St. Thomas Sunday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Thomas Church (Episcopal; 1870-1905)

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 April 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Apr 1872, Morning

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Text Author: Schubring
Participants:  J. R. [tenor] Nilsen

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 08 April 1872, 4.

“The music of the services was something commendable, despite the fact that the choir is composed almost altogether of amateurs, with the exception of a leading quartet, and that it has not yet been organized and trained as well as it soon will be. It is, in fact, a double choir, composed of about sixty singers, one section stationed on either side of the chancel at a distance of about twenty paces from the other. The responses at this remove are very good in modulation, the great dome of the church being well adapted to fine singing.” “The use of the harp in this church adds to the beauty of the music, and in the finest parts fills the ear with the full complement of harmonious delight.”