Context:

The New York Philharmonic played its first concert on December 7, 1842. Since then, it has merged with the New York Symphony, the New/National Symphony, and had a long-running summer season at New York's Lewisohn Stadium. The Performance History database documents all known concerts of all of these organizations, amounting to more than 20,000 performances.

Content:

Dataset is a single csv with over 800k rows. Data contains information on season, orchestra, venue, date, time, conductor, work title, composer, movement, and soloists.

Acknowledgements:

This dataset was compiled by the New York Philharmonic. Original json files hosted here. Original json files were flattened and joined on guid to form a single csv file. Image courtesy of Larisa Birta.

Inspiration:

Nearly 175 years of performance history, covering over 11k unique works--which composers are most popular? Have there been any trends in popularity by conductor or by season?