Philharmonic Society of New-York Public Rehearsal: 1st

“This rehearsal inaugurates the Philharmonic’s twenty-first season, and it is safe to say the Society was never in a more prosperous and promising condition than it is at present. It is the only musical association in the City which is distinctively American in character; other organizations – the Arion and Liederkranz, for instance – being almost exclusively German. Its object is the cultivation of American music; and its managers . . . desire especially to encourage the efforts of native artists and composers.”

First rehearsal of the PSN-Y.  “The price of subscription tickets has been increased to five dollars for all members, which is little enough for so much music of the best kind.  No one will complain except the dead-heads, and Young America and Young Germany, who consume as much money weekly in lager-bier, cigars, tobacco, &c., ad nauseum.”

Doesn’t give date. New York’s “noble ‘Philharmonic’ has already had its first public Rehearsal (Concerts to follow in course); and the bill was good: [Beethoven, Hiller, Mendelssohn].”