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Music Time Period of 1850-1875
1849-1874 -
Sacred Harmonic Society, New York City.
1850 -
Jan. 12. Mendelssohn's "meerstille Und Glueckliche Fahrt"
And "capriccio Brillante," With William Scharfenberg As
Soloist, Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1850 -
Jan. 19. Beethoven's Third Pianoforte Concerto Given By The
Musical Fund Society, Boston, With G. F. Hayter, Soloist.
1850 -
Mar. 9. Handel's Oratorio "jephtha" Given By The Musical
Education Society, Boston, Under G. J. Webb And Lowell Mason.
1850 -
Mar. 11. American Debut Of Signora Steffanone In "norma" At
Niblo's Garden, New York. City, With The Havana Company.
1850 -
Mar. 18. American Debut Of Angiolina Bosio, Soprano, At
Niblo's Garden, New York City, In "lucrezia Borgia" With The
Havana Company.
1850 -
Mar. 23. C.c. Perkins's "grand Symphony" Given By The
Musical Fund Society, Boston.
1850 -
April 1. Meyerbeer's Opera "l'etoile Du Nord" Presented At
The Opera House, New Orleans, La.
1850 -
April 2. Meyerbeer's Opera "il Profeta" Presented At The
Opera House, New Orleans, La.
1850 -
April 16. Verdi's Opera "attila" Presented At Niblo's
Garden, New York City, By The Havana Company With Fortunata
Tedesco, Corradi-setti, Marini And Lorini.
1850 -
April 24. Verdi's Opera "macbeth" Presented At Niblo's
Garden, New York City, With Bosio And Badiali In The Leading
Parts.
1850 -
June 24. Meyerbeer's Opera "les Huguenots" Presented In New
York City, By The Havana Company. (see New Orleans April 29,
1839.)
1850 -
Sept. 11. American Debut Of Jenny Lind (in Concert) At The
Castle Garden, New York City. Her First Selection Was "casta
Diva" From "norma."
1850 -
Oct. 24. First Concert Of The Chicago Philharmonic
Orchestra, Organized By Julius Dyhrenfurth. (on Feb. 2, 1853,
The Legislature Of Illinois Incorporated The Society By An Act
Entitled "an Act To Encourage The Science Of Fiddling.")
1850 -
Nov. 4. American Debut Of Teresa Parodi At The Astor Place
Opera House, New York City, As Norma, Under Maretzek.
1850 -
Nov. 22. Donizetti's Opera "parisina" Presented At The Astor
Place Opera House, New York City, By Maretzek, With Truffi,
Forti, Rossi And Beneventano.
1850 -
Dec. 7. Beethoven's "leonora Overture" No. 3, Given At A
Concert Of The Musical Fund Society, Boston. G. J. Webb
Conducting.
1850 -
Dec. 21. Mozart's Symphony In G Minor Given By The Musical
Fund Society, Boston, At Tremont Temple, From A Manuscript
Presented By C. C. Perkins.
1850 -
First Performance Of Grand Opera In Chicago Given During
This Season,--"la Sonnambula," With Elisa Brienti, Manvers And
Giubelei In The Leading Parts.
1850 -
Miska Hauser And Pablo Sarasate, Noted Violinists, Made
Their First American Tours.
1850 -
Worcester (mass.) Festival Association Organized.
Reorganized In 1866, And Chartered In 1872.
1851 -
Jan. 3. Production Of Maurice Strakosch's Opera "giovanni Di
Napoli" At The Astor Place Opera House, New York City.
1851 -
Jan. 11. Schubert's Symphony In C Major Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City. Th. Eisfeld Conducting.
1851 -
Sept. 13. American Debut Of Catherine Hayes, Noted Singer,
At A Concert In Tripler Hall, New York City.
1851 -
Nov. 15. Mendelssohn's "italian Symphony" Given At A Concert
Of The Musical Fund Society In Tremont Temple, Boston. G. J.
