Church Music Association Extra 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)

16 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
3)
Lorelei, Die, op. 98. Selections
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

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., 17 April 1872.

“Extra C. M. A. rehearsal last evening at Schoolhouse of Trinity Chapel. Et vitam—Benedictus—Agnus & finale of the Mass; also the Lorelei. An encouraging rehearsal. Even the stern Pech pronounced the practice ‘very good,’ & smiled upon the chorus as sweetly as an eupeptic ogre. No use writing any more about the Mass till we hear its orchestra. But certain of its points (e.g. the accompaniments to the Et vitam) already give one that tingling or thrilling sensation, which can be excited only by Beethoven’s best style of work. Tonight’s Post mentions production of this work as a ‘great music event’—& a subject for ‘national pride.’ If our chorus do not break down & disgrace us, I shall be satisfied.”