Church Music Association Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Charles Edward Horsley

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jan 1873, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Letzten Dinge, Die
aka Last Judgment
Composer(s): Spohr
Text Author: Rochlitz

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., 30 January 1873.

“First public rehearsal for 2nd concert of C. M. A. at Steinway 3 p.m. Sat with Ellie, Lucy [Derby], & nice little Miss Ida Cushman. Spohr’s ‘Last Judgment’ was charmingly rendered. It is far clearer & finer than I supposed. Its production is a mistake, but perhaps not a grave one. I had heard it but once & that was years ago (December 21, 1846).

Strange how certain phrases come back to me, as if heard in some other life, & some other world. It is a most elegant piece of workmanship. The contrasts & combinations of soli & chorus are most artistically managed—e. g. in ‘Hail our Redeemer!’ & ‘Blessed are the departed.’”