Methodist Church Music Convention
Event Information
Venue(s):
Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church
Price: Free
Event Type:
Orchestral
Performance Forces:
Instrumental
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
8 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 Oct 1864, Evening18 Oct 1864, Evening
19 Oct 1864, Evening
20 Oct 1864, Evening
21 Oct 1864, Evening
22 Oct 1864, Evening
Program Details
Methodist Church Music Convention
1st of 8 or 10 days, with concerts in the evenings
Performers include unidentified organist(s).
1st of 8 or 10 days, with concerts in the evenings
Performers include unidentified organist(s).
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“The cause of church music is constantly receiving more attention. The Trinity Church Choral Festival is expected to take place the latter part of this month and next week and a number of pastors, choir leaders and others interested in the music of the Methodist church, will hold a Convention at the Washington Square Church, in Fourth street, near Sixth avenue. The Convention will begin its sessions on Monday, and continue for eight or ten days, the object being to regulate and adopt a standard for church music suitable to the wants of the denomination. . . . Every evening there will be all musical rehearsals with organ and orchestra and addresses by musical professors. Everything will be accessible to the public, free of charge, excepting, we presume, the two grand concerts, with which the Convention will close. Our musical readers of every denomination will find much to interest them in this Convention, while those unable to attend will notice its proceedings duly reported in the Evening Post.”
2)
“Methodist Musical Convention. Yesterday was the fourth day of this Convention. We are happy to notice that the attendance at the different sittings grows larger day by day. We were fortunate in being present during the hour—between 4 and 5 p.m.—devoted to the public rehearsal of the choir music, including anthems and chants. Some of the old hymns were rendered with great force and beauty, and an especially gratifying feature was the evident enjoyment which each of the entire congregation seemed to feel in contributing his or her mite of music to the swelling harmony of the whole.”