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)

30 Jun 1871, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

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 June 1871.

“Schaad came to tell me, with a broken voice & tears in his eyes, that Kingsland makes certain absurd objections to letting the Philharmonic Society have the Academy of Music next year. I have seen the Steinway Hall people, & I guess Kingsland will become reasonable when he learns that Steinway Hall would suit us [as] well [as] the Academy, and in some respects better.”

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., 30 June 1871.

“Philharmonic Tabak-concilium here this afternoon: Gissner, Siedler (?), Beisheim, Schaad, Rietzel, Bergmann. We take the Academy for next season. Kingsland puts on a slight increase of rent for the sole reason that the dividend to members of the orchestra was large last year. He’s an Ebrew Jew. Divers matters discussed at length, especially a collision of our evenings with those of the Brooklyn Philharmonic—to which many of our orchestra belong.”