New-York tribune., 1909-06-21
SINGS OF FATHERLAND
orRV4NS F4ST CHORUS.
.nbossador ron BernsfOrf HOnors
Northeastern .Sacngcrfest.

o, audience n friends numbering between /
Ie.ssand and fifteen thousand persons who /
p 1a.e guessed beforehand that Madison /
rs car6en Was not the coolest place be /
sls- =. -rsa-e- Nev York on a hot June Sunday 1
80 si5a-t seem IL mind such little thing /
t- = tlie Northeastern Sangerbund Of America /
s -, "a The real business Of its twenty-second /
- sang ard music festival yesterday.
er,-a there was q reception concert'' given
=. 5-,,sed Singers Of New York City on Satur-
.rbi viii an address of welcome by Mayor
@~.Tar 7r.r ilfst only appetizer. as it
+i,a serious work Of the German song feast
.s.i,-sl "a il conclude with the singing for the
- -rize tomorrow evening and a grand out
= ,na sunmernishts festival at Timer Park on
gsiaesdaT-
.on-reti,ions out New York had the first
- in fifteen years to hear what five thou
= rusi, so,iug Cermans can co with a song
.ss fatheglaud when they get together They
.aretlser TOO. in a mighty phaianx last night
- gulius I.orenz 20 lead them. they gave some
-7lss of fine choral singing. and indicated incl
.-,s1r uhy tne Germans "A race are In the
-rsral Lead
us Fxcsllency Count Johann Heinrich Won Bern
II German Ambassador who came from Wash
-s,o, 70 tel Ilusic-Ioying couatrymen that he Was
- % s.nse and fow much German song has done
A. -s-rlany 81 over the world. started The pro-
,.5res zita short address He said the world
---sre ef music Is indeed a German empire and
=. AMERICANS O. Tie future were sure 20 accord
.spseal honor To German song. Professor Gustav
---fissrruth who j. OF the represents lives
sfbf Kaiser on the committee which viii award
- Kaiser prize also gave his compatriors a little
TX
-hsn the I've thousand started in IL do some
s-.Bg which kept lie audience in the heated
GARDEN 10 The very end of the last number. There
.ss anly. one incident 10 the first appearance
eae men from Hartford 10 Richmond and from
lr.,= So.
r the striving for the many handsome prizes which
ssre beeu offered by the Sangerbund.
ms vas while Claude Cunningham. the barry
t-1s Nas singing the aria Fri tn from TerdI's
II BaIio ia Maschera-" Mr.. Cunningham
spasclifnG the end Of the number when there
aHe smash the 27th street side of the Garden.
md before they knew ii -four who We're listen
hE rtently the barHtone. had crashed through
6 temporary box over one Of the exits and dropped
tsr feet 10 .ile floor Of the Garden. sr. Cunning
Asn and the orchestra kept righ1 and finished
ra number in triumph. Then Mr Cunningham
ssus The Toreador'S song. from Ca rmen. an
sacort-
ODDLY enough the other soloist OF the evening
vas that well known citizen Of Singac y. J. Nine
Enestue Schumanu- Heink-Rapp The recitatiye
5Hd aria of NiJellia from Mozart's Titus" her
f-y number. ana nobody took offence when the
creasstra struck Up the opening bars OF the 'Brin-
tzl~ from '-Lucrezia Boreia'' for her encore. The
Gsrmsa singers showed what they could do with
NJ American song when they joined in the chorus
rthe "Old Folks al Iome." in which Mr. Cunning
ham had the solo part. Nine. Schumann-H Heink'S
rhsr number In her native German. Schubert's
Die Aumacat.~
There no prize competition for school children
Il th5 Sanrerfest. which is great pity the many
1ogsancs thought who heard The pupils Of the pub
Dc schools In their own special concert in the af
s-1oon The Garden j. not considered the best
pare il the world TO show the effects Of well
~ . Tar
Tank r. Rix- who led he elementary school chorus
r rore than 5hree thousand bows and girls yes
fEdsy afternoon. does believe that the ordinary
Es Side child is the easiest to train To good mus-
l. understanding aud expression. there we're
Tssassrds or IoyaI New Workers late yesterday af-
,ason WHO left the Garden disposed 10 agree with
fhs orricn and TO regret the city hadn't chance
Il suz OF its youngsters in singing bouts with the
y1ysaAe eat of the ether big cities.
There were some i've thousand OF the youngsters
Tho were rassod down al the east end of.the Gar
dsn and their work certainly created stir Of
thlSszm among The visiting delegations Of the
C1fsd Singers and all rhe others who were at the
cones1 Il u-ss something 20 and hear. the
suiszas Thought. when those thousands Of girls in
white and bows in darker raiment were uitering In
bsagtsul unison Lift Thine Eyes. o Lift Thine
ty4s 10 The Mountains from the chorus Re Not
sf-sd" from Elijah" Instead Of lifting their
eFs though. every one Of these three thousand
osi boys and girls were looking straight down Al
y Rx where he stood CT the conductors stand
set 70 the slightest Indication Of his leading Be
h1d d. Rix and facing the school children was an
echssra q one hundred under DR.. Felix Jager but
tat easily WAS overshadoRed in importance Tor
he sudience l.r TIE splendid work OF these young
E-s and bess and not the least of the good things
5e said of these children. representing l25 puDhc
saeos II Manhattan and The Bronx is that they
'sl sing in English 50 well that il is not necessary
e have the eyes glued constantly t. the book 10
ri Ehs- fl Is all about.
Ihe High School boys and girls. Of whom there
Vss about ffteer hundred under the direction OF
+l7iessoE Albert : Caswell had their turn IN bee
| io7s-s The Heavens Proclaim and NlcaIao
-irza of Ioy and Praise Albert Tottman's Ger
7sa setting - the Facil-iornod Ave Maria, be
S1aag WIKI the words 'HeiIig ist Gott,' was
l'F5ly 70 many of the audience, but il was done
q heir evident delight There all the more EN-
llsssn Whan Professor CasweI, yielding 10 the
'sals I'D his charges IN Die Doreei" Then the
eansH'sry school pupils. after singing The Lost
-a''1, gave the old melody. Home, Sweet Home
-as o-chest-a didn't play this time. but that did
] - make any difference 10 the young cd1oristets'
| sao had breath SO spare and energy enough after
| - n1ished - sea of hand6erchiefs IN an
| '1si 70 their directors greetings
| 70 soloists n the afternoon were Nine. 'orlhhe
Aas-Kslser, who sang the aria With Verdure
! al from The Creation and Daniel Beddoe,
ea@ whose number vas The Handel aria, Sound
/ = Aarrn." Nine of the ten numbers on the pro
staans were selections from the works Of German
| --AGsns TIE last being the American, Victor Her
- American Fantase." winding up with Ihe
~ s3sngled Banner"
'' as the hre thousand youthful voices started
- @oros of th= line oh. say. does the Star span
! Sanner s-et wave az II by magic as many
| - American flags began 20 wave simultaneously.
saalence broke loose at Tits pretty demonstra-
- sut the FIVE thousand showed their discipline
asepiRg right On 10 the end. never missing a
/ - o 4 beat
! --A afternoon ~ O'Clock the competitive sing
I contest fer prizes viii begin. Societies OF the
| - third and second classes will take part To-