Beethoven Männerchor Anniversary Festival

     “Musical. The Maennerchor. On Friday night of last week the Maenerchor, an association of singers, which has been in existence some seven years, celebrated its anniversary festival at Beethoven Hall, in Sixth street, by a banquet, which was followed by a series of entertaining, musical, humoristic and dramatic exercises. The first piece on the programme was the favorite song An die Freude, which was rendered by the singers of the Beethoven Maennerchor. At the conclusion of this one of the members, in the character of a negro, suddenly appeared with a hand organ at the other end of the hall, engaging in a rather curious hurdy gurdy performance. After the banquet an address was delivered by the President, Mr. M. Schedler, in which he reviewed the past career of the society, which at present is in a very flourishing condition and during the past year has contributed much towards the various musical enterprises in which the German musical organizations have been engaged. The society participated, among others, in the Providence saengerfest, and assisted in various concerts at the Academy of Music and Irving Hall for benevolent and charitable purposes. The usual toasts were offered and properly responded to; when, on each occasion, the well-known Latin song of fraternity was sung. The musical exercises embraced choruses, duets and solos of Mueller, Haekel, Abt, C. M. Von Weber, Kuecken and Marschner. An aria of the latter was sung and executed with great perfection by Mr. Traeger, the leader of the chorus, and an ancient piece entitled Coer King of Kuecken, which is a rather curious and droll production, was rendered by the chorus. Then the Robbers’ duet, from Stradella, was rendered by two ferocious-looking gentlemen in costume, and in conclusion a chorus was sung, when a Mr. Lux, as leader, represented a well known musical character in this city. The droll proceedings were continued from beginning to last, and were wound up by a dance which was continued until an early hour yesterday morning.”

     Not a review of the performance, only comments about the Maennerchor.