Webb Conducting.
1851 -
Dec. 7. American Operatic Debut Of Marietta Alboni, Great
Contralto, In "la Cenerentola," With Sangiovanni, Barili And
Rovere At The Astor Place Opera House, New York City. She Had
Appeared In Concert At Tripler Hall, June 23.
1852 -
April 17. Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Concerto In D Minor,
Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City, With W.
Scharfenberg As Soloist.
1852 -
Oct. 15. American Debut Of Alfred Jaell, Noted Pianist, At
Tripler Hall, New York City.
1852 -
Oct. 27. Verdi's Opera "luisa Miller" Presented At The
Chestnut St. Theatre, Philadelphia, With Caroline Richings And
Madame Bishop In The Leading Parts.
1852 -
Oct. 29. Camilla Urso, Noted Violinist, Made Her American
Debut At A Concert In Tripler Hall, New York City.
1852 -
Nov. 1. Flotow's Opera "martha" Given In New York City, With
Madame Anna Bishop In The Title-role, Under Direction Of Bochsa.
1852 -
Nov. 13. Gade's "ossian Overture" Given By The Philharmonic
Society, New York City.
1852 -
Nov. 20. Music Hall, Boston, Dedicated With A Concert Given
By The Handel And Haydn Society And The Musical Fund Society
Combined.
1852 -
Dec. 12. Gade's First Symphony (e Minor) Given By The
Germania Orchestra In Boston.
1852-1859 -
Chicago Maennergesang-verein.
1852-1881 -
Dwight's Journal Of Music, Boston. The First American
Musical Journal.
1853 -
Jan. 1. Haydn's Eighth Symphony Given By The Musical Fund
Society, Boston. F. Suck Conducting.
1853 -
Jan. 10. American Debut Of Henrietta Sontag, Noted Soprano,
In "la Figlia Del Reggimento" Supported By Badiali And
Pozzolini, At Niblo's Garden, New York City.
1853 -
Jan. 12. American Debut Of Signor Rocco, Famous Buffo.
1853 -
June. First Performance Of A Symphony In
Chicago,--beethoven's Second, Given By The Germania Orchestra.
1853 -
Sept. 26. First Concert Given By Louis A. Jullien, In New
York City, Beginning An American Tour. During The Visit Of
Jullien And His Band They Produced The Following Works Of
William H. Frye: "christmas, Or Santa Claus," "the Breaking
Heart," "chil...
1853 -
Nov. 19. Wagner's Overture To "rienzi" Played, From Ms. By
The Germania Orchestra In Boston.
1853 -
Nov. 26. Spohr's Ninth Symphony, "the Seasons," Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1853 -
The First Performance Of Italian Opera In San Francisco,
Cal., Was Given This Season By Madame Thillon,--"ernani."
1853 -
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, The First American Pianist Of
International Renown, Returned To America And Began Concert
Touring. In Three Seasons He Gave More Than 1100 Concerts.
1853 -
The Pianoforte Manufacturing House Of Steinway And Sons
Established In New York City.
1853 Nov 22 Beethoven's Violin Concerto First Movement Only -
Played In Boston, With August Fries As Soloist. (complete Work
Given In 1859 With Julius Eichberg, Soloist.)
1854 -
Jan. 14. Schumann's Second Symphony (c Major) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1854 -
Feb. 4. Beethoven's Fourth Pianoforte Concerto (b Flat)
Given By The Germania Orchestra In Boston With Robert Heller As
Soloist.
1854 -
Mar. 4. Beethoven's Fifth Pianoforte Concerto (e Flat) Given
By The Germania Orchestra In Boston, With Robert Heller As
Soloist.
1854 -
April 22. F. Schneider's Twentieth Symphony Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1854 -
Oct. 2. Opening Of The Academy Of Music, New York City. A
Performance Of "norma," With Grisi And Mario In The Leading
Roles. They Had Previously Made Their American Debuts In
"lucrezia Borgia" At Castle Garden Under Hackett's Management.
