A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Männergesangverein

by Franz Gehring

MÄNNERGESANGVEREIN, an association of men formed for the cultivation of singing in 4 parts—2 tenors and 2 basses. They sprang from the Liedertafeln, and the most important were founded by Dr. A. Schmid, in Vienna (1845), and by Franz Weber in Cologne. The latter visited England in the spring of 1860, and sang before the Queen at Windsor. (See Liedertafel). [App. p.708 "Add that the Cologne Choral Union gave a set of ten concerts in St. James's Hall in June, 1883."]

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