Philharmonic Society of New-York Public Rehearsal: 10th
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
5 May 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
11 Feb 1865, 3:00 PMProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
3)
: 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., 11 February 1865.
“Haydn’s Symphony in B-flat, No. 1, disappointed me a little, I’m sorry to say, for I love to venerate old Haydn’s memory. Rather there were passages that sounded old fashioned, starched [operitized?]. The minuet and trio seem thin to me & poor for Haydn. But there are lovely points in the first and second movements. We often fail to appreciate his originality and fertility – and Mozart’s too – because so many of the phrases they produced have been adopted into the current vernacular of music and become familiar as to be commonplace.”