Annals of Music in America Part 42

1913. Mar. 8. Louis Aubert's opera "La Foret 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 G.o.dunof" 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. Pierne's oratorio "St. Francis of a.s.sisi" given at the Worcester (Ma.s.s.) Festival.

1913. Nov. 11. Florent Schmitt's _drame muet_ "La Tragedie de Salome" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Nov. 14. Jarnefelt'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, t.i.tta Ruffo, and Ba.s.si in the leading roles, 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 debut of Sophie Braslau (contralto) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, as _Prince Feodor_ in "Boris G.o.dounov."

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. Fevrier'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 Jorn 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 Re" 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 Pierne'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. Hue's "Fantasie" for flute and orchestra, with G. Barrere 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 etude "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 "Ca.s.sandra" 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 n.o.ble, 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.