Mass

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Mott Street)

Conductor(s):
Gustavus Schmitz [organist/composer]

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Dec 1865, 10:30 AM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir;  Gustavus Schmitz [organist/composer];  Henry Schmitz [French horn];  Madame Chomé;  Mrs. F. [soprano] Grosz;  Mr. [baritone] Hessler
2)
Mass, G major
Composer(s): Mandanici
Participants:  St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir;  Gustavus Schmitz [organist/composer]
3)
Mass, unidentified. Benedictus
Composer(s): Schmitz [organist/composer]

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 26 December 1865, 1.

     “THE MUSIC. The organ service was in keeping with the solemnity of the occasion, and was under the direction of Mr. G. Schmitz, who selected Mandenichi’s mass in G for performance by the instrument and choir. The solos, which were in soprano by Madame Chome—who had volunteered her services—and Mrs. F. Gross, embraced the Domine Deus, Et Incarnatus, Ave Maria and Benedictus, the last being a composition of Mr. Schmitz, the organist. The duet Laudamus Te was sung by Messrs. H. Schmitz, tenor, and Hensler, baritone, all assisted by an excellent choir.”