Music Exhibition Space (2025) by GAHMGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Music Installation (2024)
Permanent music items displayed in exhibition space
Georg Friedrich Händel Trophy (ca. 1903)
The bust was first prize at the singing competition (Pressingen) in June 1903 at the Sängerfest of the Nordöstlicher Sängerbund in Baltimore, MD. On loan from the Washington Sängerbund.
Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano (ca. 1930)
Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914) was a German immigrant from Schönbeck, Saxony. In 1853, he started an instrument company in Cincinnati, Ohio, which initially imported stringed, woodwind, and brass instruments from Germany for resale in the US.
Donated by Wendy Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano Side ViewGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Piano Details
Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano Internal DetailsGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Piano Inside Details
J. S. Bach Chorale Songs J. S. Bach Chorale Songs (1850) by Edited by Ludwig ErkGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
J. S. Bach: Choralgesänge (J. S. Bach Chorale Songs) (1850)
Collection edited by Ludwig Erk (1807-1883) , a German musicologist, music teacher, academic, and folk-song collector.Erk’s edition of the chorales was one of the earliest scholarly editions of Bach’s sacred music covering 319 of 370 chorales (348 without duplicates).
National Sängerfest Philadelphia Trophy (ca. 1912)
This trophy is for the 23rd National German Sängerfest (singer's festival) in Philadelphia which was hosted by the Nordöstlicher Sängerbund (Northeastern Singers' Federation) between June 29th and July 4th,1912. The trophy is dedicated by the Stollwerck Brothers.
Trophy details
Philadelphia National Sängerfest Trophy Figure DetailGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Inscription
“Wanderpreis Stollwerck - Im Deutschen Geist und Herzen sind wir Eins.” (Travelling Prize Stollwerck - We are one in German Spirit and Heart.) The latter is of Friedrich Emil Ritterhaus' 19th century “Nicht festgebannt an Deutschlandsmächt'ge Eichen" aka Song of the German Americans
Charles M. Stieff Upright Piano (ca. 1898)
This beautiful upright piano from the late Victorian era, was purchased by John Herman Heinrich Rolker (1852-1906), a native of Baltimore, Maryland. When his youngest daughter, Edna, turned five in 1898, Rolker purchased this piano for $325, the equivalent of $10,040 today.
Charles M. Stieff Upright Piano Large Panel DetailGerman-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Piano Details
San Francisco's Deutschen Sängerfest Trophy (ca. 1910)
Etching: "Gewidmet von Kaiser und König Franz Joseph I. zum Deutschen Sängerfeste un San Francisco 1910" (Dedicated by Emperor and King Franz Joseph I. for the German Song Festival in San Francisco 1910).
Created by Vincenz Mayer’s Söhne.
This trophy was created by Vincenz Mayer’s Söhne, an iconic Viennese jeweller known for producing jewelry, silverware, medals, and decorations, such as the Order of the Iron Crown and Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph. Founded in 1810, this firm was almost as well known as Rothe.
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