St. Francis Xavier Church Christmas Day Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Church of St. Francis Xavier

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1873, Morning

Program Details

No time given; Music in Gotham assumes this service took place in the morning.

Performers also included a “Mr. Kleps,” tenor; Music in Gotham believes this could be Herr Kleppe and thus lists him in the performer list, but it is possible that Mr. Kleps and Herr Kleppe are two different people.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Church of St. Francis Xavier, choir;  William Berge;  Giuseppe Tamaro;  Teresa Wernecke [soprano-pf];  Herr Kleppe;  A. [bass] Bacelli;  Mr. [bass] Stanton;  Mme. [alto] Schultz
2)
Mass, no. 1
Composer(s): Berge
3)
"Adeste fidelis"
aka O come all ye faithful
Composer(s): Wade

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 December 1873, 4.

Brief. “The music will be rendered by an extra choir and orchestra.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 December 1873, 9.

Brief. “The music will be rendered by an extra choir and orchestra.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 25 December 1873, 8.

“…The choir will be enlarged by a voluntary chorus.”

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 December 1873, 6.

“…the first mass of the organist, Dr. William Berge, will be sung by the regular choir, strengthened by a large chorus, bells and brass quintet.”

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

Lists soloists; calls the ceremonies “of unusual interest.”