Chapter VIII · 1900

The first decade of the twentieth century was noteworthy for the establishment of orchestras throughout the land. During the nineteenth century the development of the resources of the country and the increase of its wealth and population was phenomenal. In 1900 the population of the United States was about seventy-five millions. Chicago, which was practically non-existent in 1800, had a population of about two millions and was already a rival of New York. Railroads, unknown at the beginning of the nineteenth century, had covered the country with a network of communications and caused the growth of large cities in places far remote from the civilization of the year 1800.

We find Minneapolis establishing an orchestra in 1902, St. Paul in 1905, New Orleans in 1906, Seattle in 1908, while the Symphony Society of New York was reorganized in 1905, and a Russian Symphony orchestra established in New York City. The term "Symphony Orchestra" has been universally adopted, till we have symphony orchestras even in the moving picture houses. In Grove's Dictionary (edition of 1890) the only symphony orchestra mentioned is "the Boston Symphony Orchestra," though the "Symphony Society" of New York is also listed. It seems then that the term "symphony" applied to an orchestra is an American qualification signifying complete equipment, and at least good intentions.

During this period the New York Philharmonic Society adopted the plan, for three successive years, of engaging visiting, or guest conductors, and in this way a number of the most prominent European conductors were introduced to the American public.

A few American composers emerged, and of them the most frequently found were Frederick S. Converse and Henry K. Hadley, of whose works several were produced by the leading orchestras and opera companies.

The list of virtuosi is also long. Among pianists Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilovitsch appeared in 1900, and later came Rudolf Ganz, Josef Lhevinne, Katherine Goodson, and Serge Rachmaninof. Among violinists, Kubelik, Kocian, Hugo Heermann, Jacques Thibaud, Efrem Zimbalist and Arthur Spalding, only the last being of American birth.

The list of singers is long, and is chiefly associated with opera. Louise Homer, an American, made her début in 1900, and Geraldine Farrar, another American, in 1906. Among other noted singers we find, Lucienne Breval, Caruso, Fremstad, Tetrazzini, Bonci, Renaud, Chaliapin, Morena, Destinn, Mary Garden, John McCormack, Edouard Clément, and Slezak,—samples of many nationalities.

This brings us to the opera. Maurice Grau resigned from the directorship of the Metropolitan Opera House in 1903. Grau brought the star system to a climax, and gave opera with "all star casts," but few new operas were presented under his management. In 1903 Heinrich Conried succeeded to the management of the Metropolitan Opera House, and set himself to work to abolish the star system, as far as possible, and produce a good ensemble. The abolition of the star system proved an impossibility, because people had been fed upon it since the musical life of the country began, and New York audiences would not go to hear singers who had not already made European reputations. But Mr. Conried succeeded in producing many works new to the American public. Of these "Parsifal" stands forth conspicuously, though he found a competitor in Henry W. Savage, who produced "Parsifal" in English a few days in advance of Mr. Conried's production. This was followed in 1906 by Strauss's "Salome." Conried died in 1908 and was succeeded by the dual control of Signor Gatti-Casazza and Andreas Dippel, but Dippel soon resigned and went to Chicago, and from that date until the present (1922) Signor Gatti-Casazza has been sole manager of the Metropolitan Opera House.

In 1906 Oscar Hammerstein opened the Manhattan Opera House in New York City and instituted a strong rivalry with the Metropolitan. He brought to America some excellent singers and presented many works new to the American public. While the Metropolitan company gave more German than French or Italian opera, the Manhattan seemed to tend towards a preponderance of French opera. The rivalry was beneficial to the public if not to the stockholders.

We find during this period an opera, "The Pipe of Desire," by Frederick S. Converse, the first American opera to be presented at the Metropolitan Opera House. All the principals, with one exception, were also of American birth,—Louise Homer, Riccardo Martin, Clarence Whitehill and Herbert Witherspoon. The other principal was Lenora Sparks, an English singer.

The most notable feature of the decade seems to have been the spread of musical enterprise throughout the country. Distant cities were organizing choral societies and orchestras to a greater extent than ever before. It is necessary not only to develop composers, support a few fine orchestras and produce a few operas, but the nation must grow musically as a whole. The support given to musical enterprise depends on the education of the rising generation, and must begin with the schools.

1900. Jan. 5. Sinding's "Rondo Infinito" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also Weidig's "Scherzo Capriccioso."

1900. Jan. 13. R. Goldmark's overture to "Hiawatha" produced (from MS.) by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Jan. 19. Sinding's "Episodes Chevaleresques" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Jan. 22. Spinelli's opera "A Basso Porto" presented by the Castle Square Opera Company in New York City.

1900. Jan. 24. American début of Fritz Friedrichs, as Beckmesser in "Die Meistersinger" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1900. Jan. 25. Reyer's opera "Salammbô" presented at the French Opera House, New Orleans.

1900. Feb. 3. G. W. Chadwick's "Elegiac Overture" produced (from MS.) by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Feb. 10. V. d'Indy's suite for orchestra "Médée" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Feb. 11. E. Pessard's "Danses Espagnoles," and Dubois's "Marche des Batteurs" from the opera "Xavière," given at a concert of the Orchestral Club, in Boston.

1900. Feb. 17. C. Franck's symphonic poem "Les Éolides" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Mar. 10. R. Strauss's symphonic poem "Ein Heldenleben" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Mar. 10. Sinding's Violin Concerto in A major given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City, with Henri Marteau as soloist. Also Guiraud's "Caprice" for violin.

1900. Mar. 10. J. K. Paine's ballet music from his opera "Azara" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Mar. 14. The overture to Coleridge Taylor's "The Song of Hiawatha" given at a concert of the Cecilia Society, Boston.

1900. Mar. 25. C. Franck's symphonic poem, with chorus, "The Beatitudes," given by the German Liederkranz, in New York City.

1900. April 7. Mrs. H. H. A. Beach's pianoforte concerto in C sharp minor produced (from MS.) by the Boston symphony Orchestra; also Rameau's "Ballet Suite" given for the first time in America.

1900. April 27. The Overture to Saint-Saëns's opera "La Princesse Jaune"; Becker's "Scenes Luxembourgeoises"; Dubois's "Rigaudon" and "Danses Cénénoles," and E. Tavan's "Noce Arabe" given by the Orchestral Club, Boston.

1900. July 2 Production of Frank von der Stucken's symphonic festival prologue, "Pax, Triumphans," at a Saengerfest in Brooklyn, N. Y.

1900. Oct. Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra established by the Orchestral Association, with Fritz Scheel as conductor.

1900. Oct. 19. Chaikovsky's suite de ballet "La Belle au Bois Dormant" and G. Schumann's "Symphonic Variations" for organ and orchestra given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; also d'Indy's "Wallenstein's Camp."

1900. Oct. 20. Handel's Fourth Concerto for Organ (B minor) given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Oct. 20. Edouard Strauss and his Vienna Orchestra made American début at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City. Made an extensive tour of the United States.

1900. Nov. 2. Berlioz's overture to "Rob Roy" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Nov. 12. American début of Charles Gilibert (baritone) in "Roméo et Juliette" in San Francisco, Cal. His New York début took place at the Metropolitan Opera House on Dec. 18, in the same opera, as the Duke of Verona.

1900. Nov. 17. American début of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian pianist, at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1900. Nov. 13. American début of Robert Blass (tenor), as Herman in "Tannhäuser," in San Francisco, Cal. New York début Dec. 24.

1900. Nov. 14. American début of Louise Homer (contralto) as Amneris in "Aida," and Imbart de la Tour (tenor) as Rhadames, at San Francisco, Cal. New York début same opera, Metropolitan Opera House, Dec. 22.

1900. Nov. 16. Josef Suk's symphony in E major given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1900. Nov. 17. American début of Marcel Journet (baritone) in "Lucia" at San Francisco, Cal.

1900. Nov. 19. American début of Fritzi Scheff (lyric soprano) as Mimi in "La Bohème" at San Francisco, Cal. New York début as Fidelio, Metropolitan Opera House, Dec. 29.

1900. Nov. 19. Goring Thomas's opera "Esmeralda" given by the Metropolitan English Grand Opera Company at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1900. Nov. 24. F. Cowen's sixth symphony "Idyllic" (F major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Nov. 30. Henri Rabaud's symphonic poem, "La Procession Nocturne" played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Frank van der Stucken conducting.

1890. April 23. Brahms's First Pianoforte Concerto given at Steinway Hall, New York, by Conrad Ansorge, assisted by part of the Th. Thomas Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 1. Tanaief's symphony in C, with Harold Bauer (début) as soloist, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 2. Scriabin's "Reverie" given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 5. Coleridge Taylor's cantata "Hiawatha's Departure" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1900. Dec. 8. Smetana's fourth symphonic poem "Má Vlast" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 10. F. X. Arens's "Salve Regina" given by the Musical Arts Society, in New York City.

1900. Dec. 22. F. S. Converse's "Festival of Pan" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. Bach's B minor Mass given by the Bach Choir at Bethlehem, Pa., at one of the Bach Festivals which were inaugurated this year.

1901. Jan. Death of Edmund C. Stanton, manager of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, from 1884 to 1891.

1901. Jan. 11. Rimsky-Korsakof's "Fantaisie de Concert" for violin given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City with Maud Powell as soloist.

1901. Jan. 14. New York début of Margaret McIntyre, soprano, as Marguerite in Boito's opera "Mefistofele" at the Metropolitan Opera House.

1901. Jan. 16. New York début of Lucienne Breval, noted French soprano, in Massenet's opera "Le Cid," at the Metropolitan Opera House.

1901. Jan. 18. Victor Herbert's symphonic poem "Hero and Leander" produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1901. Jan. 23. Luigini's "La Voix des Cloches" given at a concert of the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1901. Jan. 27. H. R. Shelley's overture "Santa Claus" given at a concert in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, under Walter Damrosch.

1901. Jan. 29. C. M. Loeffler's "Divertissement Espagnol" for saxophone and orchestra (written for Mrs. Richard J. Hall) produced at a concert of the Orchestral Club in Boston, with Mrs. Hall as soloist.

1901. Feb. 2. I. Brüll's overture to "Macbeth" (Op. 46), and van der Stucken's symphonic prologue to "William Ratcliffe," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Feb. 4. Puccini's opera "La Tosca" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Milka Ternina as La Tosca, Cremonini as Cavaradossi, Scotti as Scarpia, Gilibert as the Sacristan, and Mancinelli conducting.

1901. Mar. 1. Philharmonic Orchestra of Leipzig visiting America, gave its first concert in New York City, Hans Winderstein, conductor.

