Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-10
FOR SAEyCERFEST
st. Louis is Anticipating a Great InhuI Of
German Singers.
PROGRAM or MEETING ARRANGED
sO~methInE Of the History of the sing
inE Societies which the GER
man People Have Made
Famous.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. s~.-vigorous prepara-
tions are now making for the thirty-hrst
national Saengerfest to be held in the lib
eral arts building on the St. Louis Worlds
fair grounds on June II. IS. 10 and 20.
There will be a meeting Of representative
citizens at the Mercantile club on Novem-
Der IL at s .. m, when addresses will be
made by prominent speakers, and ways
and means formulated to rouse interest in
the great festival and make It the great
and unprecedented success that Il deserves
to be The meeting referred to has been
called by the Worlds fair ofhcials, the
mayor Of the city. the president OF the
Business Mems league, the president Of the
Manufacturers association and the presi-
dent Of the Thirty-hrst National saenger-
fest association
At the time when st. Louis singers de-
parted to participate in the thirtieth saen-
gerfest, which was held in Buffalo in 1901,
the Worlds fair officials, the mayor Of ST.
Louis, the president Of the Merchants ex-
change and the president Of the Business
Mems league urged them to use all their
influence to have the National Saengerfest
association decide to make st. Louis and
the Worlds fair grounds the location OF the
1903 festival. TIL st. Louis delegates went
iBto the plan with patriotic vim and pride
and succeeded in gaining their point. The
Worlds fair city was declared to be the
next meeting place Of the association
When the Worlds fair was subsequently
postponed to 1904 the officials persuaded
the national association to abide by the
decision Of the delegates in 1901 to hold
the festival in st. Louis in 1908, in the
liberal arts building. which. it is conf
IDENTIFY expected, will be completed by that
time. Encouraged by the interest taken
in the matter by the Worlds fair ~ofhcials,
the Saengerfest board began preparations,
organized its various standing committees,
incorporated under the name of the Thirty
first Saengerfest association. and estab-
lished headquarters in rooms SIS and SIC.
Wainwright building.
Program All Arranged.
The program Of the coming festival has
already been properly arranged. 1t will be
both in English and German.
There will be a reception concert the
first evening. in which the orchestra and
male choruses will participate, and also So
los and grand mixed choruses, the latter in
English.
The following afternoon there will be a
matinee, with orchestra, solos, children's
choruses in English and choruses of Amer
lean societies. In addition there will be
two grand evening concerts. The festival
will wind up with a big volksfest.
The main chorus will consist OF about
5000 drilled male voices. the singers COM
ing from all parts Of the country, north,
south. east and west. The songs will be
rendered in an artistic. finished manner,
the singers having already been preparing
themselves for several months past, and
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be heightened by the able conducting of
Profs. Richard Stempf and William LANCE.
1t is stated that some of the most famous
singing societies Of Germany will likewise
participate. The mixed choruses of sew
eral thousand local voices Will sing in Eng
lish and include some OF the best local
English societies,
Tn musical committee is endeavoring to
secure a quartet Of solo singers Of not
only national, but international reputation
regardless Of cost. 1t will probably be re-
membered by many st. Louisans that wher
the last national ~Saengerfest was held in
ST. Louis, in 1883, they had the pleasure
OF hearing such eminent singers as Lill
Lehman. Max Alvary, Emil Fischer, Emma
Juch and Anna LAnkow.
A symphony orchestra OF 200 Of the lead.
ing musicians of this country will be en-.
gagged under the leadership Of a famoui
director. 1t will be the strongest orchestrs
ever heard in st. Louis. In connection will
this, II may be stated that, in 1888, tn,
Thomas orchestra was brought from New
York TO st. Louis at a cost Of &12, 400.
The liberal arts building, in which tht
festival is to take place, will be one Of tn,
most elegant structures on the World
fair grounds. II will be Of grand, even IN
posing Observation-Disclosures feet. The build
ing is now under construction and will b
easily accessible and close to the Lindel
pavilion. The Worlds fair ~ofAeials hav,
promised to have all transportation facilI
ties In best shape.
The chief personal responsibility 70. tn
mapAgement Of the great festival rests II
the hands OF Mr.. Otto F. Stfel, as presi
dent Of the Thirty-frst National Saenger
fest association. He is assisted by an abb
stan Of ~ofneers. most Of whom have haI
valuable experience in affairs OF this kin
and magnitude. and may be relied upon Z
do their utmost in making the saengerfes
what it ought TO be and what IT promise
to be-one OF the greatest, most artist
triumphs Of the Worlds fair period in 81
Louis.
sketch of Organization.