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)

08 Sep 1871, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

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., 08 September 1871.

“Philharmonic directors in session here this p.m. till near six o’clock. Much work & more talk, chiefly from our new colleague Ureli Corelli Hill, who seems a little fussy. He wanted a symphony of Haydn’s struck off our programme as ‘obsolete.’ But he made no convert.”