1901. Mar. 9. Bruckner's Third Symphony (D minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Mar. 15. Elgar's overture "Cockaigne," also Glazunof's "Ruses d'Amor," given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Mar. 30. Schumann's overture "Julius Caesar" (Op. 128), given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. April 6. H. Brockway's "Sylvan Suite" for orchestra produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. April 13. F. Weingärtner's symphony in G major, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. April 20. Gustav Strube's Rhapsody for Orchestra (Op. 17) produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Sept. 26. G. W. Chadwick's oratorio "Judith" produced at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1901. Sept. 27. Mackenzie's orchestral suite "Coriolanus" given at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1901, Oct. 14. Eugen d'Albert's overture "Der Improvisatore" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Nov. 15, Dvořák's overture "Mein Heim," given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Nov. 16. S. von Hausegger's symphony "Barbarossa" given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1901. Nov. 22. J. Suk's "Pohadka" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1901 Dec. 2. American début of Jan Kubelik, violinist, at a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1901. Dec. 6. Production of Victor Herbert's "Woodland Fancies," orchestral suite, by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1901. Dec. 7. Glazunof's "Ouverture Solennelle" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, also Sibelius's "Two Legends" from "Kalevala."

1901. Dec. 20. Production of Henry K. Hadley's symphony "The Four Seasons" by the Philharmonic Society in New York City. This work won the New England Conservatory and Paderewski prizes. Was played in Chicago Jan. 24, 1902, and Pittsburgh, Nov. 27, 1903.

1901. Dec. 28. Bruckner's Fifth Symphony (D flat major), and Bach's concerto for trumpet, flute, oboe, and violin, in F major, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1901. Century Musical Club formed in Atlanta, Ga.

1901. F. van der Stucken resigned conductorship of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and was succeeded by L. Stokowski.

1902. Jan. 3. Production, by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, of Fritz Stahlberg's suite, "Die Brautschau."

1902. Jan. 3. Elgar's "Variations" for orchestra given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Jan. 7. Chauvet's suite "Feuillets d'Album" (orchestrated by Henri Maréchal); the introduction to the first act of d'Indy's music drama "Fervaal"; and Enesco's symphonic suite "Poème Roumain" given at a concert of the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1902. Jan. 10. Production of R. Burmeister's dramatic tone poem "The Sisters" by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1902. Jan. 11. Liszt's "Tödten-Tanz," for pianoforte and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Jan. 22. Isidore de Lara's opera "Messaline" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emma Calvé, Alvarez and Scotti. Flon conducting.

1902. Jan. 25. Orchestral suite from Glazunof's ballet "Raymonda" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Jan. 31. Sibelius's symphonic poem "Journeys Homewards" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1902. Feb. 9. Gounod's lamentation "Gallia" (1871) given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston.

1902. Feb. 14. Paderewski's opera "Manru" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Marcella Sembrich, Louise Homer, David Bispham, and Bandrowski.

1902. Feb. 14. The love scene from R. Strauss's opera "Feuernot" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Feb. 28. C. M. Loeffler's "By the Waters of Babylon," for women's voices with harp, two flutes, cello, and organ, given by the Choral Art Society, Boston.

1902. Mar. 1. Schilling's symphonic prologue to "Oedipus Rex" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Mar. 14. H. K. Hadley's "Suite Orientale" produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Mar. 15. H. Koessler's "Symphonic Variations" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Mar. 27. Bridge's cantata "The Forging of the Anchor" given at the Baptist Temple, Brooklyn, N. Y., under the direction of E. M. Bowman.

1902. April 1. Rabaud's "Fantaisie sur des Chansons Russes"; Mozart's adagio and minuet from the second "Divertissement"; and Debussy's prelude to "L'Aprèsmidi d'un Faune," given by the Orchestral Club, Boston.

1902. April 5. D'Indy's Second Symphony (B flat major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Harold Bauer as soloist.

1902. April 8. Massenet's cantata "The Promised Land" given by the Cecilia Society, Boston.

1902. April 12, Production (from MS.) of C. M. Loeffler's two poems for orchestra, "Lebonne Chanson" and "Villanelle au Diable," by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Oct. 8. Mascagni's opera "Zanetto" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, by a special company conducted by the composer.

1902. Oct 16. Mascagni's opera "Iris" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, by a special company conducted by the composer.

1902. Oct. 25. H. Huber's Second Symphony (E minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Oct. 28. F. Cowen's overture "The Butterfly's Ball" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and on the 31st Saint-Saëns's overture "Les Barbares."

1902. Nov. 4. Järnefelt's symphonic poem "Korsholm" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Nov. 14. Boellman's "Variations Symphoniques," and Sibelius's suite "King Christian II," given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Nov. 15. Caetani's "Symphonic Prelude in A minor" given by the Philharmonic Society, in New York City.

1902. Nov. 15. Rimsky-Korsakof's overture "To the Betrothed of the Tsar" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Nov. 19. American début of Elsa Ruegger, cellist, at a Wetzler concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1902. Nov. 22. American début of J. Kocian, violinist, at a concert given by Walter Damrosch in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1902. Nov. 28. Widor's Chorale and Variations for harp and orchestra given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; also Elgar's military marches, "Pomp" and "Circumstance."

1902. Dec. 2. Production of Georg Henschel's "Requiem" by the Cecilia Society, Boston, conducted by the composer.

1902. Dec. 5. F. Weingärtner's Second Symphony (in E flat) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1902. Dec. 6. Bach's Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra, and Berlioz's overture "Les Francs Juges" was given in 1846, in New York.

1902. Dec. 19. American début of Madame Kirkby-Lunn, contralto, as Brangäne in "Tristan und Isolde" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1902. Dec. 23. Massenet's opera "Cendrillon" presented at the French Opera House, New Orleans.

1902. Dec. 27. H. W. Parker's Concerto in E flat for organ and orchestra produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1902. Heinrich Conried became manager of the Metropolitan Opera House, and Alfred Herz appeared as conductor.

1902. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra established in Minneapolis, Minn.

1903. Jan. 2. Production of Victor Herbert's orchestral suite "Columbus," by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Jan. 2. Urspruch's overture "Der Sturm" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Jan. 5. D'Indy's "Fantasia on French Folk Themes," given by the Longy Club at Chickering Hall, Boston.

1903. Jan. 7. Chevillard's "Le Chêne et le Roseau," G. Longy's "Impression" for saxophone (dedicated to Mrs. R. J. Hall), d'Ambrosio's "Quatre Pièces d'Orchestre," and Jan Blockx's "Danse Flamande" given by the Orchestral Club, Boston.

1903. Jan. 23. Volbach's "Es waren zwei Königskinder" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Jan. 24. Arensky's Introduction to the opera "Nala and Damayanti" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Jan. 25. Production of G. Strube's "Hymn to Eros" at a concert given in Boston, for the Germanic Museum.

1903. Jan. 27. C. W. von Gluck's Symphony in A major (probably not previously heard in America) given by Sam Franko's orchestra in New York City.

1903. Jan. 30. Ritter's "Symphonic Waltz," and Wagner's "Coronation March" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Jan. 31. Fibich's overture in F major to Vrehlicky's comedy "A Night on Karlstein," and Mackenzie's suite for violin and orchestra, "Pibroch," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Feb. 5. L. von Gaertner's tone poem "Macbeth" given by the Wetzler orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York City. Also Hugo Heermann, noted violinist, made his American début, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto.

1903. Feb. 7. Hugo Kaun's symphonic poems, "Minnehaha" and "Hiawatha" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Feb. 7. Sibelius's symphonic poem "The Swan of Tuenela" given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Feb. 8. Dubois's oratorio "Paradise Lost" given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston.

1903. Feb. 13. Coleridge Taylor's Ballad in D minor given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Mar. 14. Production of F. Stahlberg's tone poem "To the Memory of Abraham Lincoln" by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Mar. 14. G. Schumann's overture "The Dawn of Love" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Mar. 23. Elgar's cantata "The Dream of Gerontius" given by the Apollo Musical Club, Chicago. H. M. Wild conductor.

1903. April 4. G. M. Witkowski's Symphony in D minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. April 11. F. S. Converse's symphonic poem "Endymion's Narrative" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. April 15. The "Marche Funèbre" from the last scene of Berlioz's "Hamlet" given by the Orchestral Club, Boston.

1903. April 18. R. Strauss's "Burleske" in D minor for pianoforte and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Oct. 17. The "Entr'acte Symphonique" from Bruneau's opera "Messidor" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Oct. 24. Variations on a Russian Theme, by six Russian composers, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Oct. 24. E. F. Arbos's morceau de concert "Tango," and Glazunof's "Fourth Symphony" (E flat) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Oct. 30. American début of Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, at a Wetzler concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1903. Oct. 31. V. d'Indy's symphonic introduction to "L'Étranger" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Oct. Symphony Society of New York City, reorganized with Walter Damrosch as conductor.

1903. Nov. 7. Bruneau's symphonic poem "La Belle aux Bois Dormant" also Elgar's incidental music for "Granis and Diarmid" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Nov. 20 Glazunof's Seventh Symphony given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Nov. 23. American début of Enrico Caruso, noted Italian tenor, as the Duke in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1903. Nov. 25. American operatic début of Olive Fremstad as Sieglinde at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. She had appeared in concert in 1892, but had gone abroad and now appeared as an operatic artist.

1903. Nov. 27. Frank Guerney Cauffman's tone poem "Salammbô" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Nov. 28. E. Dohnanyi's Symphony in D minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1903, Nov. 30. Carl Busch's cantata "King Olaf" produced by the Apollo Musical Club of Chicago. H. M. Wild, conductor.

1903. Dec. 8. Bruno Oscar Klein's Suite for violoncello and orchestra, in F, given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1903. Dec. 10. Debussy's lyric poem "La Demoiselle Élue" given at a concert of the pupils of Madame Salisbury, in Boston, with Helen Allen Hunt as soloist, and Heinrich Gebhardt, pianist. A full performance with orchestra was given by the Cecilia Society April 4, 1905, when Isabelle Bouton and Bertha Cushing Child were soloists.

1903. Dec. 18. Cowen's "Indian Rhapsody" given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Dec. 24. First performance in German, outside of Bayreuth, of Wagner's "Parsifal" given by the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, under Heinrich Conried, with Milka Ternina as Kundry; Alois Burgstaller as Parsifal; Anton Van Rooy as Amfortas; Robert Blass as Gurnemanz; Marcel Journet as Titurel; Otto Goritz as Klingsor, and Alfred Hertz conductor.

1903. Dec. 26. G. Schumann's "Variationen und Doppelfuge" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1903. Dec. Edythe Walker, contralto, made her American début at the Metropolitan Opera House, in "Aïda."

1903-4. Guest conductors of the Philharmonic Society of New York City:

Edouard Colonne of Paris, France

Gustav F. Kogel of Frankfort am Main, Germany

Henry J. Wood of London, England

Victor Herbert of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Felix Weingartner of Munich, Bavaria

Vasili Safonof of Moscow, Russia

Richard Strauss of Berlin, Germany

1904. Jan. 1. Lemare's "Rhapsody and Caprice Orientale" given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Jan. 2. Sibelius's Second Symphony (D major) given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Jan. 5. Moussorgsky's fantaisie for orchestra,[1] "Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve"; V. d'Indy's "Choral Varié" for saxophone (dedicated to Mrs. R. J. Hall), Mrs. Hall soloist: Rabaud's eclogue "Poëme Virgilien"; and Augusta Holmes's symphonic poem "Irlande," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston, G. Longy, conductor.

