Solemn High Mass

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of the Immaculate Conception

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

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jul 1873, 10:30 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  New York Catholic Choral Society;  Adolph Sohst;  Mrs. [alto] Unger;  Henriette Corradi;  Jacob [tenor] Graf;  Mr. [vocalist] Urchs
2)
Mass, G major
Composer(s): Mandanici
3)
"Vision de Ste. Cecilia, La"
aka Vision of St. Cecilia, The
Composer(s): Lebouc
Participants:  Henriette Corradi

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 03 July 1873, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 July 1873, 4.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 05 July 1873, 7.

“The Catholic Choral Union, who supplied the materials for the chorus, covered themselves with glory, and rarely has a mass been sung with such éclat in this city. To Professor Schmitz much of this success is due, as he brought everything in the musical line through triumphantly. The mass itself is not interesting in a musical point of view, being patchy and commonplace…Nearly three thousand people sat in the church for more than three hours, listening to the delicious music afforded them by Mr. Schmitz.”