Concert and Ball of the Euphonia Männerchor

Event Information

Venue(s):
Germania Assembly Rooms

Conductor(s):
Charles Mangold [cond./piano/comp.]

Price: $1

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Nov 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Euphonia Männerchor;  Mr. [tenor] Braumann;  Mateus Diehm;  Mr. [bass] Froh
2)
Overture, unidentified [generic]
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified
3)
Kriegerchor
aka War Chorus
Composer(s): Otto
Participants:  Euphonia Männerchor
4)
"Schlummerlied"
Composer(s): Kühn
Participants:  Euphonia Männerchor;  Mr. [tenor] Braumann
5)
"Abendfeier"
Composer(s): Möhring
Participants:  Euphonia Männerchor
6)
"Steyer’sche Jäger"
Composer(s): Sahm
Participants:  Mateus Diehm
7)
"Wach auf, mein Lieb"
Composer(s): Abt
Participants:  Euphonia Männerchor;  Mr. [tenor] Braumann
8)
500.000 Teufel, [polonaise]
aka 500000 Teufel; 500,000 Devils; Fünfmalhunderttausend Teufel; Fünfhunderttausend Teufel
Composer(s): Graben-Hoffmann
Participants:  Mr. [bass] Froh
9)
"Ständchen"
Composer(s): Fischer
Participants:  Euphonia Männerchor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 17 November 1867, 8.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 November 1867, 6.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 27 November 1867, 8.

The 35-40 member Euphonia chorus performed their pieces fairly well. President of the chorus and tenor Braumann gave a noticeable performance with his tenor solos. Froh’s bass solo was also well done.  

4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 30 November 1867, 267.

The 10th Annual Foundation Day Celebration of the Euphonia chorus was successful. Mr. Mangold directed…The solo singers were taken from the active members of their chorus, and they did very well. Mr. Braumann, who is also the president of the Euphonia society, has a beautiful, lyrical tenor and he possesses the ability to almost unnoticeably slip into falsetto. He sang Kuhn’s “Schlummerlied” and Abt’s “Wach auf, mein Lieb”. Mr. Diehm excelled with jodeln [yodels], and Mr. Froh impressed with the well-known bass solo “500,000 Teufel.” Although there were some insecurities in the choral parts, and the entrance of the basses could have been a little stronger, the overall impression of the performances was pleasant.