1904. Jan. 8. F. Stahlberg's Suite (Opus 10) produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Jan. 12. American début of Pablo Casals, noted violoncellist, at a concert given by Sam Franko in the New Lyceum, New York City.

1904. Jan. 23. Glazunof's suite "Moyen Age" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Jan. 23. Schumann's suite for orchestra "In Carnival Time" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Jan. 28. First concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra, organized by Modest Altschuler, in Cooper Union Hall, New York City. Rachmaninof's "The Cliff" was played for the first time in America.

1904. Feb. 6. Dubois's overture "Frithjof" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Feb. 9. Elgar's oratorio "The Apostles" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1904. Feb. 10. Debussy's three nocturnes, "Images," "Fêtes," and "Sirens," given at a Chickering production concert in Boston, B. J. Lang conducting.

1904. Feb 11. Ippolitof-Ivanof's "Caucasian Sketches" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1904. Feb. 20. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony (unfinished) given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Feb. 26. Frederick Stock's "Symphonic Variations" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Feb. 27. Th. Akimenko's "Lyric Poem" for orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Mar. 3. Arensky's "Variations on an Original Theme," and Tanaief's "First Symphony," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra at the Cooper Union, New York City.

1904. Mar. 12. G. Strube's "Fantastic Overture" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Mar. 21. Richard Strauss's "Symphonia Domestica" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, conducted by the composer.

class="hang">1904. Mar. 23. Glazunof's symphonic poem "Stenka Razin" given at a Chickering concert in Boston under B. J. Lang.

1904. April 9. Glazunof's overture "Carneval" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 11. Widor's "Ouverture Espagnol," Rameau's opera ballet "Les Indes Galantes," and Ten Brink's "Première Suite d'Orchestre," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1904. April 16. Madame Helen Hopekirk's Concert Piece in D minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Madame Hopekirk as soloist.

1904. April 17. Gleason's symphonic poem "Edris" produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 23. Hugo Wolf's symphonic poem "Penthesilea" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 23. Chadwick's concert overture "Euterpe" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 30. Sibelius's tone poem "Eine Saga" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Production of Leo Schulz's "American Festival Overture" at the St. Louis Exposition.

1904. Oct. A Symphony Orchestra formed in New York City by Arnold Volpe.

1899. Jan. 13. P. Dukas's scherzo "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Nov. 5. Elgar's overture "In the South" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Nov. 6. Mahler's Fourth Symphony given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1904. Nov. 11. E. Boehe's "Wanderings of Odysseus" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, also Max Schilling's tone poem "The Witch Song."

1904. Nov. 18. Chausson's "Poëme" for solo violin with orchestra, given by the Symphony Society in New York City. (It was played in Boston April 25 by Miss Jessie Davis, piano, and Hugh Codman, violin).

1904. Nov. 19. Rimsky-Korsakof's third act of the ballet "Mlada," and Rachmaninof's dances from "Aleko" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1904. Nov. 26. Saint-Saëns's First Symphony (E flat major) and Massenet's "Hungarian Scenes" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 3. Carl Goldmark's overture "In Italy" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 3. Bach's Second Violin Concerto (in E major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 17. Rachmaninof's Pianoforte Concerto in F sharp minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 24. Chaikovsky's symphonic description of "The Battle of Poltava," and the hopak from "Mazeppa," also Glazunof's symphonic poem "Stenka Razin," and Rimsky-Korsakof's overture "May Night" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1904. Dec. 31. D'Indy's Symphony in B flat major (Op. 57) given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1904. The Chicago Orchestra permanently endowed and Orchestra Hall built.

1904. American début of Luisa Tetrazzini took place at the Tivoli, in San Francisco, Cal.

1904. Coleridge Taylor visited America as the guest of the Coleridge Taylor Society of Washington, D. C.

1904. Emil Paur appointed conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1904-1910).

1904-5. Johann Strauss's opera "Die Zigeunerbaron" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. This was produced in English at the Casino Feb. 15, 1886.

1904-5. Guest conductors of the Philharmonic Society, New York City, for this season were:

Frederic H. Cowen of London, England

Arthur Nikisch of Vienna, Austria

E. Schuch of Dresden, Germany

B. Glazunof of St. Petersburg, Russia

C. V. Stanford of London, England

E. Colonne of Paris, France

Sir E. Elgar of Malvern, England

1905. Jan. 4. E. Chabrier's "Danse Slave" from the opera "Le Roi Malgré Lui"; A. Georges's "Prélude d'Axël"; H. Sitt's "Andante" for violin and orchestra; G. Sparck's symphonic poem, "Boabdil"; C. Forsyth's "Concerto in G minor" (first movement); Erik Satie's "Gymnopédies" numbers 1 and 2, orchestrated by C. Debussy; and J. Bordier's "Meditation on the seventh prelude of Bach," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1905. Jan. 20. Simandl's concert piece for double-bass and orchestra given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 20. Elgar's concert overture "Froissart" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 21. Rimsky-Korsakof's suite "Tsar-Saltan" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1905. Jan. 21. Hugo Wolf's "Italian Serenade" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 21. F. S. Converse's two poems "Night" and "Day" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 3. Rimsky-Korsakof's Pianoforte Concerto in C sharp minor given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 4. Eugen d'Albert's Second Pianoforte Concerto (in E major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 8. Elgar's "Benedictus" given by the New York Oratorio Society.

1905. Feb. 11. Bruch's Serenade in A minor for violin given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 25. Arensky's suite "Silhouettes," excerpts from Mussorgsky's opera "Khovanstchina," and Kalinnikof's "Symphony in A," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1905. Mar. 3. Converse's fantasia "The Mystic Trumpeter" produced by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Mar. 25. Gustav Mahler's Fifth (Giant) Symphony given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Mar. 25. Rimsky-Korsakof's musical picture "Sadko" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Mar. 30. Ysaye's "Poème Élégiaque" for violin and orchestra given by the New York Symphony Society with Ysaye as soloist.

1905. April 1. Chaikovsky's fantasia "Night" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City. Also Rubinstein's "Romance et Caprice Russe."

1905. April 4. Charpentier's symphonic drama "La Vie du Poëte" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1905. April 14. R. Strauss's cantata "Taillefer" given by the Oratorio Society in New York City.

1905. April 18. E. Chausson's "Hymn Védique," and G. Hüe's symphonic suite "Titania" given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1905. April 22. Gustav Strube's symphonic poem "Longing" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. April 29. G. Ropartz's "Fantasia in D minor" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Sept. 29. G. W. Chadwick's symphonic poem "Cleopatra" produced at the Worcester (Mass) Festival.

1905. Oct. 21. Smetana's overture "Libussa" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Oct. 27. Liadof's "Baba Yaga" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Nov. 18. Rimsky-Korsakof's suite "Snow Maiden" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City. Also, Rachmaninof's "Second Pianoforte Concerto" (won Glinka Prize 1904) with Raoul Pugno as soloist.

1905. Nov. 18. Busoni's "Comedy Overture" in C major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Nov. 25. American début of Madame Jeanne Jomelli, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, as Elizabeth in "Tannhäuser."

1905. Dec. 2. César Franck's symphonic poem "Psyche and Cupid" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Dec. 4. Magnard's "Chant Funèbre" and Chausson's Symphony in B flat given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia, with Vincent d'Indy as guestvconductor.

1905. Dec. 22. Production of Wassily Leps's Japanese reincarnation theme "Andon," for soprano, tenor, and orchestra, by the Philadelphia Symphony Society.

1905. Dec. 23. Gustav Strube's Violin Concerto in F sharp minor produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Dec. 24. Sibelius's symphonic poem "Finlandia" given at a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with A. Vigna as conductor. It was played by the Russian Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 30.

1905. Dec. 30. Zolotaref's "Rhapsodie Hebraique" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City. Also Arensky's Violin Concerto (Op. 54), with Maud Powell as soloist.

1905. Dec. 30. Webber's Symphony in C minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. The St. Paul (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra formed under Walter Rothwell.

1905. Frederick Stock appointed conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1905. The Institute of Musical Art established in New York City by Frank Damrosch.

1905-6. The guest conductors of the New York Philharmonic Society this season were:

Willem Mengelberg of Amsterdam, Holland

Victor Herbert of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Max Fiedler of Hamburg, Germany

Vasily Safonof of Moscow, Russia

Ernst Kunwald of Frankfort am Main, Germany

Fritz Steinbach Cologne, Germany

1906. Jan. 2. Guiraud's "Chasse Fantastique"; Faure's "Pavane"; Massenet's "Pastorale Mystique," from the opera "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"; Lalo's "Valse de Cigarette, Namouna"; Bruneau's "Préludes de l'Ouragan"; Sparck's "Légende," for saxophone and orchestra (production); Tiersot's "Danses Populaires Françaises," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1906. Jan. 9. First American appearance of Rudolph Ganz, noted pianist, with the Kneisel Quartet, in Boston.

1906. Jan. 20. Chausson's Symphony in B flat major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Jan. 26. Tirindelli's symphonic poem "Tragi-Commedia" given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Jan. 27. American début of Josef Lhevinne, noted pianist, at a concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1906. Jan. 27. Glazunof's symphonic picture "The Kremlin" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Jan. 31. Giordano's opera "Siberia" presented at the French Opera House, New Orleans, La.

1906. Jan. 31. F. S. Converse's opera "The Pipe of Desire," produced at Jordan Hall, Boston. (It was presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Mar. 18, 1908.)

1906. Feb. 6. V. d'Indy's oratorio "St. Mary Magdalene" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1906. Feb. 11. J. Suk's Scherzo for Orchestra given by the New York Symphony Society.

1906. Feb. 24. Konius's suite "Childhood" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1906. Mar. 2. Adolf Weidig's symphonic fantaisie "Semiramis" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Mar. 3. F. Boehe's "First Four Episodes for Orchestra" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Mar. 3. Production of F. S. Converse's ballads for baritone and orchestra by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Providence, R. I., with David Bispham as soloist.

1906. Mar. 10. J. Dalcroze's "Violin Concerto in C minor" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. Mar. 10. Arthur Shepherd's "Ouverture Joyeuse" also H. F. Gilbert's "Salammbo's Invocation" given at a concert of the New Music Society in New York City, and at the same concert Ruth Deyo, pianist, made her début.

1906. Mar. 17. R. M. Gliere's First Symphony; Serof's "Cossack Dances"; César Cui's "Waltz"; and Mlynarsky's "Violin Concerto," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1906. Mar. 31. Busoni's suite "Geharnischte" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. April 2. Production of H. H. Huss's Violin Concerto in D minor by the New Music Society in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1906. April 7. Max Schilling's prelude to act III of "The Piper's Holiday" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1906. April 17. Widor's "Les Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean"; Bourgault-Ducoudray's "Rhapsodie Cambodgienne"; A. Caplet's "Impression d'Automne" (Elegie for saxophone, written for and played by Mrs. R. J. Hall); M. Moszkowski's "Larghetto" and "Intermezzo," and R. Schumann's "Two Pieces in Canon Form" (orchestrated by Th. Dubois), given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1906. April 21. First concert of the Chicago Musical Art Society, organized under Clarence Dickinson.

