Federal Song Festival 1864
The 11th Federal Singing Festival took place from July 16 to 18, 1864 in Bern . After the previous festival in Chur, a Rhaeto-Romanic choir took part for the first time, which meant that all four parts of Switzerland were represented for the first time. A total of 3000 singers took part in 100 clubs.
The festival was organized by the Berner Liedertafel (dissolved in April 2018). The singing performances were carried out in the Bern Minster . The Chorlettner , built by Daniel Heintz in 1574 , was permanently removed for the construction of the auditorium .
Federal Councilor Karl Schenk acted as party president . The presidium of the jury was shared by Ernst Reiter from Basel and Johann Rudolf Weber from Bern , the festival director of the overall performance was the head of the Liedertafel, Adolph Methfessel .
Ranking list
For the first time no prizes were awarded because no choir convinced the jury sufficiently.
literature
- Robert Thomann: The Eidgenössische Singerverein 1842-1942. Zurich 1942, pp. 62–63.
Individual evidence
- ^ Weber, Berchtold: Historisch-Topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern, Bern, 2016. Descriptor