Trinity Church Good Friday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Church

Event Type:
Choral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 May 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Mar 1869

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Trinity Church Choir

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., 26 March 1869.

“Good Friday. . . Music at Tr. was in part utterly null dull, inane and without expression, and in part as sentimental, meretricious kaka dramatic and revolting as the vilest ‘Martyrdom’ ever painted in Paris. Yet our dense silicified John Bull of a Kapellmeister, W. Messiter holds Haydn and Mozart generally ‘too operatic,’ which is as if one should object to The Merchant of Venice as theatrical and devote his evenings to The Black Crook or Zenga, The Red Bandit of Bohemia. Vinton’s sermon matched the worse portion of the music.”