Church Music Association Soloists Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
James Pech

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Apr 1872, Afternoon

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., 29 April 1872.

“At Steinway this afternoon, where I found Pech & his soli practicing. I recognize more & more fully the matchless power and beauty embodied in the ‘Gratias’ & other solo or quartette passages of this Mass, that were at first so dry & obscure.”