Performance of the Tyrolean Riflemen's Song at the Conclusion of the Imperial Shooting Festival
At the closing of the imperial shooting festival in Meran, the Liedertafel premiered the Tyrolean riflemen's song composed by Jakob Schgraffer. Set to a poem by Alois Meßner, the performance was received with great public acclaim.
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Daily report.
Meran, 13 October. For the closing ceremony of the grand prize shooting festival sponsored by His Majesty Emperor Franz Josef I, the Tyrolean riflemen's song (prize poem by the Reverend Alois Meßner, professor in Brixen), set to music by your meritorious fellow citizen and parish organist Mr. Jakob Schgraffer, was sung for the first time by the excellent Liedertafel. The song was received with great applause and had to be encored upon request.
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"Performance of the Tyrolean Riflemen's Song at the Conclusion of the Imperial Shooting Festival." Bozner Zeitung, 26 October 1850. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/2/1/26.10.1850/20046/1. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1850-10-26-auffuehrung-des-tiroler-schuetzenliedes-zum-abschluss-des-kaiserlichen-freischie