New-York tribune., 1907-09-09
PARK MUSIC FOR $4,000.
GERMAN SOCIETIES SING.
E,,c;uITs Band GiUeS Last Concert
of Season an Nal.

More than fifteen thousand persons gathered
. -ba Mall in Central Park. yesterday after
=, 70 hear the musical programme given
=, che limited German Singing Societies Of New
-, and Fanciulli's Concert Band. 1t was the
.,-,,sl appearance Of the united German socie-
,es in the park, and the chorus numbered 4S5,
.-bsle friends Of the singers evidently made up
sbout a third Of the great crowd
u-ss the eighth concert this summer of the
z,5 under Professor F. Fanciulli- and ended
.,s regular Sunday engagements at the park
c,,ca he is working on the score Of comic
o,sra his friends thought it unlikely they
sboud hear him in the Mall again this year.
- there was a delegation present who gave
hin; warm greeting Personal interest in the
a,-ector was centred on his arrangement of
c,,a,urs Voices Of Spring CFruhlings-
-.uscben). No. on the programme He had
,r,-ts5 ali of Saturday night on the arrange
-. for rhe thirty-six pieces in his band and
a,5 not finish il until II o'clock yesterday
,-ntnr The director was able 10 rehearse it
18th orrv about fifteen of his musicians before
she ooncert began. at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon
Therefore when No. S was played there were
cheers as well as handclapping from the throng
.ste-ward a coterie of his friends surrounded
xanciuln and congratulated him on his achieve
rnert
Y Was good natured crowd that gathered in
tbA mark, and. although the concert did not be-
rsn until o'clock. nearly all the seats were
tsk.n two hours before. Twenty-Five policemen
we're present 10 handle the auditors, but there
,rere no arrests and no fights. The crowd would
rrobably have been twice large had II not
hen for the fact that yesterday was Rosch-ha-
,cho1an the beginning Of the Jewish New year
,s-s-nonies when the orthodox Jews would not
.ttend festivities
Carl Helm, director OF the United singing SO
,setses had recently returned from Europe ana
he too came in for SO much applause that ne
uss obliged 10 return TO his directors boX ana
how many times. Meanwhile Two photograph
s., were busy taking views OF the singers Ine
hand snd tho audience Il wasn't speClaii'y
r,os dav for singers or photographers, owing 10
The gray mist that filtered daInply unoer Ihe
rpresting elrns Nevertheless. the singers so'
sn-lsrs. and the camera men got pictures
A, .u,using incident occurred when the pres
-.~ NJ Gre cameras became known by those n
she rear OF the crowd. wonen-especially good
,ooyiug wonen-seerned 10 take sudden inter
est in eating clear view Of the band and the
singers They climbed on benches. and were
thus elevated above the mass Of the crowd O1
courre that might have got them into the pct
t--es but they never thought Of IL evidently. Tor
when the policemen politely requested them 10
re+ down the usual reply was: Dear me, cam
Ioolz for friend OF mine IN the chorus?"
Say said policeman who had been hurry
.ns around warning the girls of their perches;
.say br. them sangerfest fellows must be the
candy kids But there warn't no such trouole
with the girls until the picture men came"
The music not only filed the big Mall with
-.dert-ars but & also nearly caused block
a6e fn the driyeways. Hansons, automobiles
and runabouts were halted by their drivers all
along the roads nearby, and the force Of traffic
policeman was doubled TO keep them from hold
ing I'D traffic. AS IL was the parade Of vehicles
vas larger and moved more slowly than usual
go that those who were TOO far away from the
band stand to hear clearly Rt least viewed
pleasing spectacle
The programme WIS pronounced rather
heavy for en out-of-door holiday crowd by
both Signor FanciulH and Herr Helm, but they
were delighted with its reception by the audi
ence signor Fanciulu had included the Peer
Gynt Suite as No. . OF the programme in mem
ory of the composer. who died last Wednesday.
The singers received much applause that
they were obliged 10 give an encore 20 their
final song. Mendeissohns The Hunters Fare
well 20 the Woods" The band closed the con-
cert with "A Day with Teddys Terrors." which
composed by Signor FanciuIu during the
Epan!sh-Anerican War. II had 10 do, OF course.
with Roosevelts Rough Riders.