New-York tribune., 1891-12-24
FOR CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
ELABORATE PROGRAMMES PREPARED.
HOW SOME OF THE CHURCHES WILL CELEBRATE
THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY.

HOW SOME OF THE CHURCHES WILL CEbEBkAIE
THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY.
A number of the programmes Of Christmas music
which viii te given in the churches tomorrow nave oeeh
COMPETED since last sunday when list OF the music lot
many Of The principal churches in the city was published
In The Tribune. some Of the most important OF these
programmes are given below. II viii be seen that the
pr,n.raons for the celebration OF the Christmas fest
val this yeas are on elaborate scale than usual
The Church OF St Francis Xavier, In West slxteentn
st. which has one OF the best men and boy choirs III e
city, viii have this music on the Feast OF the NsuVi'y
At 80 a. m the first high mass, the second mass OF
the orgsnst Of the church. Bruno Oscar kein Will DC
sung BY the ST. Cecilia Choir at 80 a. M, the secoha
high mass. Gounod's twopart mass in C. will be sung
by the school children at IL M, the tniiu high
mass Bach's pastorae fom the " Christmas ors'or'o'
will be played u prelude; the PROFESSIONAL VIII Oe
NoveIlo's "Adeste Fideles"; the kyre, ETC.. nom
Gounods ST. Cecilia mass Credo in fiat, Hummel; ;
zgnus widor: orertory, Jesu Redemptor' Gounod;
rostlude syendson's Coronation March, klein's
Hcdie Christusr; Magnifcat WITT Alma, Palestrina
Ave Verum, Gounod and Tantum Ergo Widor, VIII be
sung at the p. m. vespers. The cholr OF my meh
and boys will be under the direction of Father Young
the enoirmaster Mr. Klein will play the organ. There
will also be full orchestra
The following music will be sung at st. Mary's
Church. at Grand and Ridge sts. at the IL a. m
high Mass Asperges Pecher; mass in f. fiat. Schu
bert ofTertory Adeste Fideles"; recessona Halle
luiah,s Handel The double quartet is under the d
rection of e. J. Bredermann. organist.
This will be the music at the IL m. mass at the
Church of ST. Anthony of Padua, Brooklyn: Prelude.
"silas1 organ and orchestra; professional "Adeste
Fideesn Kyrie" Haydn's third mass In ID: GOria,"
Mozart's twelfth mass; Credo." Hummels mass in
f. nat offertOry "Oratori0 pour Noel" Lamblotte'
sanetliss IIummel's mass In fat " "Benedietus,'
Weber's mass in G; "Agnus." Hsydn's third mass:
sTriumplial March," GounOd. The choir consisting
nO x~nfnn will ha
under the direction of James A. Campbell the organst
Mr. Chapman will conduct orchestra OF twenty
pieces.
wen,cl Raboch, the organist of st. Chrysostom's
Chapel Thirty ninth-st and seventhave., has pre-
pared this list OF music for the high celebration 81
10 80 a. m.: Professional, Hymn %; communion
service, Gounod oertory, part Of Handlers Messiah,
beginning with the chorus "FOr Unto Us Child IS
Born.' and ending with the chorus GLORY 10 uod III
the Highest; recessona Hymn II.
AT the Church OF the Ascension at Tenth ST. ana
fIftLave. this music will be given by quartet ana
chorus under the direction Of John White orgahist
Anthem, "Thy seat God" Savage; "Te Deum III
T. No. 9 John White Benedictus,' in B fat, Ethelbert
Nevin; "Gloria Tbi.' White; onertory. "Gory be to
God on HshD from Saint secnss "Christuss oraeono'
aSanctas - Goapod; Nupc Diigittls, banley.
The ceeersu m Of Christmas st calvary Church, I"
Fourth ave- and Twenty rstst., Will take place tms
evening when there will be at D. IN. recltai oi
Christmas carols by the choir "slumber, EeloVea
Bach; NAZARETH GOunOd. At the IL a. m service
On Christmas Day the vested choir under the oecuon
Of Clement c. Gale, organist and choirmaster VIII
sing as a professional Hymn No. 10; Stanfords lie
Deum in b fat; the chorus For Untt Us Cmld IS
YornS from fiande's Messiah; Gales communion
service in fat, Hymn No. 1e, occasional.
This viii be the programme at Christ Church, Sew
enty .frst-st and Boulevard: Professional, LYNN NO
"a s,aaford's re Deum in FIAT; ntrOlt, " Auesle
Fidees,' Novello; Tours communion service IN -
oBertory O Sing TO God" (NoeD Gounod occasional
Hymn No 23a The vested choir of men and boys VIII
be under tac direction Of Peter Corning Edwards lr'
orpanist and elDorInaster.
Tonight at midnight there will be choral celebra
tjon of the Holy Communion in st. Andrews Churcn
nj Fffi-ave and One-hundred and twenty -seveh'-s1
Ths will begin the celebration Of the great feast Inc
next celebration will be at IL a. m tomorrow when
the vested choir of forty five men and boys, under te
direetion of the Orgsnist and cbolrmaser, haiIsoh
5S fe Deim n N G, Knox Jubilae, stanford, in
nat CruikshanRs communion serxee % III IL b "' tied
Cnsrles Vincent; recessional, Hymn No. %.
Frank 4. sOuthwick, the @ganst and eh0irnastGf
and-tweny St. Las prepared the i9lloTng gI @
dies eSd in Ans * stsnsf ss Stro The Grace God that
Bringeth salvaon,' Barnby KyI1e and Gloria Ilp II
nom GOunod's Redemption; Virgin Ever, virgin g5
Best" soGthwek reeessons Lynn aEd GnoTE: SO "a
Here is the programme for the music which VIII @ De
sung at ST. Marys Church, AIeXanderaVe' ana 1dle
Jubate Frost; Hyrle, Credo Sanctus Agnus. Gloria
btainer. S. w. Ball is the organis and ehSrmastsr.
The South Church. at MadisOn-ave. and Thrty -eghth
st. win celebrate Christmas Day by special service
ut IL a. m. This programme viii be sung 0y
quartet and chorus Anthem, When All Things WeTe
In Quiet silence Gerrlt smith; bethlehem, T.
Whitney CoOlnbs Cantate. Dudley Buck; ascrIpton,
froin the Messiah Behold Virgin shall Conceive
ard "Ol Thou That Tellest" oertory High Heaye9 Ss
Iiath stopped to Earth Lowly,' GouDOd NHat
Ohlld Is Thlsi" Gerrt smith. Gerrit smith Is the
orglnlst aud chCtmaster ,,,
Christmas will BE- celebrated at the Bloomlnsusie
Reformed Church. boulevard and sixty yeiglth-st, on
sunday. This Is the music And There Were shep
herds Abiding in tue Field" LogIich; Gloria, schubert
:. Morals Awake shelly OfertOry, " IL Came Upon
the Midnight Clear GIlclI1st The quartet choir Will
sing tie music uEdsr the direction Of H. Clarence Sage
or.anst and chOTInsster.
There viii also be services tomorrow as usual IL
TIE dfty English German, Swedish, Norwegian and
Danish Lutheran churches of New-York and Brooklyn.
The Churches will he decorated with green's, and the
sunday schools will have their Iuletde festivals