Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Veranstaltungstitel:

Third evening entertainment given by the Prague Men's Singing Society [Männergesangverein]

Aufführungsort: Konvikt

Programmsorte: Art music culture

Datum: 29/12/1859 8pm

Programme comprising:

MÖHRING, Ferdinand : chorus In die See, male vv
REINECKE, Carl : partsong Frühling ohn' Ende no.1 from 6 partsongs [Sechs Lieder], male vv, op.41
VAŠÁK, Emanuel : chorus Milosť a víno (Love and wine), male vv
SCHUMANN, Robert Alexander : song Lotosblume no.7 from song collection Myrthen, v, pf, nr.7, op.25
ZÖLLNER, Carl Friedrich : chorus Wo möcht' ich sein?, male vv
RUBINSTEIN, Anton Grigor'yevitch : song unspecified, probably from 6 songs of Heine [6 Lieder von Heine], v, [pf], op.32
BLODEK, Vilém : chorus Náš zpěv (Our song), male vv
LOEWE, Johann Carl Gottfried : chorus Mag da draußen Schnee sich thürmen!, male vv
OTTO, Julius : chorus Barcarolle, male vv
VAŠÁK, Emanuel : chorus Nevěrný milý (Unfaithful beloved), male vv
SCHNEIDER, F. : chorus Ich bin nicht gern allein, male vv
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix : partsong Abschiedstafel no.4 from 4 songs [Vier Lieder], op.75

Kommentar:

Prager Morgenpost 28/12/1859 published details of this third entertainment given by the Männergesangverein, listing the complete, ‘very interesting’ programme. Bohemia 28/12/1859 also published the date, venue, time and listed the programme of the entertainment. On the day of the event details appeared in the newspaper’s Tageskalender. Prager Zeitung 28/12/1859 reported only that ‘The Männergesangverein will tomorrow in the Konvikt Hall give its third Evening Entertainment. In the programme is to be found 12 Songs [Gesänge]; Czech songs [böhmische Lieder] alternating with German ones.’

The more substantial Czech content of this programme in comarison with the two previous entertainments staged by the Mens’s Singing Society evidently pleased the critic of the unsigned Dalibor 1/1/1860 review noted, who noted that ‘the choice of choruses was exquisite, and their performance really excellent.’ However, the reviewer still expressed a wish that the Männergesangverein would perform more Czech works. The chorus Nevěrný milý was wrongly attributed to J[osef] Vašák; it was actually composed by his brother Emanuel and had recently been published. Milosť a vino may also have been incorrectly attributed to Josef. Conversely, in the Prager Morgenpost 28/12/1859 record of the programme Milosť a vino was incorrectly specified as being by Josef, but Nevěrný milý was noted as being by Emanuel.


Zusammenfassung der Quellen:

Prager Zeitung (02/12/1859)
Prager Morgenpost (28/12/1859)
Bohemia (28/12/1859)
Bohemia (29/12/1859)
Prager Morgenpost (30/12/1859)
Dalibor, hudební časopis s měsíční notovou přílohou (01/01/1860)