Church Music Association Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Chapel School Rooms [W. 25th St.]

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 September 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Jan 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Lobgesang
aka Hymn of praise; Symphony, no. 2, op. 52, cantata; Symphony, no. 2, op. 52. Lobgesang
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Mass, H. XXII, 12, B-flat major. Selections
Composer(s): Haydn

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., 26 January 1870.

“C. M. A. Rehearsal tonight at Trinity Chapel Schoolhouse. Recruits continue to come in, among them beautiful Miss Fanny Smythe. Miss Reed reported herself this evening, as good and downright as usual. Mendelssohn & Haydn. The choruses of the Lobgesang do not gain on me. Haydn’s Gloria & Gratias are splendid. I long to hear them fully lit up & glowing with orchestral colors.”