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)

04 Apr 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., 05 April 1872.

“C. M. A. rehearsal last night at Trinity Chapel Schoolhouse. Soli present & chorus full. Among the chorus—at least among its ladies—are many malingerers—who shirk all work, & emit their most sweet voices only at long intervals. (Edmund is sorely exercised about them.) Hence many orgasms of wrath & desperation on the part of Pech, who danced with fury now & then, tore his hair, & all but rent his garments. Don’t wonder but he might to keep his temper a little better, & not be so rough & harsh. The defaulters are inexcusable, of course, & we must cut them off this season if we can. But Pech should remember that this Mass would probably be found hard work by a chorus of the seraphim. Mass from ‘Crucifixus’ to Finale. Wonderful music. Notable affinities to the 9th symphony in the Dona pacem.”