Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Nov 1871, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 6, op. 68, F major
aka "Pastoral"
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die, Vorspiel
aka Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Die. Prelude; Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Die; Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Die. Overture; Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Die. Introduction
Composer(s): Wagner
4)
Julius Cäsar
aka Julius Caesar
Composer(s): Schumann

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., 21 November 1871.

“That scurrilous donkey Jerome Hopkins inflicts a compliment on me in his last ‘Orpheonist,’ a dirty little monthly or fortnightly sheet, gratuitously distributed & supported by advertising quackery under the form of ‘Editorial notices.’ He talks (apropos of the Philharmonic Society) of my quiet ‘puissance’ & ‘electrical influence’—the jackass! I must have got into a false position somehow, to receive a patronizing notice from this little snob, or squirt.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1871, 7.
3)
: 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., 24 November 1871.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this afternoon with Ellie, who was fighting a sick headache, to which she had to succumb as soon as she got home. Miss Margaret Taylor, General Vinton, Diccon [Richard Henry Derby], Mrs. Kearney Warren, Mrs. Sidney DeKay, etc., in our box. The last named lady an uncommonly intelligent & appreciative auditor of music. She is a daughter of Craven’s.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 26 November 1871, 4.

“The stormy weather diminished perceptibly the attendance at the rehearsal for the first Philharmonic Concert of the season, held at the Academy Friday afternoon. The orchestra of the Society was alone engaged in the performance. It interpreted Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, the overture to Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger,’ and Schumann’s overture of ‘Julius Casear.’”