Annual Meeting of the Philharmonic Society of New York

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Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 May 1872, Afternoon

Program Details

No place given.

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

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: 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., 27 May 1872.

“Friday. I presided over the annual Philharmonic meeting. About 80 present, & a long session. Was unanimously re-elected president. Close vote on one or two other offices. Bernstein & Reiff are new directors…”

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: 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., 27 May 1872.

“Called on this afternoon by Boehm & George F. Bristow, committee from the Philharmonic, who presented me with a certificate, or rather a copy of a resolution, conferring on me an honorary membership, most ornamentally engrossed & handsomely framed. They said a great many civil things about the favor with which I am regarded by the society. It’s a case of manifest over-estimation. But I am glad they like me. My relations with all these gentlemen are very pleasant.”