Musical Entertainment of the New-Yorker Quartett-Club

Event Information

Venue(s):
Landmann’s Hamilton Park

Conductor(s):
R. Langenbach [cond.-prop.]

Event Type:
Band, Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 September 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jul 1867, 7:00 PM

Program Details

Fischer’s “Der Studenten Nachtgesang” was the awarded song at the recent Philadelphia Choral Festival; includes several new pieces; social dance after the performance.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Eleventh Regiment Band;  New York Quartet Club
2)
"Mein Schifflein treibt inmitten"
aka Schifflein, Das
Composer(s): Beschnitt
3)
"Studenten Nachtgesang, Der"
Composer(s): Fischer [composer]
4)
Lieder, op. 111. Mainacht
Composer(s): Abt
5)
"Soldatenliebe"
aka Soldatenlieder
Composer(s): Schroeter
6)
Belisario, "Sul campo della gloria"
aka On to the field of glory; Kreigsduett; War duet
Composer(s): Donizetti

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 27 July 1867, 6.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 July 1867, 8.

The event attracted a large audience. The band played concert and dance music alternately. In the intermissions the Quartett Club sang several songs. (…)

3)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 03 August 1867, 862.

The only chorus that performed at the NewYork Quartet Club’s evening entertainment event, to which all NewYork choruses were invited, was the host itself. The chorus has gained quite some recognition for its performance at the Philadelphia Chorus Festival. The performance at this event was just as praiseworthy. The first piece was Beschnitt’s “Das Schifflein”, which is not as well-known here, and it has two solo parts that were performed by Koch, baritone, and Langenbach, tenor.  Koch sang his part with sweetness, even in the subtle nuances; however, when the tenor entered, the supporting voices showed some insecurity. The conductor had the challenge of singing the solo part at the same time as conducting.

The following winning piece (awarded at the competition) by Fisher: “Der Studenten Nachtgesang” [“The night song of a student”], is a fresh light composition with the main effect in the difficult transition into the “Gaudeamus igitur.” Although it was excellently performed here, it was more effective in Philadelphia.

The third piece was Abt’s “Mainacht” which has a charming tenor solo. The singers seemed not well prepared for this work.

The finale was Schröder’s “Soldatenliebe” [“Soldier love”], a well-known, yet always appealing work. The solo at the end stirred the audience to loud applause. In addition, the singers Langenbach and Staut sang the “Kriegsduett” [“War duet”] from Belizar. However, this piece was not appropriate for the large hall in the hotel.