William Alpers

Conductor

William Alpers was a musician active in New York in the mid-19th century and one of the early conductors of the Philharmonic Society of New York, today the New York Philharmonic. During the orchestra's first seven seasons (1842-1849), when it was run as a cooperative in which the musicians voted on membership, repertoire and who would conduct, the podium was shared in rotation by seven of its members: Ureli Corelli Hill, Henry Christian Timm, Denis-Germain Étienne, William Alpers, George Loder, Louis Wiegers and Alfred Boucher. This system ended in 1849, when Theodore Eisfeld was appointed sole conductor for the season. Little further biographical information about Alpers has been documented. Source: Rondo DB

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