Annals of Music in America Part 35

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 Pecheurs 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 d.i.c.kinson.

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 b.u.t.terfly" presented by the Henry Savage Opera Company (in English) at Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.

1906. Oct. Va.s.sily Safonof appointed conductor of the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1906. Nov. 3. Saint-Saens'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 b.u.t.terfly" given by the Savage Opera Company in Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C.

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

1906. Nov. 20. American debut 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 "Romeo 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 a.s.sistance 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 debut of Alessandro Bonci, Italian tenor, in "I Puritani," at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.

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

1906. Dec. 5. American debut 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 (debut), Caruso, Scotti. A. Vigna conducting.

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

1906. Dec. 15. Cesar Franck's morceau symphonique, "Redemption,"

given by the New York Symphony Society.

1906. Dec. 19. Debut of de Cisneros and Ba.s.si in "Ada" 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, Ba.s.si, Dalmores, Altchevski, tenori; M. Renaud, M. Sammarco, Ancona, Mendolfi, baritoni; E.

de Reszke, Braz, and Maglinez, ba.s.si.

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 debut 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 debut 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 ba.s.ses, 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 debut 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.