Article on proposed Church Music Association concerts

Event Information

Venue(s):

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 December 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Oct 1869

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association

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., 31 October 1869.

“Many applications for tickets to the C. M. A. [Church Music Association] concerts of the Future, and they begin to be talked of quite generally. O for one or two good tenors and soprani to secure their success! I have letters and visits from lots of people who want to sing, but I refer them all to Pech. It is essential that he have absolute control of orchestra, chorus, and solo singers. He must be Dictator in that department, and allow the committee to be supreme in all questions of money.”