Federal Song Festival 1846

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The 2nd Federal Singers' Festival took place on June 14th and 15th, 1846 in Schaffhausen . A total of 1500 singers took part in 65 clubs, as well as 4 guest clubs from Germany.

The festival was organized by the Schaffhausen men's choir (today the Schaffhauser Oratorio Choir). For the first time, a jury regulation that Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee had drawn up was applied.

As president of the festival Schaffhauser acted Munster Pastor Daniel Schenkel . The president of the jury was the mayor of Schaffhausen, Ferdinand von Waldkirch , and the director of the overall performance was the director of the men's choir, Christian Ludwig Classen .

Ranking list

1st prize: Stadtsängerverein Winterthur
2nd prize: Singers' Association of the Küsnacht district
3rd prize: not awarded

literature

Robert Thomann: The Eidgenössische Singerverein 1842-1942. Zurich 1942, pp. 40–43.