Church Music Association Rehearsal: 6th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1869, 4:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association;  Fanny Reed Tate [vocal]
2)
Oberon, selections
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Mass, K. Anh. 232, G major. Selections
Composer(s): Mozart

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., 28 December 1869.

“Choruses from Oberon. Credo, fugue, Sanctus from Mozart No. 12. Enjoyed it heartily. Attendance larger than it was last Tuesday…Certain passages in that grand fugue are amazing. They manifest Mozart’s power of producing the loftiest and noblest expression, when tied down by the strictest conventional laws of counterpoint. The Et Incarnatus, Qui Tollis, &c were easy work compared with this.”

2)
: 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., 03 January 1870.

“Dr. [Frederick A. P.] Barnard [President of Columbia] is funny.  His deafness impairs his intonation.  He said ‘that rehearsal last Tuesday was delightful.  Who was that wobbler who sat on the right side of the platform?’  ‘That wobbler?’ I asked.  ‘Yes, that wobbling young lady who sang something from Oberon.’  Then it occurred to me that the Rev. Barnard meant to say ‘Warbler’ & to indicate Miss Fanny [Reed], who had hummed over a few phrases from Reiza’s  music.”