(the Acade...
1854 -
Oct. 9. Louisa Pyne, Noted English Singer, Made Her American
Debut As Amina In "la Sonnambula," At The Broadway Theatre,
New York City.
1854-1910 -
William H. Sherwood, Noted American Pianist And
Teacher.
1855 -
Feb. 13. American Debut Of Madame F. Vestvali, As Arsace At
The Metropolitan Theatre, New York City, With Grisi And Mario.
1855 -
Feb. 17. Haydn's Fifth Symphony Given By The Musical Fund
Society, Boston, And Together With The Handel And Haydn Society,
C. C. Perkins's "the Pilgrims' Cantata."
1855 -
Mar. 12. American Debut Of Luigi Brignoli, Italian Operatic
Tenor, As Edgardo In "lucia Di Lammermoor" Supported By
Vestvali, Amodio And Rocco,--in New York City.
1855 -
April 30. Verdi's Opera "il Trovatore" Presented In New York
City, With Vestvali, Steffanone, Brignoli And Amodio, At The
Academy Of Music.
1855 -
May 8. American Debut Of Madame Anna De La Grange In "il
Barbiere" At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1855 -
Sept. 27. Production Of George Bristow's Opera "rip Van
Winkle" At Niblo's Garden, New York City, By The Pyne And
Harrison Opera Company.
1855 -
Oct. 1. American Debut Of Madame Nantier-didier As Arsace
In "semiramide" At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1855 -
Oct. 6. The First Attempt At German Opera Made In New York
City, At Niblo's Garden, Under Julius Ungher. "der Freyschuetz,"
"martha," "masaniello," And "czar Und Zimmerman" Were Presented
By A Company Including Carolina Lehman, Madame D'ormy, Madame...
1855 -
Oct. 30. Rossini's Opera "semiramide" Presented By Maretzek
At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1855 -
Nov. 18. Handel's Oratorio "solomon" Given By The Handel And
Haydn Society, Boston.
1855 -
Dec. 8. An American Oratorio, "the Cities Of The Plain," By
F. T. S. Darley, Produced By The Harmonia Sacred Music Society
In Philadelphia.
1855 -
Mar. 10. Selections From Wagner's "die Meistersinger" Played
By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1855-1863 -
Philharmonic Society, Boston, Carl Zerrahn, Conductor.
1855-6 -
Sigismund Thalberg, Noted Pianist, And Henri Vieuxtemps,
Great Violinist, Made A Concert-tour In America.
1856 -
Mar. 17. Adelaide Phillips, Noted Contralto, Made Her
Operatic (american) Debut As Azucena In "il Trovatore," In New
York City.
1856 -
Oct. Flotow's Opera "stradella" Presented At Niblo's Garden,
New York City.
1856 -
Dec. 3. Verdi's Opera "la Traviata" Presented At The Academy
Of Music, New York City, With Madame De La Grange, Brignoli And
Amodio.
1856 -
Dec. 29. Beethoven's Opera "fidelio" Presented In German At
The Broadway Theatre, New York City, When Mademoiselle Johansen
Made Her American Debut In The Title Role. (ritter States That
This Opera Was Given In English By The Seguin Company On Sept....
1856 -
The Academy Of Music In Philadelphia Opened.
1856 -
The Cecilia Society And Harmonic Society Organized In
Cincinnati, O.
1856 -
April 27. Schumann's "manfred Overture" Given At A Concert
Given By Carl Bergmann, New York.
1856-7 -
During This Season An Orchestra, Under Carl Bergmann,
Giving Concerts At The City Assembly Rooms, New York City, Is
Said To Have Performed For The First Time In America:
Beethoven's Seventh Symphony--in A.
Mozart's Symphony In D Major.
Haydn's S...
