This instrument has been, awarded high praise by leading artists, and the latest testi- monial to the merits of the Shoninger Piano is from, one of most prominent and distinqu,ished musiciansDeutsches Haus Musik Archiv #18 “Gemeinderatssitzung in Grüntzhausen.”Shoninger Grand March. Have again, received evi- dence of the great success of the Showinger Piano in, the musical world. MILLS' OPINION OF THE SHONlN6ER The B.

It is the exact specification that was adopted 5 years later as the Normalharmonium (which simply means 'standardized reed organ') For a complete explanation of the Combination Swell knee lever, see the video.Parlor Organ made by B. It has 'Full Organ' and 'Combination Swell' knee levers. Zwinger Del.The keyboard is f-scale 5 octaves, and the bass/treble break is at b/middle c. Shoninger Co., 225 State St.

The House of Shoninger is one of the oldest among the piano manufacturers, having been established by B. The societies maintained detailed records that provide information about members, discussions of concerts, evening entertainments, excursions to nearby tourist attractions, and their daily operations.B. The earliest of these groups, the chorus of the Turn-Verein (1851), was joined by the Deutsche Männergesangverein (1873), the Liedertafel (1878), Frohsinn (1885), the Liederkranz (1889), and eventually the Deutsches Haus Sängerchor (1929), among others.

Frohsinn specialized in short musical farces. The German love of music cannot truly be measured by attendance at programs of world famous performers, but rather by their overwhelming participation in the productions. The musical productions of Frohsinn were elaborate affairs, requiring managerial skills to coordinate the activity of musicians, singers, soloists, scenic designers, stage bands, ticket sales, security forces, and the local brewery. Eventually such policies led to dissension, and in the case of the Liedertafel, resulted in the formation of a new organization, Frohsinn, which pledged to avoid such dangerous courses of action. Vintage Rummy O Tile Game Faux Leather Travel Briefcase Cardinal Rumikub B Shoninger E121I Upright Piano 48 Polished Dark Mahogany Togo GERMANDOUBLE.Some societies, such as the Liedertafel, admitted non-German-speaking members in an effort to raise revenues for their expensive spectacles.

New Orleans was chosen for the site of the 1890 gathering, the first in the South. This collection is referred to as the Deutsches Haus Musik Archiv and is part of the larger Deutsches Haus Collection (MSS 609).Whenever possible, members of the local singing societies attended the North American Sängerbund Festival, the national convention of German singing societies. The color lithographs illustrating the suggested costumes are representative of recurring themes: music, love, marriage, life, and fashion.

A site facing Lee Circle was chosen as the location for the Sängerfesthalle.When the curtain rose on opening night (February 12, 1890), the massive hall (150 feet on St. After rejecting the Fair Grounds, Spanish Fort, and the Washington Artillery Hall as sites, it was decided to build an architecturally attractive wooden hall that could seat 5,000 spectators with a stage accommodating 2,000 singers and orchestra. The entire population of New Orleans rose to the occasion. Five singing societies of New Orleans were expected to host 64 societies with some 1,700 singers.

Some German musicians who settled in New Orleans followed that well-established pattern. Mayor Joseph Shakspeare, who had studied German for the event, led the citizens in a brilliant display of hospitality during the festival.Many German musicians who immigrated to the United States established themselves as music publishers. A large pressroom, well stocked with food and a variety of liquid refreshments, accommodated the media.

The memorial, addressed to the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund of New Orleans, praises Resch’s musical skills and the loving care his adopted city showed him. An example of such interchange is the memorial prepared by the Munich Chapter of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musik Verein (German Music Association) in memory of Jakob Resch, a violinist, born in Munich who died in New Orleans in 1878. The Werlein and Grunewald firms were celebrated in music on various occasions with images of their stores gracing the sheet music covers.The Germans of New Orleans remained in contact with other German societies throughout the United States, as well as in Germany. Other local German musicians-turned-publishers include Theodore von LaHache, Henri Lehmann, Philip Werlein, and Louis Grunewald. His Album Louisianais is believed to be the first music with a New Orleans imprint.

Also includes programs and music from the “Sängerfeste” (annual gatherings of German singing societies from around the country) attended by these societies, song books, and other materials.Deutsches Haus Collection: Musical Societies (German Music Societies’ Records 1879–1950). Includes sheet music with color-lithograph title pages for musical comedies, as well as choral music. Collection of the music sung and performed by the musical societies of the Deutsches Haus.

Correspondence, programs, and other memorabilia concerning the life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, as well as sheet music and manuscript music primarily composed by Clara G. Includes newspaper clippings, advertisements, and other forms of ephemera and memorabilia.Louis Moreau Gottschalk Collection, 1842–1911. Materials related to the productions, sales, and various activities of the Werlein’s music store from 1842–1930, 1934–1967, and 1977–1978.

Within this collection is an autographed program from a concert by Josef Hofmann at the Athenaeum on 3 March 1920, as well as a sheet containing the cast for a production of the opera The Huguenots on the back is written “Last performance Dec. He reviews the financial reversals suffered in California, and records his successes in Buenos Aires and Chile.Leonard V. MSS 301.Letter (9 February 1869) written by Gottschalk from San Isidro, Peru describing the climate, superstition, Indian and African rites. Richard Wagner is among those represented in the collection.Louis Moreau Gottschalk Letter, 1869. The autographs collection includes noteworthy performing artists and composers. This collection contains correspondence, programs, photographs, carnival invitations, and sheet music.

It also includes a small assortment of theater programs from Beverly Dinner Playhouse, St. Schmidt from the New Orleans Opera House Club Room for payment of his subscription to May, 1873, dated 25 November 1872. Placide Canonge, Opera House of New Orleans, dated 1 July 1872 and a receipt issued to C. Thee collection contains other programs from the Grand Opera House, as well as a promissory note of C.E.

Charles Theatre, and the Tulane Theatre. This collection includes musical programs for the French Opera House, the Athenaeum, the Philharmonic Society of New Orleans, the New Orleans Symphony Association, the New Orleans Choral Symphony Society, the St. Also in the collection are postcards of Fely Dereyne and of Miss Mary Garden as Solomé.'Programs,' 1886–1953. Alma Gluck at the Athenaeum and five scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings regarding opera starts and composers affixed to them. Librettos for Madame Butterfly, L’Apollon De Bellac, and Orphée along with French Opera House programs programs for the 1925 Grand Opera Season at Tulane Theatre, Melba and her concert company at the Greenwall Theatre, and Mme.

Hanno Deiler Papers and Deutsche Gesellschaft Records, 1852–1919. Gustave Keitz German Singing Society Collection, 1912–1914. Greenway & Son gives the right to sell peanuts, candies, and cakes in the gallery of the Grand Opera House, Canal Street.Dr. 2 items.Contract between Jacob J. 5, 1886.Grand Opera House Concessions Contract, 1892.

Blake arrived in New Orleans as part of the occupying forces on thereafter he writes about this city. Blake kept this diary intermittently from 1 April 1861 to 20 September 1862, when he sent the volume home. Charles Theatre.Charles H.