Evening star., 1934-12-09

active members. "a of the honorary class and
l,73l passive members
The first piece rehearsed by the chorus was
"Auf ihl Bruder, lasst uns Wallen"
In 1869 the body went to Philadelphia, and
there earned a most important victory.
triennial festival was in progress, it Is said.
and as the Saengerbund needed a new piano,
it went in and sang with such good effect that
the judges awarded them the first prize, which
turned out to be just what they wanted-a
$1,000 piano. Paul Richter was then the direc-
tor.
The leader in 1878 was Frederick Kley: the
president. Louis Brodhag; Ferdinand Rocker.
corresponding secretary; Paul Haverstein, secre-
tary: Mr.. Mueller, recording secretary: II.
Schmidtman, treasurer. and E. Holer, archivist.
Carl Richter was the leader in 1879: E.
Holer, corresponding secretary; A. Hart, record
ing secretary, and John Sax, archivist. BY the
following year the leader j. Max Mueller;
H. H. Bergman was financial secretary, Otto
L. Wolfsteiner. recording secretary; S. Hart
brecht. treasurer; William Hagemann, archivist,
and collector, Mr.. Bergman.
In 1883 Paul Schulze OF the we'll known firm
Of architects. Cluss & Schulze. was president.
Jacob Kerr was vice president; A. Heinrichs.
financial secretary; F. Friedrich. recording sec
retary; Anto Fischer. treasurer; w. Hagomann.
librarian: e. Holer. director; Louis Waldecker,
r. Knoop E. Schmid and w. Veerhod. leaders
Of music Paul Haverstein. Theodore e. Kirby,
Simon Wolf Charles Xander, J. A. Griesbauer.
Edward Abner and A. Lppert, Committee on
Music while the Auditing Committee was COM
posed of Paul Havenstein, w. Spangler and
Martin Altschuh.
Paul Schulze was also president in 1884 and
1885. and had assisting him the former year
w. r. Lutz, vice president; A. Behrend. nnan-
cial secretary: F. Carl, recording secretary, and
others. In 1885 we find among the officers the
name OF w. Won Brands. Fourteen years later
find Frank Claudy serving president:
John Waldman, vice president; Louis Kimmel,
financial and corresponding secretary: Fred
Carl. recording secretary Louis Faber. treas
urer: William Hageman librarian, and Henry
Xander. musical director.
THE fortieth anniversary of the organisation
1t the Academy Of Music. before referred
to. was . very fine affair, and included In its
program the following numbers: () overture.
-stradeila" F1otow). orchestra: co Hail Co
timbia" Oachner). Saengerbund and orchestra
with tableaW: 90 piano solo. "Rhapsodie
Hongroise No. ." Uiszt). Richard Burmeister
from Baltimore: 60 soprano solo. Aria From
Linda di Chamounix' (Donizette), Miss Alice
williams from New York: (5 "Fruehhngs
Zauber" (WeinHerD. Saengerbund and orches-
ira; CO.. violin solo. Fantasia Apassionata'
tvieuxtemps). Anton Kaspar; ca soprano solo
(a). To Sevilla"; (b, "Ungeduld" (Schubert).
Miss Alice Williams: co. piano solo %, pre-
lude and Song" Chopin: (b), "Soirees de
Vienne No 8" (Schubert-Iiszt), Richard Bur-
meister: 90, "Traeumerei" (Schumann) string
orchestra; U0), Die Neiderwaldfahrt" (Pache),
Saengerbund and orchestra with tableaU.
This was in 1891, when Paul Schulze was
president; John Waldman vice president; r.
Altrup. corresponding secretary; Louis Faber,
and those taking part in the chorus were
follows:
First TENOR Colignon, H. Klinge. A. Pitt.
I. Viedt. A. Weinhold, l.. Door. F. Knoop I.
Steinem. j. Waldmann and G. Wetzel
Second tenor-G. Ackmann. w. Berens. v.
Conrad, s. Holmes, J. Karr, G. Ritter, E.
6chmid. A. Behrend, F. Candy. p. Haverstein,
A. Joerss. E. Nachtgall, S. SawteI and Charles
Xander
First bass-P Bachschmidt, W. Hagemann,
l. Hutch. A. Lepper. l. Mattern, o. Schilling
H. G. Weber r. Escherich, S. Hartbrecht H.
Kaiser w. F. Lutz, j. NIichaelson, M Smell and
H. Wolf.
Second base-F. Altrup, F. Carl c. Herbert.
e. Kuebel, H. Scheuermann, H. Schminke B.
Schneider. M. Altschuh. L. Faber, E. Hoier.
J. E. Ruebsam. J. Schlueter, H. Schmidtman
and w. Spangler.
The Star PARSED the concert in its issue
Of April 20, 1891 saying
THE SAENGERBUND'S CONCERT
THE Washington Saengerbund gave q sacred
concert last night at the Academy of Music.
in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary
of the organization 1t highly successful
and well attended The music, produced under
the direction Of Mr.. William Waldecker, was
of high order and seemed thoroughly ap-
preciated by the audience. One OF the numbers
was quite picturesque. being descriptive, under
the title of fNiederwaldfahrt,' or a trip to the
Neiderwald, near Bingen. where is a monument