New-Yorker S�ngerrunde Annual Celebration: 26th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Germania Assembly Rooms

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Price: $1 for a man and woman

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM

Program Details

There was a vocal and instrumental concert followed by a ball.

The review calls the Matzka song “new.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  New Yorker Sängerrunde;  Franz Remmertz;  Ernst Marquard
2)
Wächterlied aus der Neujahrsnacht des Jahres 1200
aka Wachterlied aus der Neujahrsnacht des Jahres 1200
Composer(s): Gernsheim
3)
"Im blaue Nacht"
Composer(s): Abt
4)
"Deutsch"
Composer(s): Matzka
5)
"Almanfor"
Composer(s): Reinecke

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 November 1874, 6.

“After the concert: Ball.”

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 13 November 1874, 6.

“An orchestra of 40 of the best musicians.”

3)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 14 November 1874, 5.
4)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 November 1874, 5.

“The ‘New-Yorker Sängerrunde’ celebrated its 26th anniversary yesterday evening with a concert directed by Herr Carl Bergmann in the elegantly decorated Germania Assembly Rooms. The Sängerrunde sang the ‘Wächterlied aus der Neujharsnacht des Jahres 1200’ by Gernsheim; a powerful, lively composition, ‘Die blaue Nacht,’ by Abt; and a new song, ‘Deutsch,’ by Matzka. The latter is the work of a properly trained musician; it is excellently crafted but difficult and thankless, and in any case calculated for a large choir. Nevertheless, the song was, like all the others, performed valiantly and met with great applause. Herr Remmertz admirably sang Reinecke’s ‘Almanfor,’ a very pleasing song, which will probably become a fast favorite here. A young pianist named Marquard also contributed to the success of the concert.”