1906. May 3. Production of W. H. Humiston's "Southern Fantasy" for orchestra, at the Mendelssohn Union, Orange, N. J.

1906. Oct. 8. First appearance of the "La Scala" orchestra of Milan (Italy) at Carnegie Hall, New York City, with Leoncavallo as conductor.

1906. Oct. 15. Production of F. S. Converse's incidental music to Percy Mackaye's play "Jeanne d'Arc," given by Sothern and Julia Marlowe in Philadelphia.

1906. Oct. 15. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" presented by the Henry Savage Opera Company (in English) at Washington, D. C.

1906. Oct. Vassily Safonof appointed conductor of the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1906. Nov. 3. Saint-Saëns's fantasia "Africa" for pianoforte and orchestra given by the Symphony Society in New York City with the composer as soloist.

1906. Nov. 12. Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" given by the Savage Opera Company in Washington, D. C.

1906. Nov. 15. Glazunof's "Scène Dansante" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1906. Nov. 20. American début of F. Constantino, tenor, also Fely Dereyne, Riccardo Martin, and A. Segurola, with the San Carlo Opera Company in New Orleans, La.

1906. Nov. 26. American operatic debut of Geraldine Farrar, soprano, as Juliette in Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1906. Nov. 27. Elgar's cantata "The Banner of St. George" given at a Musurgia Concert, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, with the assistance of one hundred members of the Brooklyn Oratorio Society.

1906. Nov. 30. J. Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Maud Powell as soloist.

1906. Dec. 3. American début of Alessandro Bonci, Italian tenor, in "I Puritani," at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1906. Dec. 4. Pierné's oratorio "The Children's Crusade" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1906. Dec. 5. American début of Maurice Renaud, great French baritone, as Rigoletto, at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1906. Dec. 5. Giordano's opera "Fedora" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Lina Cavalieri (début), Caruso, Scotti. A. Vigna conducting.

1906. Dec. 7. Début of Donalda as Marguerite in "Faust" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1906. Dec. 15. César Franck's morceau symphonique, "Redemption," given by the New York Symphony Society.

1906. Dec. 19. Début of de Cisneros and Bassi in "Aïda" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1906. Dec. 20. Glazunof's Third Symphony; Rachmaninof's capriccio "Tzigane"; and Scriabin's Pianoforte Concerto with the composer as soloist, given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1906-7. Oscar Hammerstein opened the Manhattan Opera House in New York City with a company including Melba, Gilibert-LeJeune, Mazarin Kate d'Arta, Farnetti, and Luisa Tetrazzini, soprani; Bressler-Gianoli, and Maria Gay, mezzi; Eleanora de Cisneros and Zacchari, contralti; A. Bonci, Bassi, Dalmores, Altchevski, tenori; M. Renaud, M. Sammarco, Ancona, Mendolfi, baritoni; E. de Reszke, Braz, and Maglinez, bassi.

1906. The Philharmonic Society of New Orleans, La., organized. (Reorganized in 1917.)

1906. St. Paul (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra organized with E. B. Emanuel as conductor. Walter H. Rothwell became conductor in 1908.

1907. Jan. 5. Sibelius's First Symphony (E minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Jan. 17. Sibelius's overture "Karelia" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1907. Jan. 17. A. Oldberg's dramatic overture "Paolo and Francesca" produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Jan, 19. American début of Katherine Goodson, English pianist, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She played Grieg's concerto in A minor.

1907. Jan. 20. Production of Arthur Foote's "Four Character Pieces" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Jan. 22. R. Strauss's opera "Salome" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City with Olive Fremstad, and C. Burrian in leading parts, and Alfred Hertz conducting.

1907. Jan. 25. Paul Juon's fantasie "The Watchman's Song" (after Danish Folk Songs) given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Feb. 1. American début of Mario Sammarco, noted baritone, in "Pagliacci" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1907. Feb. 7. Sibelius's orchestral suite "Karelia" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1907. Feb. 7. Elgar's "Romance" for orchestra given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1907. Feb. 9. Tinel's three symphonic pictures from the entr'acte music to Corneille's "Polyeucte" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Feb. 26. Scriabin's First Symphony, and Ippolitof-Ivanof's Second "Caucasian Suite" for orchestra given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1907. Mar. 2. Debussy's orchestral sketches "La Mer" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Mar. 9. Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto" in C major, for three violins, three celli, and three basses, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Mar. 14. Scriabin's third symphony "The Divine Poem," and Davidof's "Violoncello Concerto" (Alwin Schroeder, soloist) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1907. Mar. 16. S. Noskowski's symphonic poem "The Steppe" (Op. 66) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Mar. 19. American début of Sir Edward Elgar as conductor of his oratorio, "The Apostles" with the Oratorio Society in New York City.

1907. Mar. 26. Elgar's oratorio "The Kingdom" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1907. Mar. 27. Pietro Floridia's Symphony in D minor given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Mar. 30. O. Fried's Prelude and Double Fugue for Strings, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Mar. 31. Handel's oratorio "Belshazzar" given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, with Madame Kileski-Bradbury, Misses Bouton, Kellogg, Mr. George Hamlin, and Mr. Watkin Mills as soloists.

1907. April 1. X. Scharwenka's opera "Mataswintha" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1907. April 3. Dr. P. Hartmann's oratorio "St. Peter" produced at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1907. April 6. Howard Brockway's Symphony in D major produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. April 9. J. K. Paine's opera "Azara" presented, in concert form, by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1907. April 13. Reger's "Serenade" (Op. 59) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; also production of Henry K. Hadley's tone poem "Salome."

1907. April 27. Victor Bendix's Fourth Symphony (D minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Oct. 2. F. S. Converse's dramatic poem "Job" produced at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1907. Oct. 4. A. Hinton's Second Pianoforte Concerto.

1907. Oct. 18. V. d'Indy's symphonic poem "Jour d'été à la Montagne" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Nov. 1. F. Stock's "Symphonic Waltz" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Nov. 4. American début of Jeanne Gerville-Reache, French contralto, as the Blind Mother in "La Gioconda" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1907. Nov. 14. Glazunof's Eighth Symphony (E flat) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1907. Nov. 16. The overture to Pfitzner's Christmas play "The Little Christ Elf" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Nov. 17. Edward German's "Welsh Rhapsody" given by the Symphony Society in New York City, conducted by the composer.

1907. Nov. 18. Francesco Cilea's opera "Adrienne Lecouvreur" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Cavalieri, Caruso and Scotti in the leading parts.

1907. Nov. 20. American début of the Russian basso Chaliapin in "Mefistofele" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1907. Nov. 23. C. M. Loeffler's symphonic poem "A Pagan Poem" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Also Reznicek's adagio, scherzo and finale from "Symphonic Suite in E minor," given for the first time in America.

1907. Nov. 30. E. Boche's symphonic poem "Taormina" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Dec. 1. Dr. L. Damrosch's "Silver Wedding" produced by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1907. Dec. 4. Wolf-Ferrari's oratorio "Vita Nuova" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1907. Dec. 7. Liapunof's Pianoforte Concerto given by the New York Symphony Society with Josef Hoffman as soloist.

1907. Dec. 12. Ilyinsky's suite "Mir und Antra," and Arensky's "First Symphony," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1907. Dec. 20. Max Reger's "Variations and Fugue" (Op. 100) given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1907. Dec. 21. D'Ambrosio's Violin Concerto in B minor, with R. Czerwonski as soloist; the "Goldonian Intermezzo" from Bossi's "Suite Variée," and Humperdinck's overture to "The Forced Marriage," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1907. First Beethoven Festival given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

Carl Pohlig appointed conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (1907-1912).

1907. Max Zach appointed conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Jan. 1. American début of Gustav Mahler as conductor of a performance of "Tristan und Isolde" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Jan. 3. Charpentier's opera "Louise" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden in leading part, Campanini conducting.

1908. Jan. 14. H. Bischoff's Symphony in E major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Jan. 15. New York début of Luisa Tetrazzini, great soprano, in "La Traviata" at the Manhattan Opera House. (She had previously been heard in San Francisco.)

1908. Jan. 15. Beethoven's "Twelve Dances" given under Sam Franko at Mendelssohn Hall, New York City.

1908. Jan. 16. Sibelius's Third Symphony (C major) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1908. Jan. 18. Mozart's "Three German Dances" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Jan. 21. Henri Rabaud's Second Symphony (E minor); E. Chausson's "Poëme de l'Amour et de la Mer" for voice and orchestra, (1) "La Fleur des Faux," "Interlude," (2) "La Mort de l'Amour"; and Balakiref's symphonic poem "En Bohème" given at an orchestral concert in Boston by Mrs. Richard J. Hall.

1908. Jan. 25. Schelling's "Fantastic Suite" for pianoforte and orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Jan. 29. Dohnanyi's Violoncello Concerto in D given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Indianapolis, Ind., with H. Warnke as soloist.

1908. Feb. 2. Chaikovsky's opera "Eugen Onegin" given in concert form by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1908. Feb. 13. The scene "Winter" from Glazunof's ballet, "The Seasons," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1908. Feb. 14. Richard Wagner's "Columbus" overture given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Feb. 15. Rimsky-Korsakof's "Caprice on Spanish Themes"; and Schjelderup's "Sunrise on the Himalayas" from the stage music to Gjellerup's "Opferfeuer"; also Schjelderup's symphonic poem "A Summer Night on the Fjord" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Feb. 19. Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden, Jeanne Gerville-Reache, and Perier in the cast. Campanini conducting.

1908. Feb. 22. Production of Chadwick's "Symphonic Sketches" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Feb. 28. Josef Hofmann's Third Pianoforte Concerto given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1908. Feb. 29. E. Dohnanyi's Concert Piece in D major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Mar. 4. American début of Madame Berta Morena as Sieglinde at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Mar. 14. Balakiref's Symphony in C major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Mar. 26. Stahlberg's symphonic suite "Ueber's Weltenmeer" given by the Volpe Orchestra in New York City.

1908. Mar. 28. Gustav Strube's "Fantastic Dance," for orchestra, produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. April 7. M. Reger's "Unaccompanied Violin Sonata" given in New York City by Dora Valesca Becker.

1908. April 11. C. P. E. Bach's Second Symphony, in E Flat, given, and H. K. Hadley's Third Symphony (B minor) produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. April 18. E. Moór's Pianoforte Concerto (Op. 57) and Ertel's symphonic poem "The Midnight Review" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. June. Production of H. W. Parker's "Ballade" for chorus and orchestra, by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn. Conducted by the composer.

1908. Sept. 16. New building of the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N. Y., opened.

1908. Sept. 25. American début of Blanche Arral in San Francisco, Cal., under the management of M. Grau.

1908. Oct. 17. E. Sauer's First Pianoforte Concerto (E minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist.

1908. Oct. 24. MacDowell's third symphonic poem "Lamia" (Op. 29) produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Oct. 31. Chaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Nov. 7. Début of Albert Spalding, violinist, with the New York Symphony Society.

1908. Nov. 9. American début of Maria Labia in "Tosca" at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Nov. 14. Grétry's three dances from "Céphale et Procris" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Nov. 14. American début of Dr. Ludwig Wüllner, lieder singer, at Mendelssohn Hall, New York City.

