New Yorker Allgemeiner Sängerbund Concert and Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Germania Assembly Rooms

Conductor(s):
Franz Krüger

Price: $1 for one man and one woman

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 May 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Nov 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  New Yorker Allgemeiner Sängerbund
2)
Fackeltänz, military band, unidentified
aka Marche aux flambeaux; Torch song; Torch dance; Fackeltanze
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
3)
Oberon, overture
Composer(s): Weber
4)
"Kriegertod"
Composer(s): Krüger
5)
Ah! Perfido, op. 65
aka O Perfido
Composer(s): Beethoven
6)
Strauss von Strauss, Ein: Aus Ton-Blumen, op. 55
aka Strauss, Ein; Grand potpourri
Composer(s): Strauss
7)
INTERMISSION
8)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
9)
"Auf dem Rhein"
Composer(s): Kücken
Participants:  New Yorker Allgemeiner Sängerbund
10)
Freischütz, Der, aria
aka Freischutz
Composer(s): Weber
11)
Klänge aus der Heimat, op. 31
aka Sounds from home; Heimaths Klänge; Heimatsklänge; Heimatsklange; Song of the homeland
Composer(s): Gung'l
12)
Freiheitsmarsch
Composer(s): Stuntz

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 10 October 1868, 154.

The NY Allgemeine Sängerbund has hired a 28 member orchestra under the direction of Mr. Mensching for its vocal and instrumental concert on November 15th. The admission is $1 for one man and one woman.

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 14 November 1868, 6.

Program included.

3)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 21 November 1868, 249.

The concert of the NY Allgemeine Sängerbund took place on Sunday at the Germania Assembly Rooms. Performed choral pieces were Krüger’s prize composition “Kriegertod”, Kücken’s “Auf dem Rhein”, and Stuntze’s well-known “Freiheitsmarsch”. The conductor’s F. Krüger directed the chorus well, and his composition was appealing.

4)
Article: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 21 November 1868, 250/251.

The German Sängerbund in Dresden sent a letter to the New York Sängerbund which is printed here. It expresses deeply felt gratitude for the extraordinary hospitality shown to the German delegate from the old country, who came after having been invited by the central committee of the North-American Sängerbund. This delegate returned to Germany with treasured memories, which he shared in word and even print, published in a major German newspaper. The writer of the letter, H. Hartwig, vice president of the business department, praises the deep connection and faithfulness between the German singers of the old and new homeland. It was written on October 12th, 1868 and addressed to all German singers in America.