Church Music Association Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Charles Edward Horsley

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 May 1873, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Symphony, unidentified
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
Missa sancta, no. 2
aka Jubel-Messe; Mass, no. 2, op. 76, G major
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Erste Walpurgisnacht, Die, op. 60
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Text Author: Goethe

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., 06 May 1873.

“C. M. A. rehearsal 3 p.m. Most satisfactory. [Edward Askew] Sothern [the actor] brought thither by Ellie, was enthusiastic. It’s a charming programme, & well rendered.”

2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 May 1873, 5.

“The last rehearsal for the closing concert of the Church Music Association took place, under the direction of Mr. Horsley yesterday. The chorus benches were well filled, and the execution of the vocal music was generally creditable, encouraging us to hope from the Church Music Association much better work, after one or two more seasons, than any choral organization has given in New-York for a long time. The programme yesterday included Haydn’s delightful Symphony in C minor (No. 9 of the series composed for Salomon in London), pretty well played by an orchestra of about 43 [line missing?] pieces: Weber’s Mass in G; and Mendelssohn’s ‘Walpurgis Night.’ The announcement that the Mass is now presented for the first time to a New-York audience is not strictly correct. It may never have been sung here before at a concert, but it is frequently given in the Catholic churches.”