New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
SING FOR ROYAL GIFT
FIVE CITIES CONTEST.
Keen RiuaIry Marks Close of North
eastern SGngerfest.

- rodies Of singers from FIVE cities were en-
go the Northeastern Sangerbund Of America
S.,,,b- its twenty-second Sangerfest to a close
,,ss nieht IN Madison Square Garden 1t was the
-. successful singing tournament-financiallya and
-+,s-ics Ilv-thst has been held in the ffty-nine
1ea-s o. the SaRgerbund
AZ, 4o- long while has New York been treated
., so much good choral singing by men in groups
,,efnx n numbers from fifty five thousand.
Madison Square Garden may have its defects as
-l,-. wherein the singing voice alone or en- masse
80 he heard its best but those who have Wis
,,.5 the vast amphitheatre during the last three
s.vs have all the more marvelled the fine work
., these singers Of German song. The temperature
:, the Garden has been anything but favorable TO
che hest showing the part Of the United Singers
+5sopilv lasr night u went down 2 peg, as if TO
,5 N rhe c-ov.-linS evening of the Sangerfest It
va. warm enough At that. but what is a warm
-ieht vhe7 enthusiastic singers are on their best
-ruscal behavicr before critical If friendly au-
s4snce OF fv- thousand persons. and with the
1su-sI cf German songs. the silver statuette OF the
Minnesanger given hy the Kaiser, right there VIII
IN their reach provided they satisfy those I'VE
ts-d-vcrkinE and eNactng Judges
Certainly the audience last night thought that
t.ldor had i've associations Of able bodied singers
s,outred themselves ss Creditahly as do the
K-clIrzer Quarter club. Of New York: the JunEer
mannerchor. Of Phnadelphia, the Gesang Nerein
arior. q Baltimore, the Manner GesanE Nerein
C-err1ania OF Newark. and the Concordia Gesang
verei- cf WiIkes-Barre.
EPEITZER QUARTET GREETED
-Hgr,I-al,v of course. the Kreutzer Quartet was
--ucn IN 1he house Of its friends one could have
rressel from the splendid reception Of its singing
oe the f-st prize song. But each ~ the other or
rsrtzatiors ha6 IFS supporters, too Il was SYM
nsrheric audience. and i was characteristic that
+-erd1v prejudice for this that society was
easily forgotten in the demonstrative satisfaction
,- dfs7lzved for good work on that part of any Of
the contestants
Al instance Of this was shown in the great ap-
plsuse ziven - the Concordia '1eSang NNTeln- ~
Tyi1L,es-Pa-re. the present holder Of the Kaiser
--,-. The Corco-dia vas the last Of the organiZa-
+ions n enter the list hut the audience stayed
vsr- II - the end. and was Of the kind that would
have done 50 II there had been five more repetltions
cf the prize songs 10 be heard.
-h. first Of the prize songs was warming Nor
A., rbein-' beware Of the Rhine'0, which the
eo,pcser himself. Matthias Neumann, had come
,,s- from Germany hear The other was the
~A1,5eutsches Idebesied" Of Professor Gustav
-o1lre-nuth. one Of the two judges specially Sc
lscred for the competition by the Kaiser. which
rse been sung by the massed choir Of more than
Eve thousand singers At the festival concert on
No7dsv night. The second Of these selections was
one u seven that had been submitted for oonpeu-
ton The competing organizations did not know
however until last night which of the seven they
we're 10 sing the selection drawn by lot being an
rounoed only At the beginning Of the contest
The award OF the prize viii be determined this
morning. when the judges will 60 into executive
+,,,. The s-,dees are Professor Wohlgemuth and
Professor NJ Meyer Olbersleben- representing the
kaiser DR.. Cornelius Runer. Of Columbia Uni
versiry. Arthur Adees and Max Spicker. The points
10 be considered in the award Of the prizes are
correctness of intonation. precision Of attack
rb-ssinE Of MUSIC. enunciation Of words and the
Interpretation OF conductors
KA1sER-s PICTURE ALSO GIVEN.
with the Katser prize will go painting Of the
-11z who Wi n
interested auditor in the Garden last night This is
The fourth time The prize has been contended for
II was presented 10 the Northeastern Sangerbuno
nv the Kaiser the occasion OF the organzstions
...tb anniversary celebration in Brooklyn, in 1900
That wear the A-ion. Of Baltimore and the Junger
Msnnerchor. OF Philadelphia performed so equally
thzt the Judges could make no decision
y -eg the Philadelphia organization carried the
--o,hv home from the fest AZ Baltimore, and II
rzs Won h., the Concorda. OF Wilkes-Barre, al the
,ourrs-7ert in Newark in 1906 If either OF the
Pennsylvania organizations should win this year
IN. silver staruette will become the permanent
rroberty Of the victorious society
The afternoon meeting OF the singers was con
.-.s 10 competitions by the societies Of the first
class .nd the city ard county federations Of the
erst second and third classes In the first named
societies from Brooklyn Jersey City Hartford,
Baltimore and Scranton tried 10 outdo each other
., she delivery Of Franz Curtis "Ioch Empor,"
Then came the contests the city and county
federstions-
In The third class the United Singers Of Atlantic
County y J had competitor, but they gave
nevertheless 70 the rendition Of Ludwig Bierseck
.sou--ars' E care and fervor which the four or five
thousand auditors greeted with plenty Of enthusi-
ssrn- The United Singers Of Long Island City also
n-obshlv vii carry away with them the first prize
fo, second class societies bronze tablet Of Conrad
E-sutzer as there no other society 10 dispute
rs s,prs-nacy Nevertheless. the Long Islanders
were out 10 show what they could do. and in their
singing oS KoIbner's ''Waldmorgen showed that
they had some class when il comes 10 q matter
o,the requisites for good choral singing.
EACH SELECTED PRIZE SONG.
There was spirited rivalry for the prizes offered
<o- the first class Of the city and county fedora
.ions Five organizations competed-the United
ssrFe-s OF Brooklyn. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
g.vs-, and Hudson County Each Of them had
tie privilege Of selecting its own prize song, and
each Of the selections different. The Baltimore
men started the competition with Robert Haug's
-s.hnsucht.~ There confident air about the
United Singers Of Newark they took the places
e, the Baltimore contingent on the PLATFORM ana
h.Ear their rendition Of Angerer's 'Marzluft
Ire Nezarkers had strong and enthusiastic
teIleEinE scattered throughout the Garden as did
sh. Philadelphia organization. which sang Haugs
'T~vschen des waldes": the United Singers OF
Eudsou County. who had selected Wenger's Die
Treue" FOR their prize piece, and the Brooklyn or
sxntzstion which gave Angerer's 'Zu Schuls i'm
Ki.in.n Friedhof- with enthusiasm on which
fasir afternoons stay in the far from cool prize
s,ens seemed to have had but little effect
ro-dzv the singers and their friends will pour
s-.o r--,.r park where the Sangerfest will come
10 a gorious ending in outing and midsummer
nights festival Not the least important feature
tthe occasion will be the awarding OF the prizes
IA III. various classes In the first class the prizes
are first silver cup; second. diploma. and
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