrew Carnegie, Theo w. Mey-
ers, Joseph NJ. Choate, George B. Nc
Cfellen, w. Bradford Merrill, Charles
A. Dana, John A. Cockerill and Judge
p. Henry Bugro.
All the principal singing societies in
every state east of the Mississippi will
be represented, and it is expected that a
chorus of 10000 male voices will be
heard. This will constitute the largest
male chorus ever heard in this country.
The committee has entrusted the man.
sgement of the carnival to James w.
Morrissey, and in addition to the
SINGING SOCIETIES
the members OF which are all non-pro-
fessional, the following well-known mu-
steal artists and soloists have been en-
gagged: Amelia Materna. Emma Juch.
Lillian Blauvfelt, Madame Tavary.
Maud Powell, Geuiseppe Campanari,
Emil Fischer, Conrad Behrens, Arthur
Friedheim and Victor Herbert. The
musical directors, Messrs. Van der
Stucken. ZooIener and Helm, have been
.aboring very eifectually for the past
three months at rehearsals with So
,ieties who are to take part, and they
are perfectly satisfied with the result of
heir laborS.
In all there will be five concerts, the
opening performance at $50 O'Clock
Saturday evening, June %. and it will
be given in honor of the visiting singers.
The second will take place Sunday
afternoon. 1t will be devoted to prize
singing. in which male chorus societies
Of the first and third class will compete.
The former, consisting of representa-
ives from Buffalo, Baltimore, Phila-
ielphia, Brooklyn and New York will
sing Zerlett's "Das Grab i'm Busente."
The third class, comprising societies
from every state east of the Mississippi,
will render Pache's "Waluernsamke."
The prizes in each class will be first, a
Steinway grand piano; second. solid
silver cup, and third. solid silver
wreath. The competitive prize singing
second class will take place Monday
Afternoon, June 25, when Won Vein
Lierl's "Herbstnacht" will be sung. The
prizes in this second class will be similar
20 those of the first and third. The first
concert will be given Monday night, and
all the prominent artists mentioned will
AXE part in it.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
and Gov. Flower have written to the
committee accepting the invitations to
attend and expect man" notable per.
sons from the different states will also
come to see the performances. The
decorators are alreaf >"sily at work
On the garden. and when me doors are
thrown open the visitors will be con-
fronted with dazzling blending of the
stars and stripes and the German tri-
color festooned with national flowers
and garlands. Th:= rant of the build
ny on the Madison, .>venue side is sim
larly decorated. n case "hot spell"
should pay visit during the celebra-
Jon, the immense sliding roof can be
thrown open. thus giving the spectators
the pleasures of an open-air concert;
A triumphal arch is being erected in
'front.' of the balcony at Madison avenue,
and it is expected that from this bal
.ony President Cleveland and other
distinguished visitors will review the
procession which will herald the OPEN
ing of Saengerfest. This parade will
oe the principal feature of the
festival. Fully 10000 men will be
in line, wearing Alpine hats and each
carrying a lighted torch. They will
march TO music, and AL along the line
of march1 ha citizens have been request
ed to illuminate their residences. In
terspersed aions the lire there will be
several floats, beautifully decorated.
the principal one REPRESENTING an apo
theosis of music and Song. 1t will have
the place of honor between the Arion
aid LiederkranZ societies.
Several uniformed organizations Will
also take part. and altogether the sight
will be a pleasing as well as all instruc-
tive one.
Tuesday grand picnic and summer
nights festival will be held at Ulmer
park, Bensonhurst, L. L.. where the
prizes will be awarded to the successful
societies. This will bring the carnival
10 an end, and from present indications.
judging from the extraordinary demand
for tickets, the success of this gigantic
saengerfest is already assured.