Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Robinson Hall

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Feb 1873, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 104, D major
aka Symphony, no. 2, D major
Composer(s): Haydn

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 February 1873, 5.
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., 18 February 1873.

“’Amateur Philharmonic’ rehearsal 3 p.m. at ‘Robinson Hall.’ Heard someone in the audience call it the ‘Amatory Philharmonic.’ (If that were their true style, I suppose they would hasten to bring out the Sinfonia Erotica.) Room pretty well filled. Heard Haydn’s beautiful symphony ‘no. 2 (?)’ & then came away. Haydn’s works are a storehouse of original lovely thoughts. As they have long been comparatively neglected, people steal from them with impunity, & I wish the Wagners, Raffs, Rubinsteins & Liszts stole more freely.”