1857 -
Jan. 3. Wagner's "faust Overture" Given By The Philharmonic
Society, Boston, Carl Zerrahn, Conductor.
1857 -
Jan. 18. Mozart's "requiem" Given By The Handel And Haydn
Society In Boston.
1857 -
Jan. 21. Strakosch Appointed Manager Of The Academy Of
Music, New York City.
1857 -
Jan. 24. Berlioz's "roman Carnival" Overture Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1857 -
Feb. 7. Schumann's Symphony In D Given By The Philharmonic
Society, New York City.
1857 -
Feb. 23. American Debut Of Marietta Gazzaniga As Leonora
In "il Trovatore" At The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia. She
Appeared In New York City As Violetta In "la Traviata" On
April 13.
1857 -
Nov. 2. Debut Of Madame D'angri As Arsace In "semiramide"
At Castle Garden, New York City.
1857 -
Nov. 30. American Debut Of Carl Formes, Noted German Basso,
As Bertram In "roberto," At The Academy Of Music, New York
City.
1857 -
Dec. 30. American Debut Of Madame Anna Caradori, As
Fidelio, At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1857 -
An Orchestra Was Established In Brooklyn, N. Y., With
Theodore Eisfeld As Conductor. It Is Claimed That This Orchestra
Introduced To America Beethoven's Third And Seventh Symphonies,
And Mendelssohn's Fourth.
1857-65 -
Chicago Musical Union. C. M. Cady, Conductor.
1858 -
Jan. 9. Nicolai's Overture To "the Merry Wives Of Windsor"
Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1858 -
Mar. 6. Hiller's Symphony In F, Given By The Philharmonic
Society, New York City.
1858 -
April 24. Schumann's Overture, Scherzo And Finale Given By
The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1858 -
Oct. 20. American Debut Of Maria Piccolomini, Noted Soprano,
As Violetta, In "la Traviata" At The Academy Of Music, New
York City.
1858 -
Nov. 1. During A Season Of Opera Begun On This Date And
Ended Jan. 30, 1859, The Following Operas Were Presented In New
Orleans, La., Probably For The First Time In America:
Ambroise Thomas' "le Caid."
Donizetti's "la Favorita."
Halevy's "jaquar...
1858 -
Nov. 23. Mozart's Opera "nozze Di Figaro" Presented In
Italian At The Academy Of Music, New York City, With Carl Formes
As Figaro, Supported By Madame Von Berkel, Ghioni,
Piccolomini, Etc.
1858 -
The Mendelssohn Quintet Organized In Boston--august Fries,
First Violin, Francis Riha, Second Violin, Edward Lehman, Viola
And Flute, Thomas Ryan, Viola And Clarinet, Wulf Fries,
Violoncello. This Was A Pioneer Organization In Chamber Music,
And Tr...
1858 -
The French Opera Company From New Orleans Appeared In
Chicago.
1858 Nov 28 Gade's Fifth Symphony Given By The Philharmonic Society -
New York.
1859 -
Nov. 19. Wagner's Prelude To "lohengrin" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1859 -
Feb. 26. Mozart's Pianoforte Concerto In E Flat Major Given
At The Philharmonic Concerts, Boston, With B. J. Lang As
Soloist.
1859 -
Mar. 26. Schumann's Pianoforte Concerto In A Minor (op. 54)
Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City, With S. B.
Mills As Soloist.
1859 -
Mar. 26. Beethoven's Music To Goethe's Drama "egmont" Given
Entire At The Philharmonic Concerts, Boston, With Readings From
The Drama By Mrs. Barrow.
1859 -
April 4. Wagner's Opera "tannhaeuser" Presented At The Stadt
Theatre, New York City, Under Carl Bergmann, With Madame
Seidenberg As Elizabeth, Pickaneser As Tannhaeuser, Lehmann
As Wolfram, And The Arion Society As Chorus.
