The Delawarean., 1900-05-19
FINE CHORAL FESTIVAL.
Greatest Saengerfest of Ali to
Be Held This Summer.
SINGERS WILL MEET IN BROOKLYN.


Is the Chief Prize-Programm of
the Exercises.
"My Old Kentucky Horce" in all its
days never had such Il singing as VII
be heard on the eve of the glcriols
Fourth of July now coming, when TO-
900 trained German voices will whis-
per it like the movement of a vast
wind, or lift it up in one immense
swelling voice which will seem almost
to rend the walls of the Thirteenth reg
iment armory, in Brooklyn. where the
greatest saengerfest ever known in the
world is to be held. says the New York
Herald
1t will be the greatest because so
many singers have never been gather
ed together before. At the last saen-
gerfest in New York 5000 singers were
present. More are to be in Brooklyn
this year because it is the golden ju-
bilee of he Northeastern saengerbund
and because the emperor of Germany
has given silver statue worth $4,000,
which is to be won by the society
which sings most beautifully the song
"Das DeutSche Lied" which was eX-
hunel from an old New York scrap
book net long ago and set to music by
Peter Fassbaendcr, a Swiss composer.
Fifteen years ago, when the fourteenth
Saengerfest was held in Brooklyn,
only $500 singers We're present. The
fifteenth brought 5000 to Baltimore:
the sixteenth, in 1891, 1000 TO New
ark, \. j.. iii 1894 5000 singers came TO
New York city to participate in the
seventeenth e. ~ and Philadelphia in
1897 g.ectrd 5000 G rmaa >in~Hs So
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begin to reach Brooklyn On SATURDAY
morning, June 80, and the reception
committees of the 30 Brooklyn bunds
will be busy ali day receiving the yari-
Gus delegations and escorting them TO
the halls and hotels AT which they are
to be domiciled. BY evening nearly all
the visitors will have arrived, ard then
they viii all march to Arion place. each
visiting body being preceded by dele
cation of Brooklyn singers bearing
torches. At Arion place they will be
Joined by all the turner and schuetZen
societies. bearing torches, and then the
whole body will take up the march to
the Thirteenth regiment armory.
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stand will be erected. covered with
gayly decorated bunting and surmount-
ed by canopy. Upon this stand. sur
rounded by his staff and by many in
vited guests, Governor Roosevelt will
await tile arrival of the procession.
When it reaches the spot. President
S. X. Saenger of the Northeastern saen-
genbund and his officers will ascend
the platform and present themselves
to the governor, who will make a brief
speech, and then song will be sung
by all the singers. After that they
will march past and then Governor
Roosevelt and his staff. the president
and his officers and others to the num-
ber of about 20O will enter the armory
and sit down to dinner. while as many
people as the galleries will hold Will
sit down and look on. Speeches will
be made, cigars will be smoked, and
all kinds of liquid refreshments will
be consumed.
Next day will he Sunday, and the
singers will enjoy themselves in what
ever way suits them best. On Monday
morning a business meeting will be
held, at which the whereabouts of the |
next saengerfest will be decided upon. |
In the afternoon the singing competi- |
tions will begin. Among these compe-
titions the one for the beautiful silver
statuette given by Emperor William is
exciting the most attention. A large
of entries have been received,
and the competition promises to be
keen. Among the most likely winners
are the Junger maennerchor of Phila-
delphia and the Arion society of Brook
lyn, which have always been close ri
walls. At the last competition at which
both We're engaged the maennerchor
was victor by only one point. The
Arions hope to reverse this order when
the singing for the kaiser's prize is
held. The statuette is that of min
nesinger of the twelfth century. 1t is
Of solid silver and stands upon a bronze
pedestal a little over a foot high. Upon
one side of the pedestal is a bas-relief
Of the emperor, surrounded by Amer
ican and German flags. On the other
side are the arms of Prussia and the
letter of dedication
Besides this contest there will be
those between city societies and indi-
vidual societies, each in several classes,
and about $4,000 worth of prizes will
be given away. The chief ones will be
large busts of Richard Wagner and
Franz Abt and three pianos-grand,
baby grand and artist upright. On
Monday and Tuesday nights "great con-
certs" will be given in the armory, in
which the chorus of 10000 voices will
be heard, besides chorus of 5000 chill
1ren and another of 5000 women. A
number of noted soloists will also be
included in the programme. On
Wednesday afternoon a great picnic
will be held in Wissel's park, when the
zaiser's prize and all the others will be
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