Philharmonic Society of New York Private Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Feb 1874, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  George Frederick Bristow
2)
Symphony, no. 41, K. 551, C major
aka Jupiter symphony
Composer(s): Mozart

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., 20 February 1874.

“Thence to private Philharmonic rehearsal at the Academy of Music. Score of Raff symphony missing, so we had only Mozart’s genial healthy, stately, joyous, pure, matchless C major symphony (‘Jupiter’)—perhaps the most perfect orchestral work there is. Of course Beethoven goes far beyond it in many works, but this exceeds him in perfect purity of art. It is perfect music.

Society Meeting & directors’ meeting thereafter. Complimentary resolutions to kind old Bristow, who insisted on our all going with him to a lager bier saloon on 4th Ave. to drink lager & eat sausage. I fear this did not improve my tyrannous dyspepsia.”