1859 -
April 20. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "les Preludes" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1859 -
May 25. Donizetti's Opera "il Poliuto" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Piccolomini, Brignoli,
Barili.
1859 -
Aug. 27. Wagner's Opera "lohengrin" Presented At The Stadt
Theatre, New York City, Under Carl Bergmann, With Seidenberg,
Pickaneser And Lehmann.
1859 -
Nov. 7. Verdi's Opera "i Vespri Sicilienne" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Brignoli And Colson.
1859 -
Nov. 24. Operatic Debut Of Adelina Patti At The Academy Of
Music, New York City, As Lucia, Supported By Brignoli.
1859 -
New French Opera House Built In New Orleans, La.
1859 -
Jan. 8. Schubert's Overture To "fierabras" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York.
1859 Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore Organized His Noted Band In -
Boston, Mass.
1860 -
Jan. 14. Spohr's Double Symphony, For Two Orchestras, Given
In Boston.
1860 -
Jan. 27. Rossini's Opera "otello" Presented In New Orleans,
La.
1860 -
Feb. 11. Lachner's "festival Overture" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1860 -
Mar. 3. Beethoven's Overture "die Weihe Des Hautes" Given
By The Philharmonic Society In Boston, Carl Zerrahn Conducting.
1860 -
Dec. 22. Liszt's Seventh Symphonic Poem, "fest-klaenge," Given
By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1860 -
Mar. 19. Verdi's Opera "rigoletto" Presented In New Orleans,
La.
1860 -
Mar. 24. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "tasso" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1860 -
Sept. 19. American Debut Of Pauline Colson In "i Vespri
Sicilienne" At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1860 -
Sept. 27. Pacini's Opera "medea" Presented At Niblo's
Garden, New York City.
1860 -
An Oratorio Society Organized By R. Herold In San Francisco,
Cal.
1860 May 31 Verdi's Opera I Masnadieri Presented By Maretzek -
At The Academy Of Music, New York City, With Oliviera, Guerra
And Luisia.
1860-1861 -
The Briggs House Concerts Given In Chicago--the First
Chamber Music Concerts In That City. Henri De Clerque, First
Violin; Buderbach, Violoncello; Paul Becker, Piano.
1860-1868 -
Chicago Philharmonic Society (reorganized) Under Hans
Balatka.
1861 -
Jan. 23. American Debut Of Isabella Hinkley As Lucia At
The Academy Of Music, New York City, Supported By Steffani,
Coletti.
1861 -
Feb. 3. Schumann's Third Symphony (e Flat Major) Given By
The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1861 -
Feb. 11. Verdi's Opera "un Ballo In Maschera" Given At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Colson, Adelaide Phillips,
Hinckley, Brignoli, Ferri.
1861 -
Feb. 27. American Debut Of Clara Louise Kellogg As Gilda
In "rigoletto" At The Academy Of Music, New York City, Under
Grau And De Vivo.
1861 -
Mar. 16. Mozart's Eighth Pianoforte Concerto (in D) Given By
The Philharmonic Society, New York City, With Richard Hoffman,
As Soloist.
1861 -
April 20. Mendelssohn's "first Walpurgis Night" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1861 -
Nov. 9. Chopin's Second Pianoforte Concerto Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City, With S. B. Mills As
Soloist.
1861 Masse's Opera Les Noces De Jeanette With Kellogg Elena -
Mancini, Debreuil, Given At The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia,
Pa., Also Donizetti's "betley," With Miss Hinkley, Brignoli,
Lusini.
1861-1908 -
Edward Macdowell. Noted American Pianist, Composer And
Teacher.
1862 -
Jan. 30. Mendelssohn's "hymn Of Praise" Given In The Old
South Church, Boston, Under The Direction Of B. J. Lang.
1862 -
Feb. Brahms's First Serenade Given By The Philharmonic Society,
New York.
1862 -
Mar. 8. Schubert's "grand Fantasia" Given By William Mason
At A Concert Of The Philharmonic Society, Boston.
