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:
25 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1873, 4:30 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Mass, unidentified. Selections
Composer(s): Mandanici

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 24 December 1873, 1.

“To-morrow morning at half-past 4 St. Patrick’s Cathedral will be opened. At five precisely the prayer of Kyrie Eleison [sic] will be sung to the music of Mandanici; and following the Kyrie will come the Gloria, which has not been heard for several weeks.”

2)
Review: New York Sun, 26 December 1873, 1.

No mention of music.

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 December 1873, 5.

Notes that at the 5am Mass, “the ‘Kyrie Elions [sic]’ was sung to the music of Mandanice [sic].” Mostly about the mass at 10:30am (see separate event entry).