Philharmonic Society of New York Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Mar 1872, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 3, op. 55, E-flat major
aka Eroica symphony
Composer(s): Beethoven

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 March 1872, 7.
2)
: 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., 22 March 1872.

“Philharmonic rehearsal this p.m. In our box William Schermerhorn, young Bridgham, & [Darice?] Fanny his wife, Dick [Richard Henry Derby], Vinton, pretty Miss Nina French, etc. Of all four movements of the Eroica, I think I now most keenly enjoy the fourth—though I did not begin to understand it till after I had heard it many times. But all four are transcendent, & comparisons are odious. Nothing comes near this symphony except the C minor & no. 7, & perhaps—in a totally diverse style—Mozart’s Jupiter.”