1862 -
May 13. Music Of Wagner's Opera "der Fliegende Hollaender"
Given At Irving Hall, New York City, Under The Direction Of
Theodore Thomas.
1862 -
Sept. 18. Auber's "grand Inauguration March" Given At A
Concert In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1862 -
Sept. 22. Operatic Debut Of Carlotta Patti As Amina In "la
Sonnambula," Supported By Miss Stockton, Sbriglia And Susini, In
New York City.
1862 -
Oct. 10. Mozart's Opera "entfuehrung Aus Dem Serail"
Presented In New York City, At Wallack's Theatre, Under The
Direction Of Carl Anschutz.
1862 -
Nov. 14. Meyerbeer's Opera "dinorah" Presented In New York
City.
1862 -
Teresa Carreno, Great Venezuelan Pianist, First Appeared In
New York City, As A Child Pianist.
1862-1901 -
Ethelbert Nevin. Song Composer.
1863 -
Mar. 7. Berlioz's "corsair Overture" Given In New York City,
By Theodore Thomas.
1863 -
April 6. Petrella's Opera "ione" Presented At The Academy Of
Music, New York City, With Medori, Sulzer, Mazzolini, And
Bellini, Under Maretzek.
1863 -
April 15. Verdi's Opera "i Due Foscari" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Medori, Mazzolini, Bellini
And Coletti, Under Maretzek.
1863 -
April. William H. Fry's Opera "notre Dame De Paris" Produced
At The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia.
1863 -
May 4. Verdi's Opera "aroldo" Presented At The Academy Of
Music, New York City, Under Maretzek, With Mazzolini, Bellini
And Coletti.
1863 -
Nov. 2. Inauguration Of The Great Organ In Music Hall,
Boston, When Charlotte Cushman, Lyman Wheeler, And Mrs. J. F.
Houston Took Leading Parts In The Ceremonies.
1863 -
Nov. 11. Peri's Opera "judith" Presented At The Academy Of
Music, New York City, By Maretzek, With Medori, Mazzolini,
Bellini And Biachi.
1863 -
Weber's Opera "euryanthe" Said To Have Been Presented At
Wallack's Theatre, New York, By Carl Anschutz.
1863 -
Nov. 18. Gounod's Opera "faust" Presented At The Academy Of
Music, Philadelphia, By The German Opera Company. Was Given In
New York, Nov. 26.
1863 Nov 7 Ferdinand Hiller's Second Pianoforte Concerto In A -
Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1863-1872 -
The Mendelssohn Society, New York City.
1864 -
Jan. 30. Liszt's "faust Symphony" (f Minor) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City, Assisted By The Arion
Society.
1864 -
The First Complete Performance Of Haydn's Oratorio, "the
Seasons" Given In Boston, Under The Direction Of B. J. Lang.
1864 -
Nov. 4. American Debut Of Jennie Van Zandt, As Gilda In
"rigoletto" At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1864 -
Nov. 25. Donizetti's Opera "don Sebastian" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City.
1864 -
Dec. 3. Lachner's Suite In D Minor Given By Theodore Thomas,
In New York City, Also The Second Part Of Berlioz' Dramatic
Symphony "romeo Et Juliette."
1864 -
Great Band Festival In New Orleans, La., Under P. S.
Gilmore.
1865 -
Jan. 13. Bach's Toccata In F Given In New York City By
Theodore Thomas.
1865 -
Feb. 18. Raff's Symphony "an Das Vaterland," And Beethoven's
Triple Concerto, For Piano, Violin And Cello, Given In New York
City By Theodore Thomas.
1865 -
Feb. 18. Beethoven's Second Pianoforte Concerto (b Flat)
Given By The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society.
1865 -
Feb. 24. Verdi's Opera "la Forza Del Destino" Presented In
New York City, With Carozzi-zucchi, Massimiliani And Bellini.
