New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
GREAT SAENGERFEST
70 BEGIN SATURDAY
HONCERTS md CONTESTS
ON PROGRAMME.
MEMS Chorus of 5000 Voices Viii
Be a Feature of Northeastern
FederGtiOn's FeStUdi.

N.zr York Is soon 10 have a demonstration on
barge scale of the Germans love OF music The
Sorthea stern Federation OF Singing Societies OF
America IS TO hold trennal festival under the
suspces of the United Singing Societies Of New
York City on Saturday, Sunday. Monday and Tues
dsy. June "a TO %. in Madison Square Garden.
The federation includes ls5 societies.
There will be a mems chorus Of six thousand
s.a E zsorlen's chorus OF thousand voices. Be
SIDES these two great chc-uses there will also be
ee Of five thousand children selected from the high
and elementary schools Of Manhattan by special
permission of the Board Education and conduct
ed BY Dr. Frank r RiX Albert s. Caswen and Dr.
Feltx Jaeger. There will be orchestra Of $50
Instruments directed by Julius Lorenz and Carl
Hem The soloists will Mrs. Corinue Rider
Kelsey soprano: Nine Schumann-Eeink. contralto;
Daniel Beddoe, tenor, and Claude Cunningham
berFtcne-
four II the evening and the others Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Special trains
vii be from gnany points in the East 70 &C
cornnodate the large number OF singers and visitors
who Will attend. Il is expected that one thousand
singers and many more other guests will come
from Buffalo and its environs. Others Will come
from Pennsylvania, Maryland. New Jersey, Della
ware and Washington There viii be six hundred
from Baltimore. II the health of Mrs. Taft and the
Presidents engagements permit It IS expected that
Mr.. Taft Will be present Other notable guests
who are expected arc Secretary Nagel Of the De-
parImept OF Commerce and Labor Governors
Hughes OF New York, Stuart Of Pennsylvania Fort
Of New Jersey, Crothers of Maryland and Weeks
Of Connecticut; Mayor Mcclellan who is the hon
orsry chairman OF the reception committee; Count
Won Bernstorff, the German Ambassador; Count
Louis AInbrozy, OF the Austro-TTungarian Legation
and many Of the city officials including number
OF the judges and the presidents of the boroughs.
CONTEST FOR EMPEROR's PRIZE.
The festival doubtless VIII remind many OF wag-
ner's 'Meistersinger,'' for prize competitions in
singing and the singing Of a prize gong written
especially Tor the occasion viii be features The
great contest viii be that Of FIVE associations for
the silver statue OF minnesinger given by En-
peror William. This statue is about two feet high
Il be three times in succession In order
become the property Of society. The first
winner was the Junger Mannerchor, Of Philadel-
phia- The second winner and the present holder
IS the Concordia Singing Society Of Wilkes Barre
Penn. These societies. with the Germania, OF
Newark: the Kreutzer Quartet. OF New York, and
she Arion Society. Of Baltimore. Will compete for
IL Each competing association viii sing songs.
One OF these must be the prize song written
pecially for the contest. The other may be song
OF the competing socjety's own selection.
The prize song IS composed prior TO each contest
by some foreign composer who has demonstrated
his ability write admirable songs for male
choruses. The composer whose song is selected
receives compensation for his song and is brought
America for the festival the guest of the
American singing societies. The song which VIII
be sung by all the competitors this year is The
Warning Of the Rhine" composed by Matthieu
Neuragp. OF Dresden.
The present holder Of the Kaiser's prize. curl
curly is made up largely OF Welsh singers, who.
located place where the social distract
comparatively few. have great deal Of time to
expsnd in practice.