Philharmonic Society of New York Board of Directors Meeting

Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of George Templeton Strong

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Jun 1870, 3:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York Board of Directors;  George Templeton Strong

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., 03 June 1870.

“At 3, this afternoon, seven Philharmonic & Teutonic directors (members of the board of directors) met in the library & sat an hour & a half. There were Bergner, Matzka, Mosenthal, Herwig, Bergmann, Boehm, & another whose name I could not make out [probably George Gissner, mentioned in a New York Post article inserted in Strong's diary, "The new Philharmonic president," 06/09/70, p. 2)]. I presided with dignity. Certain routine business was dispatched. We talked over the question of ‘reserved seats’ without coming to a decision. Funny to see the deference with which these gentlemen treat me, as ‘President’ each of them having more capacity & knowledge, pertinent to our purposes, in his little fingernail than I have in my whole body, brains, & boots.”