Annals of Music in America Part 17

1878. May 14. O. Singer's "Festival Ode" given at the Cincinnati (O.) May festival with Madame Eugenie Pappenheim, C. R. Adams, and M. W. Whitney as soloists. Theodore Thomas conducting.

1878. Sept. 26. American debut of August Wilhelmj, noted violinist, at Steinway Hall, New York City.

1878. Oct. 3. Brahms's Second Symphony (D major) given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1878. Oct. 23. Bizet's opera "Carmen" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Minnie Hauck, Madame Sinico, Italo Campanini, and Del Puente.

1878. Nov. 11. American debut of Etelka Gerster, brilliant soprano, at the Academy of Music, New York City, as _Amina_, in "La Sonnambula," supported by Campanini and Gala.s.si.

1878. Nov. 23. Ernst's violin concerto "Pathetique" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Edouard Remenyi as soloist.

1878. Dec. 19. Mozart Pianoforte Concerto in A major, given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston, with H. G. Tucker as soloist.

1878. Symphony Society of New York City founded by Dr. Leopold Damrosch.

1878. Cincinnati College of Music established, and Theodore Thomas appointed director.

1878-9. Oct. 15 to April. Colonel Mapleson made his first operatic tour in America, with a company which included Etelka Gerster, Minnie Hauck, Trebelli, Alwina Valleria, Campanini, Frapolli, Gala.s.si, del Puente and Foli, with Arditi as conductor.

Presented opera in New York, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.

1879. Feb. 8. Chaikovsky's Third Symphony (in D) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1879. Feb. 23. Sullivan's oratorio "The Prodigal Son" given in Boston by the Handel and Haydn Society.

1879. April 11. Bach's "Pa.s.sion according to St. Matthew" given complete, in two concerts, by the Handel and Haydn Society, in Boston.

1879. April 15. F. Kiel's oratorio "Christus" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1879. May 9. Hiller's oratorio "Saul" given by the New York Liederkranz Society at the Academy of Music, New York City.

1879. May 10. Production of Bristow's "Great Republic Overture" by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, Theodore Thomas conducting.

1879. Oct. 13. American debut of Rafael Joseffy, noted Hungarian pianist, at Chickering Hall, New York City.

1879. Oct. 22. American debut of Alwina Valleria (A. V. Lohrmann of Baltimore) as _Marguerite_ in "Faust" at the Academy of Music, New York City.

1879. Dec. 3. Goldmark's "Penthesilea Overture" given in Cincinnati, by Theodore Thomas.

1879. Dec. 3. American debut of Marie Marimon, as _Amina_ in "La Sonnambula," supported by Campanini and del Puente, at the Academy of Music, New York City.

1879. Dec. 5. Dvorak's "Slavonic Dances" No. 7 and No. 8, also the first movement of Guilmant's "First Symphony" for organ and orchestra given at a Philharmonic Concert, in Boston, with Charles H. Morse as soloist.

1879. Dec. 8. Dedication of the Central Music Hall, Chicago.

Carlotta Patti sang.

1879. Dec. 11. Production of George W. Chadwick's overture to "Rip van Winkle" by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston.

1879-1883. Philharmonic Society, Boston.

1880. Jan. 8. Herman Goetz's Symphony in F major given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Cambridge, Ma.s.s.

1880. Jan. 17. Chaikovsky's "Suite for Giant Orchestra" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1880. Jan. 19. American debut of Castelmary (Count A. de Castan), noted French baritone, as _Ramfis_ in "Aida" at Booth's Theatre, New York City.

1880. Jan. 27. Mendelssohn's "Lauda Zion" given by the New York Vocal Union, at Chickering Hall, New York City.

1880. Feb. 4. Dvorak's third "Slavische Rhapsodie" given in Cincinnati, by Theodore Thomas.

1880. Feb. 12. Berlioz's opera "La d.a.m.nation de Faust" given in concert form, by the Oratorio Society of New York City. Dr.

Leopold Damrosch, conductor. (Stage performance in 1908.)

1880. Feb. 22. H. Hofmann's cantata "Cinderella" given by the German Liederkranz, New York City.

1880. Feb. 28. The music of Meyerbeer's "Struensee" given at concert at Chickering Hall, New York City, under Mr. Carlberg.

1880. Mar. 10. Production of J. K. Paine's "Spring Symphony," by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Cambridge, Ma.s.s.

1880. Mar. 11. Dvorak's second "Slavische Rhapsodie" given by the Symphony Society of New York City, Dr. Leopold Damrosch, conductor.

1880. May 29. Production of Dudley Buck's prize symphonic cantata, "The Golden Legend," at the Cincinnati Festival.

1880. May 7. Saint-Saens's oratorio "Le Deluge" given by the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston.

1880. May. 10. Production of E. C. Phelps' symphony "Hiawatha" by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1880. Oct. 4. American debut of Georg Henschel at a concert of the Symphony Society, in New York City.

1880. Oct. 18. American debut of Luigi Ravelli, Italian tenor, as _Edgardo_ in "Lucia" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under Mapleson.

1880. Nov. 19. First part of Liszt's symphony after "la Divina Commedia" given at a Philharmonic Society's Concert, in Boston, Bernhard Listemann conducting.

1880. Nov. 24. Boito's opera "Mefistofele" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Annie Louise Cary, Campanini and Novara, under Mapleson.

1880. Music of the third act of "Die Gotterdammerung" given in New York and Brooklyn, by the Philharmonic Societies of those cities united under Theodore Thomas, with Campanini, Remmertz, and Steinbuch as soloists.

1880. Mapleson made his third American operatic tour with a company which included Gerster, Valleria, Cary, Ravelli, and Campanini.

1881. Jan. 2. Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" given by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, Theodore Thomas conducting.

1881. Jan. 6. Hans von Bronsart's "Spring Fantasie" given by the Symphony Society, of New York City.

1881. Feb. 17. F. L. Ritter's "Second Symphony" given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston.

1881. Feb. 25. Handel's "L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, et Il Moderato"

given by the Oratorio Society, in New York City.

1881. Mar. 11. Rheinberger's oratorio "Demetrius" given in New York City, under Theodore Thomas.