Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Robinson Hall

Conductor(s):
Leopold [violinist, conductor, minstrel] Meyer

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1872

Program Details

No time given.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Amateur Philharmonic Society of New York
2)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 36, D major
Composer(s): Beethoven
3)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini

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., 18 December 1872.

“Went through the slush to ‘Robinson Hall,’ a pretty little concert room in W. 16th St. where the ‘Amateur Philharmonic,’ with Johny as cello, & Temple as 2nd oboe, gave its first public rehearsal. Orchestra about 40. Audience large, considering. Heard Beethoven’s 2nd symphony, the Semiramide overture, & a composition for the strings alone (by the conductor, Herr Meyer). A very fine performance, though the clarionets & horns did lose their way a little, once or twice.”