1908. Nov. 16. American début of Emmy Destinn as Aïda at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on which occasion A. Toscanini made his first appearance as conductor.

1908. Nov. 21. Sibelius's symphonic poem "A Spring Day" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Nov. 23. Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Nov. 25. Massenet's opera "Thaïs" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden (her American début), Emma Trentini, J. Gerville-Reache, and Maurice Renaud. G. Campanini conducting.

1908. Nov. 27. Massenet's opera "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden in the title rôle, supported by Renaud and Dufranne.

1908. Dec. 2. Debussy's cantata "The Blessed Damosel" given by the Oratorio Society in New York City.

1908. Dec. 8. Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony (C minor) given by the Symphony Society in New York City, conducted by the composer.

1908. Dec. 10. Scriabin's fourth symphony "Ecstasy" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1908. Dec. 10. American début of Mischa Elman, violinist, playing Chaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

1908. Dec. 11. Rubinstein's Pianoforte Fantasia in C major (Op. 84) given by the New York Philharmonic Society with Josef Lhevinne as soloist.

1908. Dec. 12. Noren's "Kaleidoscope" (theme and variations) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Dec. 17. Puccini's opera "Le Villi" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Dec. 19. Pierné's cantata "The Children of Bethlehem" given at a Young Peoples Concert in New York City. Frank Damrosch, conductor.

1908. Dec. 19. Rubinstein's Fifth Piano Concerto (E flat major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1908. Seattle (Wash.) Symphony Orchestra organized, with Michael Kegrizi as conductor.

1908. Signor Gatti-Casazza engaged as manager of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1908. Oscar Hammerstein's Opera House in Philadelphia opened.

1909. Jan. 2. O. Nicolai's "Religious Festival" overture on the chorale "Eine Feste Burg" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Jan. 3. Elgar's First Symphony (A flat) given by the New York Symphony Society.

1909. Jan. 6. Catalani's opera "La Wally" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emmy Destinn and Riccardo Martin in the leading parts.

1909. Jan. 14. Rachmaninof's Second Symphony (E minor) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City, conducted by the composer.

1909. Jan. 15. Emil Paur's Symphony in A major produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1909. Jan. 16. Schilling's "Harvest Festival" from the opera "Moloch" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Jan. 22. American début of Carl Jörn, tenor, in "Die Meistersinger" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1909. Jan. 23. Paul Scheinpflug's "Overture to a Comedy of Shakespeare" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Feb. 13. Paderewski's Symphony in B minor (Op. 24) produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Feb. 19. Smetana's opera "Prodoná nevěsta" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Destinn, Jörn, Didur and Reiss. G. Mahler, conductor.

1909. Mar. 10. Jan Blockx's opera "La Princesse d'Auberge" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Maria Labia and Jeanne Gerville-Reache in the leading rôles.

1909. Mar. 12. A. Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (C minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Mar. 27. A. Maquarre's overture "On the Sea Cliffs" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. April 29. First public performance of P. G. Clapp's tone poem "Norge" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Mass. Had been performed by the Pierian Sodality May 22, 1908.

1909. April 1. Production of W. W. Gilchrist's passion oratorio "The Lamb of God" at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.

1909. April 3. Strube's Symphony in B minor played from MS. by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. April 17. Arthur Foote's Suite in E major for string orchestra produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. May 28. Henry K. Hadley's prize composition "The Culprit Fay" produced at the Powers Theatre, Grand Rapids, Mich. Played by the Chicago Orchestra Oct. 29, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Nov. 14.

1909. June. G. W. Chadwick's Christmas pastoral "Noël" produced by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn., conducted by the composer.

1909. Oct. 9. Saint-Saëns's ballad on Victor Hugo's "La Fiancée du Timbalier" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Oct. 16. Reger's symphonic "Prologue to a Tragedy" (Op. 108) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Oct. 23. Granville Bantock's comedy overture, "The Pierrot of a Minute," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Oct. 25. American début of Tilly Koenen (Dutch lieder singer) at a recital in Mendelssohn Hall, New York City.

1909. Nov. 4. American début (as pianist) of S. Rachmaninof at a recital at Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

1909. Nov. 7. The ballet music from Mozart's pantomime "Les Petits Riens" given by the Symphony Society in New York City. Also Rimsky-Korsakof's "Russian Song."

1909. Nov. 8. American début of Eric Schmedes, tenor, in "Die Walküre" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1909. Nov. 8. Opening of the Boston Opera House under the management of Henry Russell, with a performance of "La Gioconda" with Lillian Nordica, Louise Homer, Madame Meitschek, F. Constantino, Baklanof, Mardones, Pulcini, Stroesco.

1909. Nov. 10. American operatic début of John McCormack, noted tenor, as Alfredo in "La Traviata," at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1909. Nov. 12. J. M. Ravel's "Rhapsodie Espagnole" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Nov. 15. Massenet's opera "Sappho" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden in the title rôle.

1909. Nov. 15. Debussy's "Rondes de Printemps" (Image pour Orchestre) given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1909. Nov. 16. Operatic début of Alma Gluck as Sophie in "Werther" at the New Theatre, New York. She appeared on Dec. 3 at the Metropolitan Opera House as the Blessed Spirit in "Orfeo."

1909. Nov. 16. American début of Edmond Clément, noted French tenor, in "Werther," at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1909. Nov. 17. American début of Otto Slezak, Russian tenor, as Otello at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1909. Nov. 18. Arensky's "Variations" for strings, given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1909. Nov. 27. Delius's symphony poem, "Paris, a Night Piece," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1909. Nov. 28. Rachmaninof's Third Pianoforte Concerto (Op. 30) given by the Symphony Society in New York City with the composer as soloist. Also Lalo's "Arlequin."

1909. Dec. 3. Rachmaninof's tone poem "The Isle of the Dead" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1909. Dec. 5. American début of Josef Malkin, cellist, as soloist in Haydn's "Concerto in D" with the Symphony Society in New York City. (N.B. Malkin played at a concert Nov. 28 at the Manhattan Opera House.)

1909. Dec. 14. American début of Jeanne Maubourg in "Madame Angot" at the New Theatre, New York City.

1909. Dec. 16. Mahler's First Symphony given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1909. Dec. 23. Gluck's opera "Orfeo ed Eurydice" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Homer, Gadski, Alson, Gluck. Toscanini conducting.

1909. Dec. Henry K. Hadley appointed conductor of the Seattle (Wash.) Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Jan. 5. Liza Lehmann, noted song-writer, gave her first concert in America at Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass.

1910. Jan. 5. Production of Wm. Berwald's "Dramatic Overture" by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor, at Syracuse, N. Y.

1910. Jan. 7. H. K. Hadley's "Symphonic Fantasia" produced by the Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Mo.

1910. Jan. 10. Massenet's opera "Griselidis" given at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

1910. Jan. 18. P. Volbach's Symphony in B minor given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Jan. 23. Franchetti's opera "Germania" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emmy Destinn, Caruso, and Amato in the leading parts.

1910. Jan. 26. Debussy's "Marche Ecossais"; d'Indy's "Souvenirs"; Rameau's "Dardanus"; P. Dukas's "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" (excerpts); G. Pierné's "Ramuntcho," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1910. Feb. 1. R. Strauss's opera "Elektra" given at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Madame Mazarin as Elektra, and Jeanne Gerville-Reache as Klytemnestra.

1910. Feb. 7. Georg Schumann's cantata "Ruth" given by the Apollo Musical Society, Chicago.

1910. Feb. 8. H. Bruneau's opera "L'Attaque du Moulin" presented at the New Theatre, Harlem, N. Y.

1910. Feb. 12. Chadwick's Sinfonietta in D major produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Feb. 13. Sullivan's oratorio "The Golden Legend" given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston.

1910. Feb. 15. Max Schilling's symphonic fantasy "Meerguss" given by the St. Paul (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Feb. 20. Moszkowski's Third Orchestral Suite given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1910. Mar. 4. Glazunof's Violin Concerto in A minor given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City with Mischa Elman as soloist.

1910. Mar. 5. Chaikovsky's opera "Pique Dame" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emmy Destinn, Leonora Sparkes, Alma Gluck, Slezak, and Didur.

1910. Mar. 6. Granville Bantock's "Fine Old English Tunes" arranged for small orchestra; and Haydn's Concerto for Violin with A. Saslafsky as soloist, given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1910. Mar. 11. Busoni's orchestral suite "Turandot" given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1910. Mar. 19. G. Strube's comedy overture "Puck" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Mar. 27. E. Bossi's "Paradise Lost" given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston.

1910. April 16. Ducasse's "Suite Française" in D minor, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1910. April 19. Balakiref's "Ouverture"; C. Franck's "Quatres Pièces Brèves"; Ducasse's "Variations Plaisantes sur un Thême Grave" (harp obbligato); L. Moreau's "Pastorale" for saxophone and orchestra (written for Mrs. R. J. Hall, and produced at this concert with Mrs. Hall as soloist); and S. Lazzari's symphonic poem "Effet de Nuit," given by the Orchestral Club, in Boston.

1910. April 23. Aug. Halm's Symphony in D minor for string orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1910. April 28. Oscar Hammerstein's withdrawal from opera in New York and Philadelphia announced. The Metropolitan Opera Company purchased rights in opera, contracts with artists, scenic equipment, etc.

1910. June 2. Production of S. Coleridge Taylor's rhapsodie dance, "The Bamboula," at Norfolk, Conn.

1910. Aug. 17. H. F. Gilbert's "Comedy Overture on Negro Themes" produced at an open air concert in Central Park, New York City.

1910. Aug. 29. P. Floridia's opera "Paoletta" produced in Cincinnati, O.

1910. Sept. 29. The first part of Granville Bantock's "Omar Khayyàm" given at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1910. Oct. 6. Wallace's symphonic poem "Villon," and Saint-Saëns's March "Occident and Orient" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1910. Oct. 28. Delius's English rhapsody "Brigg Fair" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1910. Oct. 29. American début of Anton Witek, violinist (concert-master of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), as soloist.

1910. Nov. 5. Opening of the Chicago Opera Company under the management of Andreas Dippel, with a performance of "Aïda."

1910. Nov. 14. Gluck's opera "Armide" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Olive Fremstad, Louise Homer, Caruso and Amato.

1910. Nov. 16. Production at the Boston Opera House of F. S. Converse's opera "The Sacrifice."

1910. Nov. 16. Debussy's opera "L'Enfant Prodigue" given at the Boston Opera House, with Alice Neilson, Blanchart, Lasalle, etc.

1910. Nov. 16. Liadov's "Kikimora" and "Le Lac Enchanté," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1910. Nov. 20. Excerpts from Chaikovsky's opera "Jeanne d'Arc" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1910. Nov. 16. Mozart's Adagio and Fugue for string orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1910. Dec. 1. American debut of Kathleen Parlow (Canadian violinist) with the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1910. Dec. 1. I. F. Stravinsky's "Feuerwerk" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1910. Dec 4. Dvořák's "In the Spinning Room" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1910. Dec. 4. R. Laparra's opera "La Habañera" given by the Boston Opera Company.

