Annals of Music in America Part 16

1875. Dec. 4, Schumann's "Concertstucke," Opus 92, given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1875. Dec. 27. Schubert's Pianoforte Sonata for Four Hands (Opus 140) orchestrated by Joseph Joachim, given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston.

1875. Cecilia Club organized in Philadelphia.

1876. Jan. 6. Schubert's "Marche Heroque" given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston.

1876. Jan. 24. American operatic debut of Therese Tietjens, noted dramatic soprano, as _Norma_, at the Academy of Music, New York City, under Strakosch. She had appeared in concert Oct. 4, 1875, with Arabella G.o.ddard.

1876. Jan. 26. J. K. Paine's First Symphony produced by Theodore Thomas, in Boston.

1876. Jan. 29. Saint-Saens's "Danse Macabre" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1876. Feb. 3. Saint-Saens's Second Pianoforte Concerto (G minor) given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston, with B. J.

Lang as soloist. Carl Zerrahn conducting.

1876. Feb. 17. Saint-Saens's Violoncello Concerto in A minor given at a concert of the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston, with Wulf Fries as soloist.

1876. Feb. 19. Cherubini's overture to "Faniska" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1876. Feb. 25. Teresa Carreno, great pianist, appeared as a singer in the part of _Anna_ in "Don Giovanni," under Strakosch, at the Academy of Music, New York City.

1876. Feb. 28. Raff's "Suite in F" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1876. Feb. 28. The first part of Liszt's oratorio "Christus" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City. (The whole work was performed by the same society Mar. 2, 1887.)

1876. April 17. American debut of Anna del Belocca, contralto, in "Il Barbiere" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under Strakosch.

1876. April 16. Handel's oratorio "Joshua" given by the Handel and Haydn Society, in Boston.

1876. April 22. Chaikovsky's overture to "Romeo et Juliette" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Carl Bergmann as conductor.

1876. May 11. Wagner's "Centennial March"; Dudley Buck's "Centennial Meditation of Columbia"; and J. K. Paine's "Centennial Hymn" produced at the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia, under Theodore Thomas.

1876. Oct. 9. Saint-Saens's symphonic poem "Phaeton" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1876. Nov. 8. Wagner's opera "Il Vascello Fantasma" given in Philadelphia in Italian by Madame Pappenheim.

1876. Nov. 14. Madame Annette Essipoff, pianist, made her debut at Steinway Hall, New York City.

1876. Nov. 25. Bach's Suite in C given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1876. Dec. 26. Music Teachers' National a.s.sociation organized at Delaware, Ohio, by Eben Tourjee, Theodore Presser, G. W. Cole, W. H. Dana, and others.

1876. Loring Club formed in San Francisco, Cal.

1877. Jan. 13. K. Goldmark's symphony "Landliche Hochzeit" and Haydn's "The Tempest" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1877. Jan. 16. Gade's "Noveletten" played in New York City, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Feb. 23. American debut of Emma Abbott, noted American soprano, in "La Figlia del Reggimento" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under the management of de Vivo.

1877. Mar. 1. Saint-Saens's "Third Pianoforte Concerto" (in E flat) given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation in Boston, with B. J. Lang as soloist.

1877. Mar. 15. Ballet music from Saint-Saens's opera "Samson et Dalila" played in St. Louis, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Mar. 15. Brahms's "German Requiem" performed by the New York Oratorio Society.

1877. Mar. 25-31. A Wagner Festival held in Boston in which Madame Pappenheim and Madame Canissa, Albert Niemann, G. Unger and Gustav Siehr took leading parts.

1877. April 2. Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, by the Havana Opera Combination, under Maretzek. (Admission one dollar, Reserved seat 50 extra.)

1877. May 17. Production of J. C. D. Parker's "Redemption Hymn" by the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston.

1877. June 6. Sullivan's cantata "On Sh.o.r.e and Sea" given under Theodore Thomas, in Chicago.

1877. July 5. Mehul's overture to "Horatio Cocles,"

1877. July 12. Hofmann's "Pictures from the North,"

1877. July 20. Ma.s.senet's "Variations" and Rameau's "Romanesca,"

1877. July 24. Saint-Saens's "Suite" (Opus 48), given by Theodore Thomas, in Chicago.

1877. Nov. 2. J. K. Paine's symphonic fantasia on Shakespeare's "Tempest" given at Steinway Hall, New York City, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Nov. 14. Saint-Saens's fourth symphonic poem, "La Jeunesse d'Hercule," played at a Theodore Thomas Concert, in Boston.

1877. Nov. 20. Raff's Suite for Pianoforte and Orchestra (Opus 200) given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1877. Dec. 17. Brahms's First Symphony given in New York City, by Dr. Leopold Damrosch. (Given a week later by Theodore Thomas, in New York City, and Jan. 3, 1878, by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, Boston.)

1877. Dec. 23. Parts 1 and 2 of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" given by the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, with Emma Thursby, Annie Louise Cary, W. J. and F. W. Winch as soloists. C. Zerrahn conducting.

1877. Music department established at Syracuse (N. Y.) University, with Wm. Schultze as director.

1877. Theodore Thomas began Summer Night Concerts in New York City.

1877. Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco, Cal., opened.

1878. Feb. 11. Madame Hermine Rudersdorff, who had been heard at the Peace Jubilees in Boston in 1871 and 1872, made her American operatic debut as _Ortrud_ in "Lohengrin."

1878. Feb. 14. Saint-Saens's Fourth Pianoforte Concerto (in C minor) given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation in Boston, with J. A. Preston, as soloist.

1878. Feb. 16. Goldmark's "Wedding March and Variations" given by Theodore Thomas, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

1878. Feb. 28. Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1878. Mar. 5. Wagner's opera "Rienzi" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Madame Pappenheim as _Adriane_, Miss Human as _Irene_, Charles R. Adams as _Rienzi_, and Blum as _Orsini_.