The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
ARIONs SANG GLEES
TO GREET NEW YEAR
1899 UsHERAD IN BY THE GERMAN
SINGING SOCIETY WITH
MUSIC
One of the Most Notable Events in
the History Of the Organization
Was This, Its Twenty-Third An
nuaI Concert and Ball.


the History Of the Organization
Was This,Its trwenty-Third An
nuaI Concert and Ball.
The twenty-third anniversary of the.
organization OF the ST. Paul Arion
Singing society was celebrated last
evening by the society at Mozart hall,
with fine concert and q ball.
The singing began at 9 o'clock, and
the programme was opened by full
choir Of male voices who rendered
Abt's Jubilee Song" In a splendid
manner Henry Knaf and George
Gerlach were the soloists., and. with
Frank, formed d quartette. John S.
erode, musical director of the society,
led the singing The singers were
heartily applauded by the large au-
dience which was present.
The second number was a ladies'
chorus, in which all the singers ap-
peared in dresses Of pure white.
Waves of the Danube was the Sc
lection, the soprano solo being sung
by Mrs. Julia Schumacher who made
distinct hit. So pleased was the au-
dience that it, demanded an encore
and the ladies sang Birds in Spring
time" by Call
( Mrs. Herman Dahle next sang "Thou
Wondrous YOUTH" by Abt. and was
obliged to respond to an encore. Mrs.
Dahle rendered So Happy Day; o,
Day So Dear" by Goetz.
William Hartman sang The Moth
erland." with male chorus, and the
curtain fell upon a storm of applause.
The second part of the programme
opened with am grafton on German
Song" by Joseph Matt. During this
part of the exercises the ladies Of the
society occupied seats on the stage,
director erode being in the center.
Mr. Matt rehearsed the history Of Ger
brought his narrative down to the
present. He dwelt particularly upon
the German poets who have lived in
the Northwest, and predicted that,
glorious as has been the past Of Ger
man song, the future would produce
even greater poets than those who
have gone. 20"
The next number was a six-part
chorus, with solo-quartette, the selec-
ton being "Silent. Night O'ercasts the
Earth" by Nessler. The quartette
was composed the Misses Christina
and Elizabeth Simmer and George
Gerlach and Peter Heck.
Miss Anna erode was on the pro-
gramme for song, but she was una
pie, owing TO Illness, to appear, and
the audience was greatly disappointed
when the announcement was made.
Herr Matchmaker and His Daugh-
ter" one act musical farce, was
sung by Jacob Simmer, as Herr Nu-
delmueller; Miss Jeane Raueninf, as
the daughter Gretchen, and M. F.
Gardner. as the love-struck opera
manager. The play scene excited the
risibilities of the audience, and was
excellently sung and acted
The concert closed with the singing
Of The Heart of the Rhine" by the
united male and female chorus. The
trio was sung by Mrs Katherine Fren-
eel and the Misses Amelia Schmidt
and Mamie Jansen. The singing Of
this song was one Of the triumphs Of
the evening.
Miss Hildegarde Rentz was the &C.
companist during the evening and con-
tributed very largely to the general
excellence Of the entertainment.
At the conclusion of the concert the
hall was cleared Of the chairs, and the
audience entered upon the terpsicho-
rean portion of the programme. The
Arion orchestra supplied the music,
Daniel Muhlenbruch directing It, 1t
was one Of the MOST successful cele-
brations the society has ever held.