1910. Dec. 10. Puccini's opera "La Fanciulla" ("The Girl of the Golden West") presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emmy Destinn, Caruso and Amato in the leading parts.

1910. Dec. 28. Production (first performance on any stage) of Humperdinck's opera "Königskinder" with Geraldine Farrar, Marie Mattfeld, H. Jadlowker, Otto Goritz, A. Didur and A. Reiss in the leading parts. Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1910. Sept. MacDowell Festivals at Peterboro, N. H., instituted under the auspices of the MacDowell Memorial Association.

1910. Gatti-Casazza became sole director of the Metropolitan Opera House, on the withdrawal of Andreas Dippel.

1910. Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company formed with Andreas Dippel as manager.

1911. Jan. 3. G. Enesco's Suite for Orchestra (Op. 9) given by the Philharmonic Orchestra, New York City.

1911. Jan. 6. Debussy's "Iberia" (second of the third series of "Images") given by the Philharmonic Society in, New York City. Also Chabrier's "Ode à la Musique."

1911. Jan. 20. Leo Blech's opera "Versiegelt" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1911. Jan. 25. Saint-Saëns's "Ouverture de Fête"; G. Lekew's "Adagio for Strings"; Rhené-Baton's "Variations" for pianoforte and orchestra; P. Dukas's overture to "Polyeucte"; H. Woollett's "Siberia" for saxophone and orchestra (written for Mrs. R. J. Hall) (production); Lazzari's (a) "Armor," (b) "Marche pour une Fête Joyeuse," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1911. Jan. 27. Production of Arthur Foote's Serenade in E major for strings, by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Jan. 28. Gernsheim's tone poem "To a Drama" (Op. 82) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Feb. 3. Paul Dukas's opera "Ariana et Barbe Bleue" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Geraldine Farrar in the title rôle.

1911. Feb. 5. Paul Dukas's Symphony in C given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1911. Feb. 11. Scharwenka's Fourth Pianoforte Concerto (F minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist.

1911. Feb. 15. Dvořák's posthumous symphony given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1911. Feb. 16. Rachmaninof's "Fantasia" for two pianos and orchestra given by the New York Symphony Society.

1911. Feb. 17. Enesco's Symphony in E flat major given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1911. Feb. 25. Production of Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company in Philadelphia, with Mary Garden, L. Grenville, and John McCormack in the leading rôles.

1911. Feb. 27. F. Stock's Suite for String Orchestra given by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Feb. 27. J. Stransky's "Symphonic Song" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1911. Feb. Symphony by F. Delius produced by the New York Symphony Society.

1911. Mar. 3. Chabrier's unfinished opera "Briseis" given, in concert form, by the MacDowell Chorus in New York City.

1911. Mar. 3. Victor Kolar's symphonic poem "Hiawatha" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1911. Mar. 4. R. Mandl's "Overture to a Gascon Comedy" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Mar. 6. A. Perelli's opera "A Lover's Quarrel" given at Philadelphia.

1911. Mar. 11. Sinigaglia's overture "Le Baruffe Chiozzotte" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Mar. 14. Production of the opera "Mona," libretto by Brian Hooker and music by H. W. Parker, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1911. Mar. 24. Wolf-Ferrari's opera "The Secret of Suzanne" presented by the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company in Philadelphia.

1911. Mar. 25-30. Brahms Festival held in New York City by the Symphony and Oratorio Societies.

1911. Mar. 25. Jean Nouguès's opera "Quo Vadis" presented in Philadelphia by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company.

1911. April. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra visited New York for the first time, as guest of the Philharmonic Society.

1911. April 10. Felix Woyrsch's Mystery for soli, chorus, orchestra and organ, "Tödtentanz" given by the Apollo Musical Society in Chicago.

1911. April 15. Production of G. W. Chadwick's "Suite Symphonique" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. April 22. Production of Arthur S. Curry's symphonic poem "Attala" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1911. May 19. Death, in Vienna, of Gustav Mahler, conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York City.

1911. June 6. Production of Horatio Parker's "Collegiate Overture," and Henry K. Hadley's symphony, "North, South, East and West," by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn., under the direction of the composers.

1911. Aug. 10. Production of Henry K. Hadley's tone poem "The Atonement of Pan" by the Bohemian Club at San Francisco, Cal.

1911. Sept. 27. Max Reger's "The Nuns" given at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1911. Oct. 7. Production of Max Reger's "A Comedy Overture" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Oct. 28. Granville Bantock's poem "Dante and Beatrice" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and at the same concert Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, made his American début, playing Glazunof's Concerto (Op. 82).

1911. Nov. 2. Josef Stransky made his appearance as conductor of the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1911. Nov. 2. Aeolian Hall (New York City) opened with a recital by Gottfried Galston, pianist.

1911. Nov. 4. Margarete Matzenauer made her American début as Aïda at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1911. Nov. 18. Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Gadski, Jadlowker, etc.

1911. Nov. 18. Grieg's "Old Norwegian Romance" with variations, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Nov. 24. Elgar's Second Symphony (E flat) given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Nov. 25. Balakiref's overture on the theme of a Spanish March given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1911. Nov. 26. Laucella's symphonic poem "Consalvo" produced by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1911. Dec. 10. Début of Arthur Shattuck, pianist, in the Rachmaninof concerto, with the Symphony Society of New York City.

1911. Dec. 11. Liszt's oratorio "The Legend of St. Elizabeth" given by the MacDowell Chorus at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1911. Dec. 17. Production of J. van der Pals's two symphonic pieces "Autumn" and "Spring" by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1911. Dec. 28. Weingärtner's Third Symphony (E major) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1911. A Symphony Orchestra formed in Kansas City, Mo., under Carl Busch.

1911. Symphony Orchestra in San Francisco, Cal., formed, and Henry K. Hadley appointed conductor.

1912. Jan. 3. Wolf Ferrari's opera "Le Donne Curiose" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Farrar, Maubourg, Jadlowker, Scotti and Didur.

1912. Jan. 7. American début of Wilhelm Bachaus, pianist, in Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, with the Symphony Society, New York City.

1912. Jan. 9. American début of Elena Gerhardt, lieder singer in New York City.

1912. Jan. 10. American début of Vanni Marcoux, French baritone, as Golaud in "Pelléas et Mélisande" at the Boston Opera House.

1912. Jan. 16. Production of P. G. Clapp's prelude "In Summer" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Jan. 16. Wolf-Ferrari's opera "The Jewels of the Madonna" given at the Auditorium by the Chicago Opera Company, with Carolina White in the leading rôle, Sammarco, Dufau, Daddi, etc., assisting.

1912. Jan. 26. Production of F. S. Converse's symphonic poem "Ormazd" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Jan. 26. Delius's tone poem "In a Summer Garden" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Jan. 27. Massenet's opera "Don Quichotte" presented at the French Opera House, New Orleans, La.

1912. Feb. 2. Production of Geo. F. Boyle's "Pianoforte Concerto in D minor" by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Ernest Hutcheson as soloist.

1912. Feb. 4. Production of two symphonic sketches from F. Stahlberg's "Im Hochland," by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Feb. 11. Production of Mary Lawrence Townsend's "Serenade" by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1912. Feb. 12. Debussy's mystery "Le Martyre de St. Sébastien" given by the MacDowell Chorus, in New York City.

1912. Feb. 14. American début of Lucille Marcel as Tosca, in Boston.

1912. Feb. 16. Victor Kolar's symphonic poem "A Fairy Tale" produced by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1912. Mar. 3. Saint-Saëns's "Hymn to Pallas Athene" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1912. Mar. 11. F. Schmitt's "Rhapsodie Viennoise" (production); P. Gaubert's "Poëme Elegiaque" for saxophone and orchestra (production written for and played by Mrs. R. J. Hall); A. Roussel's "Poëme de la Forêt" (production); Roger Ducasse's "Petit Suite" (production), given at an Orchestral Concert in Boston under the management of Mrs. R. J. Hall.

1912. Mar. 15. J. G. Mraczek's "Symphonic Burlesque" for grand orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Mar. 16. Production of F. Stahlberg's "Symphonic Scherzo" by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Mar. 25. Brahms's "Triumphlied" for chorus and orchestra given in New York City.

1912. April 7. Max Reger's "Romantic" and "Ballet" Suites, given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. April 8. First appearance in America of the London (England) Symphony Orchestra, A. Nikisch, conductor, at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1912. April 14. Production of P. G. Clapp's "Dramatic Poem," by the Pierian Sodality of Harvard University, at the Hotel Astor, New York City.

1912. April 14. Monteverde's opera "Orfeo" given in concert form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Rita Fornia, M. Duchène, Anna Case, H. Weil, H. Witherspoon and Basil Ruysdael.

1912. May. Production of Arne Oldberg's "Symphonic Variations" at the North Shore Festival, Evanston, Ill.

1912. May 16. Production of Wm. Berwald's overture "Walthari" by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor, at the Central New York Music Festival, Syracuse, N. Y.

1912. June 4. Production of G. W. Chadwick's symphonic fantasie "Aphrodite" by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.

1912. June 5. Production of Henry F. Gilbert's "Negro Rhapsody," also Coleridge Taylor's Concerto for Violin, his "Negro Air" for solo violin and orchestra, and "A Tale of Old Japan," by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.

1912. Oct. Leopold Stokowski, having severed his connection with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in March, appeared as conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Oct. 30. A. Schoenberg's "Five Pieces for Orchestra" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Oct. 30. E. Schelling's "Legende Symphonique" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 4. Début of Titta Ruffo as the Duke in "Rigoletto," with the Chicago-Philadelphia Company at Philadelphia, Pa.

1912. Nov. 7. Delius's symphonic poem "Life's Dance" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 7. Goldmark's opera "Das Heimchen am Herd" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, with Maggie Teyte, Mabel Riegelman, Helen Stanley, Riccardo Martin, and Henri Scott, in the leading parts, and Arnold Winternitz conducting.

1912. Nov. 8. Maurice Ravel's orchestral suite "Ma Mère l'Oye" given at a concert in Aeolian Hall, New York City. And at the same concert William Becher's "Pianoforte Concerto" was produced.

1912. Nov. 13. R. Strauss's "Festival Prelude" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 14. Weingärtner's "Lustige Overture" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 15. Dr. Ernest Kunwald appeared as conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 16. Ernest Fanelli's symphonic pictures "Thebes" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 19. Max Reger's "Concerto in Ancient Style" given at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, by the Philharmonic Society.

1912. Nov. 21. Bruckner's Sixth Symphony (A major), and Korngold's "Overture to a Play," given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 21. Ippolitof-Ivanof's "Armenian Rhapsodie," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra at its tenth anniversary concert in New York City.

1912. Dec. 3. Cornelius Dopper's third symphony "Rembrandt" (in C minor) given by the St. Paul (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 3. Louis Koemmenich made his first appearance as conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York City, at a performance of "Elijah," on the resignation of Frank Damrosch.

