Annals of Music in America Part 18

1881. Mar. 11. Svendsen's fantasia "Romeo et Juliette" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1881. Mar. 22. Andante and finale from Mozart's "Serenade" (No.

12) given at a Philharmonic Concert in Boston, also Saint-Saens's "Suite Algerienne."

1881. Mar. 28. Schumann's "Scenes from Faust" given by the Cecilia Society, in Boston.

1881. April 1. The Nocturno from Mozart's Serenade (Op. 8), given at a concert under Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1881. April 2. The ballet music from Rubinstein's opera "The Demon" given at a concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra, in Boston, also Bizet's suite "Arlesienne."

1881. May. Rubinstein's sacred opera "The Tower of Babel" given in New York City, by Dr. Damrosch. Also Berlioz's "Requiem."

1881. July 16. The ballet music from Rubinstein's opera "Nero"

given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1881. Oct. 14. Brahms's "Academic Overture" given in Boston, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1881. Oct. 22. Boston Symphony Orchestra, organized by Major Henry L. Higginson, gave its first concert, with Georg Henschel as conductor.

1881. Oct. 29. Brahms's "Tragic Overture" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1881. Nov. 26. First complete performance in America of Joachim's "Concerto for Violin" (Op. 11) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Bernhard Listemann as soloist.

1881. Dec. 1. Grieg's "Norwegian Melodies" for Orchestra given by the Symphony Society in New York City. Also Saint-Saens's "Pianoforte Concerto," with Madame Madeline Schiller as soloist.

1881. Dec. 10. Rubinstein's Fifth Symphony given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1881. New York Chorus Society organized with six hundred voices under the direction of Theodore Thomas.

1882. Jan. 29. Raff's "Die Tageszeiten" for chorus, pianoforte and orchestra, given by the German Liederkranz in New York City.

1882. Feb. 11. Brahms's Rhapsody for contralto, male chorus and orchestra (Opus 53) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1882. Feb. 11. Huber's "Tell Symphony" given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1882. Feb. 18. The overture to Ma.s.senet's "Phedre" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Also Bizet's overture "La Patrie." G.

Henschel conducting.

1882. Mar. 9. R. Fuch's "Serenade in D" given by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation, in Boston.

1882. April 6. Berlioz's "Requiem" given by the New York Oratorio Society.

1882. April 15. Goetz's Violin Concerto given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1882. April 20. Dr. Leopold Damrosch's "Sulamith" given by the Oratorio Society of New York City.

1882. May 6. Second act of H. Berlioz' "Les Troyens" (The Fall of Troy) given at a musical festival in the armory of the Seventh Regiment in New York City, under Theodore Thomas, with Madame Materna, E. Aline Osgood, E. Winant, Campanini, Gala.s.si, Remmertz and M. W. Whitney as soloists.

1882. July 12. Hofmann's "Overture to a Drama," and on the 18th Liszt's Second "Mephisto" Waltz given by Theodore Thomas, in Chicago, Ill.

1882. Oct. 16. Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" performed under the management of Maurice Grau, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City.

1882. Nov. 3. The "Vorspiel" to Wagner's opera "Parsifal" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City. Also F. Cowen's "Scandinavian Symphony."

1882. Nov. 29. Guilmant's First Symphony for organ and orchestra, given at a Philharmonic Concert in Music Hall, Boston, with F.

Archer as soloist. (The first movement had been given by C. H.

Morse, Dec. 5, 1879.)

1882. Dec. 6. Gounod's oratorio "The Redemption" given (from ma.n.u.script) by the New York Chorus Society, under Theodore Thomas.

1882. Dec. 6. Saint-Saens's ode "La Lyre et La Harpe" sung by the Arion Society, Providence, R. I., under Jules Jordan.

1882. Dec. 9. Gernsheim's Symphony in E flat, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1882. Dec. 13. Brahms's Pianoforte Concerto in B flat given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with R. Joseffy, soloist.

1882. Dec. 15. Max Bruch's Third Symphony (dedicated to the Symphony Society) given by that Society in New York City, conducted by the composer. At the same concert Rubinstein's Morceau Symphonique, "La Russie" was performed.

1882. Dec. 20. American debut of Sophia Scalchi, noted contralto, as _Arsace_ in "Semiramide," with Adelina Patti as _The Queen_, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1883. Jan. 6. Dvorak's First Symphony (in D) given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City, and on the 10th Reinhold's Concert Overture.

1883. Jan. 1. Professional debut of Madame Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler at Central Music Hall, Chicago, when she played Henselt's F minor concerto, with orchestra. Her debut as a child took place in Chicago, Feb. 25, 1875.

1883. Jan. 13. G. W. Chadwick's "Thalia," an overture to an imaginary comedy, produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

1883. Jan. 20. Ma.s.senet's "Scenes Alsaciennes"; and on the 27th F.

Cowen's First Symphony (C minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1883. Jan. 31 Rheinberger's Symphony in F given by the Philharmonic Society, Boston, Carl Zerrahn conducting.

1883. Feb. 1. Scharwenka's Pianoforte Concerto given by Theodore Thomas in New York City, with X. Scharwenka as soloist.

1883. Feb. 3. Grieg's "Two Melodies" for strings (Opus 34) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1883. Feb. 16. The music of the "Good Friday Spell" from Wagner's opera "Parsifal" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1883. Feb. 17. Henschel's "Serenade for Strings" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and on the 24th Chaikovsky's "Marche Slave."

1883. Mar. 3. Mackenzie's Scotch rhapsody "Bobbie Burns" given by Theodore Thomas in Brooklyn, N. Y.

1883. Mar. 10. J. K. Paine's symphonic poem "The Tempest" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1883. Mar. 12. American operatic debut of Madame Emma Albani (Marie Louise Cecilia Emma Lajeunnesse), noted soprano, on her return from Europe, as _Marguerite_ in Gounod's "Faust" at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Scalchi, Ravelli and Gala.s.si in support.

1883. April 2. Part VI of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1883. April 4. Svendsen's Legende "Zorahayda" given in Boston.