Article on the leadership and membership of the Deutscher Liederkranz

Event Information

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Conductor(s):
Agricol Paur

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

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Published

Last Updated:
1 February 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jul 1869

Program Details

For more on the activities of the Deustcher Liederkranz at the festival in Baltimore, see event entry of 07/02/69: Articles on New York’s representation at a major choral festival in Baltimore.

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Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 July 1869, 8.

“The members of this society are of course well satisfied with the decision of the judges of the prize singing of the Baltimore Sangerfest, awarding the first prize to the 68 singers who represented the Society at Baltimore. The members of this chorus will arrive home on Saturday, and will, no doubt, be received with due honor in Fourth-st. The Liederkranz now numbers 1,100 members, of whom 120 are singers. Eighty young ladies are also attached to the chorus, and in a certain sense to the Society, though they are not included among its members. The Society was organized in 1847, and incorporated in 1860. Its officers are present are: William Steinway, President; Frederick Kammerer, First Vice-President; Herman Uhl, Second Vice-President; E. Steiger, Secretary; G. Newbach, Treasurer; A. Paur, Leader. There are 16 Trustees, who form a Board of Directors for the management of the property and financial affairs of the Society. Mr. Windmuller, President of the German Savings Bank, is the oldest member of the Society, and commands the patriarchal respect of the younger members. The Liederkranz has recently purchased the house and lot adjoining their headquarters in Fourth-st., and now owns 75 feet front by 132 feet deep on that street. The value of this real estate cannot be less than $100,000. It is not yet decided whether to build a new club-house on these lots, or to purchase further up town. On Saturday the cosy [sic] recesses of the Liederkranz will re-echo the notes of ‘How Came Love,’ and the clinking of innumerable mugs and wine-glasses.”