1912. Dec. 6. G. Fitelberg's tone poem "Das Lied vom Falken" given by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 13. Production of David S. Smith's Symphony in F minor by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 14. Borodin's Second Symphony (D minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 21. Klughardt's "Concerto for Violoncello" (Op. 59) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 27. American début of Frieda Hempel, noted soprano, as Marguerite in "Les Huguenots" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1912. Dec. 29. The "Jena Symphony" (ascribed to Beethoven, and discovered in the archives of the University of Jena) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This work was played publicly for the first time at St. Petersburg, Dec. 1911.

1912. Philharmonic Society of New York reorganized in such a manner as to secure the Pulitzer bequest of $500,000.

1913. Jan. 11. Joseph Holbrooke's symphonic poem "Queen Mab" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Jan. 16. Arensky's "Serenade" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1913. Jan. 16. American début of Max Pauer, noted pianist, in New York City.

1913. Jan. 25. Production of Gustav Strube's symphonic poems "Narcissus" and "Echo" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Feb. 6. Zandonai's opera "Conchita" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, with Tarquina Tarquini in the title rôle, by the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company.

1913. Feb. 15. Ernest Lendvai's "Symphony in D major" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Feb. 20. Perelli's opera "A Lover's Quarrel" given by the Chicago-Philadelphia Company, in Philadelphia, with Zepelli, Sammarco, and Berat.

1913. Feb. 24. Wilhelm Kienzl's opera "Les Ranz des Vaches" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company.

1913. Feb. 27. Production of Walter Damrosch's opera "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Amito and Frances Alda in the leading rôles, and Alfred Hertz conducting.

1913. Feb. 27. Production of J. Stransky's two symphony songs, "Moonrise" and "Requiem," by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1913. Mar. 2. Sibelius's Symphony No. 4 given by the New York Symphony Society.

1913. Mar. 8. Vivaldi's "Concerto in G minor" for violin, organ and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Mar. 8. Louis Aubert's opera "La Forêt Bleue" given at the Boston Opera House with Carmen Melis, Bernice Fisher, Elizabeth Amsden, Jeska Swartz, Riddez and Potter. Caplet conducting.

1913. Mar. 8. Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunof" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Anna Case, Jeanne Maubourg, Louise Homer, Paul Althouse and Didur.

1913. Mar. 23. Leoncavallo's opera "Zingari" presented by the Chicago Opera Company, conducted by the composer, at Chicago.

1913. Mar. 28. O. Taubmann's "A Choral Service" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1913. April 17. R. Strauss's "Der Abend" (16 parts), and Granville Bantock's choral symphony "Atalanta in Calydon" (20 parts), also Percy Grainger's "Folk Tune Settings," given by the MacDonell Chorus in New York City.

1913. June 3. Production of Edgar S. Kelley's second symphony "New England" by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn.

1913. Oct. 2. G. Pierné's oratorio "St. Francis of Assisi" given at the Worcester (Mass.) Festival.

1913. Nov. 11. Florent Schmitt's drame muet "La Tragédie de Salome" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Nov. 14. Järnefelt's "Praeludium" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1913. Nov. 20. Franchetti's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company, with Rosa Raisa, Titta Ruffo, and Bassi in the leading rôles, and Campanini conducting.

1913. Nov. 21. Production of Gustav Strube's symphonic poem "Loreley" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Nov. 21. Arthur Hinton's Second Symphony (C minor) given by the Minneapolis (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Nov. 28. Operatic début of Sophie Braslau (contralto) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, as Prince Feodor in "Boris Godounov."

1913. Nov. 28. F. Arbos's "Guajiras" for violin and orchestra given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, with Bonarios Grimson as soloist.

1913. Dec. 5. H. Février's opera "Monna Vanna" presented at the Boston Opera House, with Mary Garden, Jeska Swartz, L. Muratore and Vanni Marcoux.

1913. Dec. 9. R. Strauss' opera "Der Rosenkavalier" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Frieda Hempel, M. Ober, H. Weil, Carl Jörn and Otto Goritz. Hertz conducting.

1913. Dec. 12. Elgar's symphonic study "Falstaff" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1913. Dec. 18. F. Schmitt's "Psaulme XLVI" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1913. Dec. 27. Ravel's fantasy "Juon" and "Vaegtervise" (Watchman's Song) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Jan. 2. Albert Roussel's evocation "La Ville Rose" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Jan. 2. Montemezzi's opera "L'Amore di Tre Rè" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Boni, Braslau, Amato and Didur. Toscanini conducting.

1914. Jan. 6. W. Stenhammer's "Midwinter" given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Jan. 16. Gabriel Pierné's orchestration of C. Franck's "Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue" for pianoforte, given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1914. Jan. 20. R. Zandonai's "O Padre Nostro" for male voices, organ and orchestra, from "Purgatory," given by the Schola Cantorum in New York City.

1914. Jan. 24. Production of Victor Herbert's one-act opera "Madeline" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Alda, Sparkes, Althouse, Segurola and Pini-Corsi.

1914. Jan. 25. Production of G. Hüe's "Fantasie" for flute and orchestra, with G. Barrère as soloist; also V. Kolar's "Suite" for orchestra, and Lekew's "Adagio" for strings, by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1914. Feb. 6. Production of M. Kernochan's cantata "The Foolish Virgins" by the Orange Musical Art Society at East Orange, N. J.

1914. Feb. 12. J. G. Ropartz's symphonic étude "The Hunt of Prince Arthur" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1914. Feb. 17. Spendiarof's symphonic poem "The Three Palms" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1914. Feb. 19. Production of Mabel W. Daniels's "The Guests of Sleep" by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1914. Feb. 26. Vittorio Gnecchi's opera "Cassandra" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company, with Rosa Raisa, J. Claussen, and Dalmores. Sturani, conductor.

1914. Feb. 26. Charpentier's opera "Julien" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Farrar, Caruso, and Gilly.

1914. Mar. 7. Production of Otto Urack's first symphony (E major) by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1914. Mar. 14. Production of R. Goldmark's tone poem "Samson" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Mar. 25. Wolf-Ferrari's opera "L'Amore Medico" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with L. Boni, B. Alten, L. Rothier, Pini-Corsi, Segurola. Toscanini conducting.

1914. April 2. Production of Francis Pauly's Pianoforte Concerto in E flat, by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, with Florence Pauly as soloist.

1914. April 3. Production of Eric Korngold's Sinfonietta (Op. 5) by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1914. April 5. Production of Wm. Berwald's cantata "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by the St. Thomas Church Choir, New York City. Tertius Noble, organist and director.

1914. April 11. Production of P. G. Clapp's "Symphony in E minor" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1914. April 19. The Fort Worth (Texas) Symphony Orchestra organized under Carl Venth. Produced several works by American composers, including Carl Venth's "Prologue to an Indian Drama."

1914. April 25. Reznicek's Symphonishes Lebensbild "Schlemihl" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1914. May 28. Production of "Cahokia," the pageant and masque of St. Louis (music by F. S. Converse), at Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo.

1914. June 2. Production of H. K. Hadley's tone poem "Lucifer" at the Litchfield County Choral Union Festival, Norfolk, Conn., conducted by the composer.

1914. June. Production of Coleridge Taylor's orchestral rhapsody "From the Prairie" (Arthur Mees, conductor), and J. Sibelius's orchestral tone poem "Aalloteret," by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn., conducted by the composer.

1914. Aug. 20. Production of Arthur Nevin's suite "Love Dreams" at the MacDowell Festival, Peterboro, N. H.

1914. Aug. Henry F. Gilbert's music to Synge's play "Riders to the Sea" produced at a MacDowell Festival, Peterboro, N. H., conducted by the composer.

1914. Oct. 23. Roussel's ballet pantomime "Le Festin de l'Araignée" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1914. Oct. 23. Dohnanyi's Suite for Orchestra (Op. 19) given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Oct. 24. Ropartz's Fourth Symphony (C major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Nov. 6. Hugo Alfvén's Third Symphony (E minor) given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Nov. 29. Symphonic fragment from Ravel's Ballet "Daphnis and Chloe" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1914. Dec. 13. Hugo Alfvén's "Festspel-Polonaise" given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. American Symphony Orchestra organized in Chicago with Glenn Dillard Gunn as conductor.

1914. Great organ with 7000 pipes installed at the Pan-American Exposition in San Francisco, Cal.

1915. Jan. 4. F. Leoni's opera "L'Oracolo" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Bori, Braslau, Scotti and Didur.

1915. Jan. 8. Theophile Ysaye's "Fantasia on a Popular Walloon Theme" given by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Jan. 17. First public performance of Edmund Severn's Violin Concerto in D minor given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Max Pilser as soloist.

1915. Jan. 25. Production of U. Giordano's opera "Madame Sans-Gêne" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Geraldine Farrar, Leonora Sparkes, Amato, Martinelli, and Segurola. Toscanini conducting.

1915. Jan. 30. Notable revival of Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Matzenauer and Urlus in the leading rôles.

1915. Jan. 31. Roger Ducasse's "La Jolie Jeu de Furet" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1915. Jan. 31. Production of Henry Burck's "Meditation" for strings; and Nicola Laucella's "Prelude and Temple Dance" given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1915. Feb. 5. S. Stojowski's Suite for Orchestra in E flat major given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1915. Feb. 13. S. E. Bortkiewitch's Pianoforte Concerto in B flat major given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City, with Margaret Volovy as soloist.

1915. Feb. 22. F. Cowen's oratorio "The Veil" given by the Apollo Musical Society in Chicago.

1915. Mar. 19. Production of John Alden Carpenter's orchestral suite "Adventures in a Perambulator" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Mar. 19. Production of Scriabin's "Poem of Fire—Prometheus" by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City. (Had been played in Chicago Mar. 5, but without effects of light.)

1915. Mar. 27. First of Reger's "Four Tone Poems" for orchestra (after Boecklin) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1915. April 3. F. Klose's Prelude and Double Fugue for Organ, with choral for trumpets and trombones, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1915. June 3. Production of G. W. Chadwick's ballade for orchestra "Tam O'Shanter" at the Litchfield County Choral Union Festival, Norfolk, Conn.

1915. June. Production of F. A. Stock's Violin Concerto, under direction of the composer, with Efrem Zimbalist as soloist, and C. V. Stanford's "Pianoforte Concerto in G major" (first time in America) with Harold Bauer as soloist, at the Litchfield County Choral Union Festival, Norfolk, Conn.

1915. Summer. Walter Damrosch's incidental music to the Greek play "Iphigenia in Aulis" produced at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Cal. (Was given in New York Dec. 15 the same year.)

1915. July 1. Production of H.W. Parker and Brian Hooker's opera "Fairyland" at Los Angeles, Cal. This opera won the prize offered by the Los Angeles Opera Association.

1915. Aug. 7. Production of Edward F. Schneider's opera "Apollo" at Bohemian Grove, Cal.

1915. Oct. 22. Further excerpts from Ravel's ballet "Daphnis and Chloe" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1915. Nov. 5. F. Delius's "A Dance Rhapsody" given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Nov. 5. Arnold Schoenberg's "Kammer Symphonie" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Nov. 9. Production of Clarence Loomis's Pianoforte Concerto by the American Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, with Glenn Dillard Gunn as soloist.

