Church Music Association Extra Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway's Rooms

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Mass, H. XXII, 11, D minor. Selections
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
Preciosa, selections
aka Preciosa potpourri
Composer(s): Weber

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., 28 December 1870.

“Extra rehearsal at Steinway tonight (C. M. A.)—in one of the smaller rooms. About sixty present, in spite of the weather. They sang zealously, & Pech worked them hard. Most of the choral work of the Mass & all that of Preciosa carefully practiced. Among the Preciosa choruses, my favorites are “Die Sonne erwacht” & of course “Es blinken so freundlich die Sterne.” They are perfect little gems.”