St. Ann’s Church: Christmas Services

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Ann's Church (E. 8th St.)

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 June 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1869, 6:00 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Louis Dachauer-Gaspard;  Octavie Gomien;  Lorenzo [bass] Remi;  Achille Errani
2)
Messiah, "O thou that tellest"
Composer(s): Handel
3)
Messiah, "Glory to God"
Composer(s): Handel

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 December 1869, 3.

Part of long article discussing the decoration and music planned for Christmas Day worship services across the city. “The first mass will be held at six o’clock, and will be followed by hourly low masses until half-past ten. The music will be of a high order. Mr. Dachauer will preside at the organ, and the soloists will be Miss De Bronx, Miss Gomien, and Signors Errani and Remi.”

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 December 1869, 3.

“At St. Ann’s church [sic] will be given the Venite chant, Dupius Te Deum service, King, in F; Jubilate service, Boyer, in A,; [sic] the anthems ‘O Though that Tellest,’ and ‘Glory to God,’ from ‘Messiah’ and the hymn, ‘Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.’”