Church Music Association Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Charles Edward Horsley

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 May 1873, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Church Music Association
2)
Symphony, unidentified
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
Missa sancta, no. 2
aka Jubel-Messe; Mass, no. 2, op. 76, G major
Composer(s): Weber
4)
Erste Walpurgisnacht, Die, op. 60
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Text Author: Goethe

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., 02 May 1873.

“Yesterday afternoon, C. M. A. rehearsal, with Ellie & handsome Miss Kitty Newbold. House full, but unsympathetic. Haydn symphony, no. 9, of ‘Salomon’s set’—Weber Mass—Walpurgis Nacht. Orchestra rough; vocal work good.”