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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | A Living Legacy: German Song in America |
| Journal Title | Der Blumenbaum |
| Date of Publication | Jan./Feb./Mar. 2009 |
| Volume ID | 26 |
| Issue ID | 3 |
| Location in Work | 116-117, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 1063-8849 |
| Abstract | Reprints an article from 1873 about the Saengerfest, or "singing festival," a mainstay of German culture in 19th-century America, and describes the controversy surrounding the 1909 Saengerfest in Madison Square Garden in New York. The Concordia Gesang Verein from the small town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, "gave an incredibly strong singing performance" but was denied the coveted Kaiser's Prize by the judges. The denial may have occurred because the Concordia Gesang Verein had already won prizes in other competitions, or it may have had some grounding in the fact that the singing society comprised some forty percent non-German members. A contemporary newspaper account noted that, "if Concordia, with a big nucleus of Germans, is spreading its song influence among its cosmopolitan membership of Americans. . . , is it not eloquently serving the great object of the Bund [to spread the love and the influence of German song]?" |
| Notes | Sacramento German Genealogy Society |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Songs/ Societies, etc./ German Americans/ Music/ 19th century |