Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Mott Street)

Conductor(s):
Gustavus Schmitz [organist/composer]

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Feb 1873, Morning

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir;  F. C. [baritone, bass] Urchs;  Madame Chomé;  William H. [tenor] Schmitz;  Mrs. [alto] Unger
2)
Mass
Composer(s): Meiners
3)
Mosè in Egitto, "Dal tuo stellato soglio"
aka Prayer; Preghiera; Mose in Egitto, Dal tuo stellato soglio; O esca viatorum
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  F. C. [baritone, bass] Urchs
4)
Missa sancta, no. 2. Selections
Composer(s): Weber

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 03 February 1873, 4.

“The musical services were such as to deserve more than passing note.” “The appropriateness and fine execution of the music added no little to the impressiveness of the ceremonies.”