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:
12 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 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., 28 March 1872.

“With Ellie to Trinity Chapel Schoolhouse tonight for C. M. A. rehearsal (Pech was drilling his soli here this afternoon)—Mass from Cum Sancto Spiritu to end of Et vitam, and then the Benedictus. By far the most satisfactory evening yet devoted to this very formidable work. Soli & chorus did extremely well. Chorus greatly helped & sustained by two clarionets & two bassoons that kept the voices right. I see more & more of the grandeur & depth of this Mass—dimly & by slow degrees. We shall probably find that it must be illuminated by the orchestra before it can be fully understood, & that it is, in fact, an orchestral work with choral accompaniment.”