Event Information

Venue(s):
Residence of Edmund Schermerhorn

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 May 1871, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Trio, piano, strings, no. 3, op. 52, B-flat major
Composer(s): Rubinstein
2)
Polonaise, piano, unidentified
aka Polacca
Composer(s): Chopin
3)
Quartet, strings, H. III, 77, C major
aka Quartet, no. 62; Quartet, op. 76, no. 3; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser; God save Emperor Francis; Emperor; Kaiser
Composer(s): Haydn

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., 06 May 1871.

“Edmund Schmerhorn’s this afternoon. Very agreeable on the whole. Rubinstein’s trio, op. 52, turgid, labored, obscure. Chopin, Polonaise (piano & ‘cello) brilliant. Haydn’s quartette, op. 77 full of sunshine & truth.”