Trinity Church Christmas Service
Event Information
Venue(s):
Trinity Church
Event Type:
Choral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 July 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Dec 1867, 10:30 AMPerformers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 25 December 1867.
“Great crowd in the church. Music a disappointment. Anthem by Hopkins thin, colorless, formless, meaningless. Gloria in Excelsis at Post-Communion by ‘Calkins’ was feeble and flat. How can people who know something about the Ecclesiastical works of Haydn, Mozart, Hummel, Bach, Cherubini, &c &c endure such trash as Hopkins and Calkins on this day, of all days of the year?”