Imposing of the Biretta on Cardinal John McCloskey

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:
4 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1875, 11:00 AM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir; Philharmonic Society of New York - Selected members

2)

Athalie, "Kriegsmarsch der Priester"

aka Athalia; Athalie. War march; Athalie. Presto march

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

3)

Mass, D minor (1811)

aka Mass, no. 2

Composer(s): Cherubini

4)

Composer(s): Schmitz [organist/composer]

Citations

1)

Article: New York Post, 26 April 1875, 3.

2)

Review: New York Post, 27 April 1875, 4.

“There was a full chorus of seventy voices, accompanied by a string band of twelve instruments, the wind parts, &c., being supplied by the grand organ.” Detailed description of Cherubini’s Mass.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 28 April 1875, 5.

Creation of John McCloskey as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva by Pius IX, the first American cardinal.

Ceremony in which McCloskey received the red biretta from Archbishop Bayley; detailed description of Cherubini’s Mass.