Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Musical entertainment [Sangerfest] given by a 'chorus of young singers'

Venue: Count Canal's Garden

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 29/05/1859

Season: Summer

Programme including:

General participants:
  • unspecified male vv: participating ensemble
JELEN, Alois : chorus Vše jen ku chvále vlasti a krále (All only in praise of country and King), male vv
SLAVÍK, Karel : chorus Má otčina (My Fatherland), male vv chorus
HORÁK, Václav Emanuel : chorus Píseň při draní Song at threshing time from 5 vocal quartets [Patero čtverozpěvů], male vv
UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified Quodlibet on Czech folksongs, male vv

Commentary:

News of this event in Count Canal’s garden was published on the day of the event by Prager Morgenpost, although the newspaper gave no details of the programme or identified the participants.

The brief, unsigned review published by Dalibor 1/6/1859 noted that ‘this extraordinary entertainment replaced the usual military music.’ The programme was said to have contained 5 German and 5 Czech choruses for male voices but the text named only the works that apparently were most liked; interestingly all four of these choruses were Czech. On general demand the Quodlibet on Czech songs  had to be encored. The review concluded with a wish that ‘more such entertainments would be arranged.’ Described simply by Dalibor as a ‘chorus of young singers’, the ensemble cannot be identified.


Summary of sources:

Prager Morgenpost (29/05/1859)
Dalibor, hudební časopis s měsíční notovou přílohou (01/06/1859)