1915. Nov. 9. Production of Carlo Minetti's Aria for tenor and orchestra, with George Hamlin as soloist, by the American Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. This work won a prize offered by George Hamlin.

1915. Nov. 18. Schoenberg's symphonic poem "Pelléas et Mélisande" given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1915. Nov. 26. Delius's Pianoforte Concerto in C minor given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City, with Percy Grainger as soloist.

1915. Dec. 9. Saint-Saëns's opera "Déjanire" presented by the Chicago Opera Company with Carmen Melis, de Cisneros, and Muratore. Campanini conducting.

1915. Dec. 30. Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with F. Alda, F. Perini, Amato, Segurola, and Didur. Polacco conducting.

1915. Dec. 31. Production of Edward B. Hill's symphonic poem "The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Dec. 31. Schelling's theme and variations for orchestra "Impressions, from an Artist's Life," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist.

1915. The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra reorganized with Alfred Hertz as conductor.

1915. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra organized with Gustav Strube as conductor.

1916. Jan. 7. Duka's dance poem "La Péri," given by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, A. Hertz conducting.

1916. Jan. 10. Massenet's opera "Cléopâtre" presented by the Chicago Opera Company at the Auditorium with M. Kuznetsof in the title rôle.

1916. Jan. 15. Stravinsky's "First Symphony" (E flat) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1916. Jan. 20. Fibich's idyll for orchestra "At Evening" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1916. Jan. 23. F. Schmitt's "Pupazzi" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1916. Jan. 28. Production of E. Granados's opera "Goyescas" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Anna Fitziu, F. Perini, Martinelli, and de Luca. Bavagnoli conducting.

1916. Feb. 4. Production of F. Stahlberg's Suite for Orchestra (Op. 53) given by the Philharmonic Society of New York City.

1916. Feb. 5. Centennial anniversary performance of Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Madame Barrientos as Rosina.

1916. Feb. 6. Production of Seth Bingham's Suite for Orchestra by the Philharmonic Society of New York City.

1916. Feb. 11. Production of Arthur Shepherd's overture "The Festival of Youth" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1916. Feb. 17. Rimsky's-Korsakof's "Serbian Fantaisie" and G. Hüe's suite "Croquois d'Orient" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1916. Feb. 18. Production of Daniel Gregory Mason's First Symphony (C minor) by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1916. Mar. 3. Gustav Mahler's "Giant Symphony" (Eighth) given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra with more than one thousand performers.

1916. Mar. 10. Production of J. A. Carpenter's "Concertino" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Percy Grainger as pianist.

1916. April 23. Victor Louis Saar's "Suite Rococo" given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1916. April 25. R. Strauss's "Alpine Symphony" given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1916. April 25. Production of Franz C. Bornschein's cantata "Onawa" at the Tri-City Musical Festival at Paterson, N. J. (This work won the prize offered by the New Jersey Choral Society.)

1916. May 4. V. d'Indy's prize choral work "Le Chant de la Cloche" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1956. June. Production by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn., of Percy Grainger's suite for orchestra "In a Nutshell" conducted by the composer; C. M. Loeffler's symphony "Hora Mystica" conducted by the composer.

1916. July 12-16. Production at the Seattle Festival of State Federation of Musical Clubs of C. W. Cadman's symphonic fantasy "To a Vanishing Race" and J. H. Howe's "Festival Overture."

1916. Oct. 16. Ernest Bloch's two poems, "Winter" and "Spring," played at the 44th St. Theatre, New York City. (They were given by the New Symphony Orchestra, New York City, on Nov. 5, 1919.)

1916. Oct. 20. Schelling's "Violin Concerto" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Fritz Kreisler as soloist.

1916. Oct. 26. J. M. Ravel's "Valses Nobles et Sentimentales" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1916. Oct. 29. C. S. Skilton's "Two Indian Dances," (1) "Deer Dance" (Rogue River, Ore.), and (2) "War Dance" (Cheyenne), produced by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. (They had been played as a string quartet in January by the Zoellner Quartet.)

1916. Nov. 13. Bizet's opera "Les Pêcheurs des Perles" presented entire at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Two acts were given in 1897.)

1916. Nov. 18. American début of Amelita Galli-Curci, as Gilda in "Rigoletto" with the Chicago Opera Company in Chicago. L. Campanini conducting.

1916. Nov. 24. Michael Dvorsky's Symphonic Duologue for pianoforte and orchestra, produced by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with Josef Hofmann (M. Dvorsky) as soloist.

1916. Nov. 25. Gluck's opera "Iphigenia in Tauris" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Melanie Kurt, Marie Rappold, L. Sparkes, Sembach, Weil.

1916. Nov. 26. Elgar's adagio "Sospiri," for strings, harps, and organ, given by the Symphony Society of New York City; also Sinigaglia's "Étude Caprice" for strings.

1916. Dec. 3. M. Ravel's "Introduction et Allegro" for harp, strings, quartet, flute and clarinet, given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1916. Dec. 14. Gustav Mahler's "Lied von der Erde" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1916. Dec. 22, Zandonai's opera "Francesca da Rimini" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1917. Jan. 12. Sibelius's symphonic fantasy "Polyola's Daughter," and his symphonic poem "Night Ride and Sunrise" (Op. 53), given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Jan. 18. Leo Sowerby's "Come Autumn Time" produced at a concert in Orchestral Hall, Chicago, conducted by Eric De Lamarter.

1917. Jan. 19. Ballantine's symphonic poem "The Eve of St. Agnes" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Jan. 26. Percy Grainger's "The Warriors" given by the Symphony Society at Aeolian Hall, New York City, with the composer at the pianoforte.

1917. Feb. 2. Widor's Symphony No. 3 (in E minor) for organ and orchestra given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Gilbert Spross as soloist.

1917. Mar. 8. Reginald de Koven's opera "The Canterbury Pilgrims" produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Ober, Althouse, Ruysdael, and Sembach.

1917. Mar. 23. The First of E. Bloch's "Trois poèms Juifs" (Op. 133), "Dance," "Rite," and "Cortège Funèbre," presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Feb. 6. E. De Lamarter's "The Fable of the Hapless Folktune" produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1917. April 6. Philip Greeley Clapp's Symphony in E flat produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. April 13. Debussy's "Gigues" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. April 15. Adolf Brune's overture "A Twilight Picture" produced by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1917. April 20. Noren's symphony "Vita" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. April 27. F. S. Converse's tone poem "Ave atque Vale" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1917. May 3. Ernest Bloch's "Two Psalms," for soprano and orchestra, given in New York City.

1917. June. Production of the following works by the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk, Conn.: Nicola Laucella's symphonic impressions "Whitehouse" under the direction of the composer. John Alden Carpenter's symphony "Sermons in Stones" conducted by F. Stock. Percy Grainger's "The Warriors" (Music to an Imaginary Ballet) conducted by the composer. First performance in America of C. Villiers Stanford's "Irish Rhapsody" No. 5 (dedicated to Lord Roberts).

1917. Oct. 7. First concert of the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, recently organized, under Arthur Dunham, conductor.

1917. Oct. 26. Mozart's operetta "Bastien et Bastienne" presented at the Empire Theatre, New York City, under Albert Reiss.

1917. Oct. 27. American début of Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist, in a recital at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1917. Nov. 12. Mascagni's opera "Isabeau" presented at the Auditorium, Chicago, by the Chicago Opera Association, with Rosa Raisa, Jeska Swartz, Crimi, Rimini, Maguenat, and Nicolay. Campanini conducting.

1917. Nov. 17. S. M. Liapounov's Second Concerto for pianoforte given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City, with Tamara Labinova (début) as soloist.

1917. Nov. 17. American début, as conductor, of Pierre Monteux, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City,—a matinée performance of "Faust."

1917. Nov. 19. Operatic début of Anna Fitziu as Tosca with the Chicago Opera Association.

1917. Nov. 29. Début of May Peterson as Michaela, in "Carmen," at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1917. Nov. 30. S. Palmgren's Second Symphony given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Nov. 30. Max Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianofortes and Orchestra given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City, with Rose and Ottilie Sutro as pianists. (First time in New York.)

1917. Dec. 1. Operatic début of Genevieve Vix as Manon with the Chicago Opera Association.

1917. Dec. 6. Liszt's "Twenty-third Psalm" given with chorus and orchestra by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, Vernon Stiles, soloist. J. Stransky, conductor.

1917. Dec. 6. Frederick Jacobi's orchestral suite "California" produced at the Cort Theatre, San Francisco, Cal., by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Dec. 14. Widor's "Prelude" for organ, three trumpets, three trombones, and kettledrums, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Dec. 19. Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf" presented by the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, with F. Alda, K. Howard, de Luca, Rothier, de Segurola, T. Chalmers, Rossi. P. Monteux conducting.

1917. Dec. 26. Arthur Hadley's opera "Azora" produced by the Chicago Opera Association, with Anna Fitziu, Cyrena van Gordon, and F. Lamont. Conducted by the composer.

1917. Dec. 28. Henry K. Hadley awarded the Hinshaw prize for an opera, "Bianca," for small orchestra, without chorus.

1917. A Symphony Orchestra organized in New Orleans, La.

1917. Dec. 27. Production of Percy Mackaye and Arthur Farwell's masque "The Evergreen Tree," by the MacDowell Club, assisted by the Manuscript Society and Prospect Heights (Brooklyn) Choral Society, in New York City.

1918. Jan. 3. Liszt's oratorio "St. Elizabeth" presented in operatic form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Florence Easton, M. Matzenauer, Clarence Whitehill, Schlegel, Leonard and Ruysdael. Bodansky conducting.

1918. Jan. 5. World première of Arthur Nevin's one-act opera, "Daughter of the Forest," by the Chicago Opera Association, with Vix, Peralta, Lamont, and Godfrey. Conducted by the composer.

1918. Jan. 6. Hubay's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra given by the Symphony Society, New York City, at Aeolian Hall, with E. Zimbalist as soloist. Also, Kalikinnov's Second Symphony (in G minor).

1918. Jan. 10. E. Bloch's "Trois Poèmes Juifs"—"Danse," "Rite," and "Cortège Funèbre"—given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1918. Jan. 12. Mascagni's opera "Lodoletta" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with G. Farrar, Lila Robeson, Caruso, de Segurola, Amato, Didur, and Cecil Arden. Moranzoni conducting.

1918. Jan. 12. American début of Max Rosen, violinist, in Goldmark's violin concerto in A minor, with the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1918. Jan. 18. Glière's third symphony (B minor) "Ilia Mourometz" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, F. Stock conducting.

1918. Jan. 19. World première of Sylvio Lazzari's opera, "Le Sauteriot," by the Chicago Opera Association, with G. Vix, Carolina Lazzari, Myrna Sharlow, M. Claessens, Dalmores, Dufranne.

1918. Jan. 19. Jurassorsky's symphonic poem "The Phantoms," Speniarov's legend, "The Sermon of Resia," Rachmaninov's "Veralize" (arranged for orchestra by M. Atshuler), Rimsky-Korsakov's four tableaux from "Le Coq d'Or," and Slavinski's "The Shepherdess and the Faun," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.