Church Music Association Rehearsals

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Chapel School Rooms [W. 25th St.]

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
07 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Oberon, selections
Composer(s): Weber
3)
Mass, op. 86, C major
Composer(s): Beethoven

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., 04 April 1870.

“C. M. A. rehearsal this evening. Ellie not quite well & could not go. Full attendance. Miss Edith Foster, a nice pretty girl. Beethoven’s Mass all through. 53 minutes. I begin to see how grand it is.  A little bit of Oberon.”

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 April 1870, 2.

“Although the weather last night was unpropitious in the extreme, there was a full attendance of the members of this thriving society. It was announced last night by Dr. James Peck [sic] that there would be an extra rehearsal on Thursday evening at Trinity Chapel school-house, West Twenty-fifth street, at 8 o’clock, to which all the associate members are invited to attend punctually.”

3)
: 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., 07 April 1870.

“Then to Schoolhouse. Extra rehearsal, C. M. A. & fair attendance. Oberon choruses & Beethoven’s Mass to end of Cum Sancto Spiritu. Morgan Dix came in & enjoyed the music—& also enjoyed most keenly the eccentricities of Pech.”