Church Music Association Soloists Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of George Templeton Strong

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Mar 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Missa solemnis, selections
Composer(s): Beethoven

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., 25 March 1872.

“This afternoon Pech here, with our soli, practicing their part in the Beethoven Mass to end of Qui tollis. It is more lucid than the choral work. The Gratia agimus is positively melodic & agreeable. I hope we may not prove to have been presumptuous & over-ambitious in undertaking this Mass. From Mozart’s no. 12 to Beethoven no. 2 is an immense distance to be traversed between 1870 & 1872.”