Funeral Event for Singer Anton Graf

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 May 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Nov 1868

Program Details

No time or venue given. The Social Männerchor sang at his grave.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Social Männerchor
2)
"Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh’," male voices
aka Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh'; Over all the treetops is rest
Composer(s): Liszt
Text Author: Goethe

Citations

1)
Article: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 14 November 1868, 236.

A small funeral procession took place on the 10th for the singer Anton Graf. He was member of the Social men’s chorus. With his soft and pleasant baritone voice and his modest disposition he was liked by many. He died of consumption in the age of 39. The Social Männerchor sang “Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh” by his grave.