The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-06
GwRHHBVILLE SINGERS.
The Liederkranz to Give a
Concert and an Open
Air Entertainment.

every Thursday evening there assem-
nles in Giebefs Hall, at No. 81 Danforth
avenue, a small band of those Of Green
vilies German residents who are music
ally inclined and who take this means OF
gratifying their love for choral harmony.
RMS band OF a score or more cornposes
the Greenville Liederkranz. Or these
evenings the active members come to-
gether and raise their voices in some of
the old German folk songs. Sometimes
there Is heard the more intricate phras-
ing and greater volume of the great Ger
man master composers Of later days.
Oftener still queer effects of language
and music are trolled with much gusto,
for such is the concerted piece which will
be sung by the Liederkranz at their con-
cert to be held in Giebers Hall ON Eas-
ter Monday evening. The principal por-
ton of the programme on that evening
will be the humorous songs and chorus
es sung by the Liederkranz, Zine Stunde
i'm Gesangverein,'' which translated into
English means "An Hour at a Singing
Meeting
On June 6 the annual picnic will be held
at the Greenville Schuetzen Park. Here
there will be games of all kinds for the
kranz members and their friends. There
will be prize bowling, shooting and other
sports. The G~reenville Liederkranz will
sing and SO will a numbe of visiting
kranzes from other cities in the vicinity.
This picnic has been Of annual occurrence
ever since the organization of the Green
Vile L~iederkranz fifteen years ago. A
concert has not been held for six or sew
en- years back.
The Liederkranz was organized ON June
IL, 1881, with twenty-four members. Her
man Rurade was elected president. AT
tnat time meetings were held at the Globe
Hotel, then kept by Gus. Leifert. In the
secretary of the Liedsrkranz, was elected
president. Until 1885 they continued to
meet at the Globe Hotel. Then they re,
1886 they made another change to Belve-
dere Hall. Until this year the Lieder-
kranz was continued in a desultory ia
advancement of its members.
This year, though, the members have
taken hold with a will and success is as
sured by the earnestness with which the
members work. Professor r. G.. Neu-
kirch is conducting and training the cho-
rus, and under his able direction marked
Bleidner,> the old-time first tenor of the
Kranz, returned a month ago from the
West where he has been living for the
past three or four; years. He was well
coined back and hts presence is felt in
The fo~ur-part Chorus is made up Of
Bleidner. August M~issenharter, Max
Bauer, Martin Wanner and Christ Bleid-
ner; second tenors, Frederick Rocker,
Gustav Bilgenroth, Joseph Haas, Gustav
Buttner and Matthew Schaefer; first
bass, John Schrader. Marcus Schenk,
Hans Schoor and Richard H. Schmidt;
second bass, Julius chmidt Moritz
Schmidt. Herman Koer1e. Frederick zeug-
ner, Frederick Kormpfs and Philip Fisch-
er. Besides these there are sufficient sup-
porting members who do not take part
in rehearsals or singing festivals to bring
the total membership up to sixty. The
Greenville L~iederkranz. is undergoing a
revival of interest and from now on the
members look forward to a successful
career for their beloved organization.