Federal Song Festival 1850

The 4th Federal Singers' Festival took place on July 28th and 29th, 1850 in Lucerne . A total of 1200 singers took part in 55 clubs. The festival was organized by Harmonie Luzern (today the Lucerne Choir).

The Lucerne government councilor Eduard Schnyder acted as party president . The jury was chaired by the well-known composer Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee , the festival director of the overall performance was the Bohemian conductor Ernst Maschek .

Ranking list

The prizes have not yet been awarded to individual choirs, but to associations:

• 1st prize: Male Choir Frohsinn St. Gallen
• 2nd prize: Stadtsängerverein Winterthur
• 3rd prize: not awarded

literature

• Robert Thomann: The Eidgenössische Singerverein 1842-1942. Zurich 1942, pp. 46–48.