The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
SAENGERFEST IS
READY FOR The
GRAND Opening
thousand Singers Put Finishing
Touches on Voices for To-
nights Concert
Wonderful Array of Talent AS
sembies in the City and
Catches the Spirit

The last rehearsals for the saenger-
fest were 1eld yesterday afternoon
and evening at the Auditorium. and
Che thousand. singers. who have arrived
from al over the United States to take
part in tho great festival. are in readi-
kCSs for -.e grand opening reception
IL acert tonight and the spirit of music
and song rhat win reign in this city
for the coming few day-@
Following last nights performance.
as on Tuesday evening. an Informal
reception was held at the headquarters
or the saengerfest- - Turk street at
which most of the singers were pres
emf aud were welcomed again to san
u francisco by the president OF the COM
mlttee, DR. Max Magnus. A. ". Birker,
president Of the Northern Pacific saen-
Eerpuno, and second vice president Of
the saengerfest committee, responded.
When The festivities were over Tues
Gay night the SEQ delegates from Los
Angeles, the l7ideha and GermanTa
singing societies, who had just arrived
in their special train from the south,
came marching in. and in their honor
the celebration began anew
Last night however, there was no
such incentive. as every society pres
goooly showing of members. the
affair breaking UP rather early because
Of the days and nights OF work ahead.
RECEPTION THIS MORNING
This morning viii open with a re-
ception 10 the musical directors so
ia number OF the various singing
societies. i viii he given by Arthur
CLaasen Of New York, who. with Paul
Steindorff and j. r. Riegger, viii con-
TfrrH 81 Tho a. afr mil 1,o
held al the 81. Francis. The executors
Of the saengerfest committee viii also
be included in Claasen's list of guests.
Most Of the societies viii devote
their leisure time in between the enter
! 1ainlreuts planned in their honor to
/, practicing for the great prize COMPETE
riOns, which are attracting consider
able attentions not only from the
singers themselves. but from all Of
those interested in German music ana
TErOlean songs.
The prize poems set to prize music
are also coming in for their share of
attention. These are to be sung Satur-
csy afternoon by local singing
society, the Arion, under the leader
snip OF +. Zech. Two prizes We're
offered some months ago by the saen-
gerfest committee for the best original
poem and the best musical composition
Tor the words For the poem Konrad
@N4Ec "a NA4-c G-Af anu AT5O4 - NIEl6 OF
AIilws ukee carried of the prizes, and
= Buchse Of Philadelphia and Theo-
dor Nogt Of this city won the prizes
for the music, and the latter will act
as conductor Saturday 10 his own COM
position.
ROOSEVELT SENDS TELEGRAM
Yesterday a Telegram wishing sue
cess TO the saengerfest, the first Of its
kind on she coast, was received from
fore the assembled societies last night.
All % The delegates have Srrived in
fun force. The attractive headquar-
tiers I'D Turk street under the charge
of A. EnEel hardt are crowded daily
with the singers. who are already anti
cipating the Still larger reunion they
are planning for this city in 1915. when
2 900 or 5000 voices will sing together
.u the first great international musical
Festival
sunday wiz be an old fashioned out
door German festival, when the prize
, singing for the Austrian trophy viii
a k place in Piedmont park, Oakland.
All Monday evening is set apart for a
~ ewelI performance at the Greek
theater in Berkeley
The German students Of the univer-
Eity viii have their performers pres
ent on the occasion for Hans Sachs
tfestnachts' spiele." IN connection
with this there viii be the final dis
tribUTion OF prizes for the various
chOruses of the saengerfest. A num-
Der Of songs viii complete the pro-
gram and several addresses will be
made by DR.. Max MagnUs, Arthur
Claasen. A ". Birker, Allen Hickey of
New York, Arthur Kruse. and Others
The victorious societies viii receive
their prizes from Kari Ruiz de Roxas,
the Austrian consul and Franz Bopp.
the German consul