Liedertafel

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The Liedertafel chose him as its first Liedermeister.

From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.

This representation took place at a festival of the Künstler Liedertafel of Düsseldorf in 1863, also in London.

From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander

A year later he went to Buffalo, where for three years he directed the Liedertafel.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

His first composition, a march for cornet, violin and piano, was performed on July 18, 1888, at the annual ball of the Arbeiter Liedertafel in Berlin.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

He proposed a toast in honour of his entertainers; and at the conclusion of his speech observed with justice that nowhere in the world could any club be found like the Liedertafel in Germany.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James