Annals of Music in America Part 41

1912. Mar. 3. Saint-Saens's "Hymn to Pallas Athene" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1912. Mar. 11. F. Schmitt's "Rhapsodie Viennoise" (production); P. Gaubert's "Poeme Elegiaque" for saxophone and orchestra (production written for and played by Mrs. R. J. Hall); A.

Roussel's "Poeme de la Foret" (production); Roger Duca.s.se's "Pet.i.t Suite" (production), given at an Orchestral Concert in Boston under the management of Mrs. R. J. Hall.

1912. Mar. 15. J. G. Mraczek's "Symphonic Burlesque" for grand orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Mar. 16. Production of F. Stahlberg's "Symphonic Scherzo" by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Mar. 25. Brahms's "Triumphlied" for chorus and orchestra given in New York City.

1912. April 7. Max Reger's "Romantic" and "Ballet" Suites, given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. April 8. First appearance in America of the London (England) Symphony Orchestra, A. Nikisch, conductor, at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1912. April 14. Production of P. G. Clapp's "Dramatic Poem," by the Pierian Sodality of Harvard University, at the Hotel Astor, New York City.

1912. April 14. Monteverde's opera "Orfeo" given in concert form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Rita Fornia, M. d.u.c.h.ene, Anna Case, H. Weil, H. Witherspoon and Basil Ruysdael.

1912. May. Production of Arne Oldberg's "Symphonic Variations" at the North Sh.o.r.e Festival, Evanston, Ill.

1912. May 16. Production of Wm. Berwald's overture "Walthari" by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor, at the Central New York Music Festival, Syracuse, N. Y.

1912. June 4. Production of G. W. Chadwick's symphonic fantasie "Aphrodite" by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.

1912. June 5. Production of Henry F. Gilbert's "Negro Rhapsody,"

also Coleridge Taylor's Concerto for Violin, his "Negro Air" for solo violin and orchestra, and "A Tale of Old j.a.pan," by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.

1912. Oct. Leopold Stokowski, having severed his connection with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in March, appeared as conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Oct. 30. A. Schoenberg's "Five Pieces for Orchestra" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Oct. 30. E. Sch.e.l.ling's "Legende Symphonique" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 4. Debut of t.i.tta Ruffo as the _Duke_ in "Rigoletto,"

with the Chicago-Philadelphia Company at Philadelphia, Pa.

1912. Nov. 7. Delius's symphonic poem "Life's Dance" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 7. Goldmark's opera "Das Heimchen am Herd" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, with Maggie Teyte, Mabel Riegelman, Helen Stanley, Riccardo Martin, and Henri Scott, in the leading parts, and Arnold Winternitz conducting.

1912. Nov. 8. Maurice Ravel's orchestral suite "Ma Mere l'Oye"

given at a concert in Aeolian Hall, New York City. And at the same concert William Becher's "Pianoforte Concerto" was produced.

1912. Nov. 13. R. Strauss's "Festival Prelude" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 14. Weingartner's "l.u.s.tige Overture" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 15. Dr. Ernest Kunwald appeared as conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Nov. 16. Ernest Fanelli's symphonic pictures "Thebes" given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 19. Max Reger's "Concerto in Ancient Style" given at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, by the Philharmonic Society.

1912. Nov. 21. Bruckner's Sixth Symphony (A major), and Korngold's "Overture to a Play," given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1912. Nov. 21. Ippolitof-Ivanof's "Armenian Rhapsodie," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra at its tenth anniversary concert in New York City.

1912. Dec. 3. Cornelius Dopper's third symphony "Rembrandt" (in C minor) given by the St. Paul (Minn.) Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 3. Louis Koemmenich made his first appearance as conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York City, at a performance of "Elijah," on the resignation of Frank Damrosch.

1912. Dec. 6. G. Fitelberg's tone poem "Das Lied vom Falken" given by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 13. Production of David S. Smith's Symphony in F minor by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 14. Borodin's Second Symphony (D minor) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 21. Klughardt's "Concerto for Violoncello" (Op. 59) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1912. Dec. 27. American debut of Frieda Hempel, noted soprano, as _Marguerite_ in "Les Huguenots" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1912. Dec. 29. The "Jena Symphony" (ascribed to Beethoven, and discovered in the archives of the University of Jena) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This work was played publicly for the first time at St. Petersburg, Dec. 1911.

1912. Philharmonic Society of New York reorganized in such a manner as to secure the Pulitzer bequest of $500,000.

1913. Jan. 11. Joseph Holbrooke's symphonic poem "Queen Mab" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Jan. 16. Arensky's "Serenade" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1913. Jan. 16. American debut of Max Pauer, noted pianist, in New York City.

1913. Jan. 25. Production of Gustav Strube's symphonic poems "Narcissus" and "Echo" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Feb. 6. Zandonai's opera "Conchita" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, with Tarquina Tarquini in the t.i.tle role, by the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company.

1913. Feb. 15. Ernest Lendvai's "Symphony in D major" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1913. Feb. 20. Perelli's opera "A Lover's Quarrel" given by the Chicago-Philadelphia Company, in Philadelphia, with Zepelli, Sammarco, and Berat.

1913. Feb. 24. Wilhelm Kienzl's opera "Les Ranz des Vaches" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, by the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company.

1913. Feb. 27. Production of Walter Damrosch's opera "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Amito and Frances Alda in the leading roles, and Alfred Hertz conducting.

1913. Feb. 27. Production of J. Stransky's two symphony songs, "Moonrise" and "Requiem," by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1913. Mar. 2. Sibelius's Symphony No. 4 given by the New York Symphony Society.

1913. Mar. 8. Vivaldi's "Concerto in G minor" for violin, organ and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.