1865 -
Mar. 4. Hohnstock's Overture, "hail Columbia," Given By
Theodore Thomas In Brooklyn, N. Y.
1865 -
Mar. 11. Haydn's First Symphony (e Flat) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1865 -
April 8. Mozart's Symphony Concertante For Violin And
Viola,--bach's Passacaglia,--and Schumann's Overture To "die
Braut Von Messina" Given In New York City By Theodore Thomas.
1865 -
April 20. Crosby Opera House In Chicago, Dedicated.
Performances Were Given There By A Company Brought By Jacob Grau
And Including Clara Louise Kellogg And Zucchi, Sopranos;
Morensi, Fischer And Zapucci, Contraltos; Massimiliani,
Mazzolini And Lotti,...
1865 -
Sept. 11. First Appearance In America (in Concert) Of Madame
Parepa-rosa, At Steinway Hall, New York City.
1865 -
Nov. 4. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "mazeppa" Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1865 -
Dec. 1. Meyerbeer's Opera "l'africaine" Given At The Academy
Of Music, New York City, With Carozzi-zucchi As Selika And
Mazzoni As Vasco Da Gama. Carl Bergmann, Conductor.
1865 -
Dec. 28. The First Concert Of The Harvard Musical
Association In Boston. Mozart's Symphony In G Minor Was
Performed.
1865 -
Germania Maennerchor Organized In Chicago, Ill.
1865 -
Peabody Institute Concerts Established In Baltimore, Md.
1865 -
Opera Given In San Francisco, Cal., By A Company Including
Morelli, Barilli, Sbriglia And Adelaide Phillips. Twenty-four
Operas Were Presented.
1865 Conservatory Of Music Opened In Connection With Oberlin -
College (ohio) Which Was Founded In 1834.
1865 Dec 2 Liszt's Pianoforte Concerto In E Flat Given In New -
York City, Under Theodore Thomas.
1866 -
Jan. 13. Beethoven's Choral Fantasia, And Bargiel's Symphony
In C, Given In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1866 -
Jan. 27. Berlioz'a "fantastic Symphony" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1866 -
Feb. 10. Mozart's Concerto In E Flat, For Two Pianos, And
Weber's "invitation To The Dance" Given By Theodore Thomas, In
New York City.
1866 -
Mar. 1. Schumann's Overture To "genoveva" Given In Boston,
By The Harvard Musical Association.
1866 -
Mar. 10. Introduction To Wagner's Opera "tristan Und Isolde"
Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1866 -
Aug. 29. Mozart's Andante, Variations, And Minuetto, And His
"turkish March" Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1866 -
Oct. 13. Minnie Hauck, Noted American Soprano, Made Her
Debut In "l'etoile Du Nord" At The Academy Of Music, New York
City, Before Going To Europe.
1866 -
Oct. 20. Vorspiel To Wagner's Opera "die Meistersinger"
Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1866 -
Oct. 27. J. J. Abert's First Symphony, And Schubert's
"reiter March" Given By Theodore Thomas, In Brooklyn, N. Y.
1866 -
Nov. 17. Liszt's "nachtlicher Zug," From "faust," Given By
The Philharmonic Society, New York City, And Bristow's "columbus
Overture" Produced At The Same Concert.
1866 -
Dec. 2. Beethoven's Overture In C (opus Iii), And Grimm's
Suite In Canon Form Given In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1866 -
Dec. 8. Liszt's "mephisto Waltz" Given In Brooklyn, N. Y.,
By Theodore Thomas.
1866 -
The Summer Night Concerts At Terrace Gardens, New York City,
Were Inaugurated This Year, By Theodore Thomas.
1866 Feb 28 Cherubini's Overture To Anacreon Given In Boston -
By The Harvard Musical Association.
1867 -
Jan. 12. Raff's Suite In C (opus 101) Given In New York
City, By Theodore Thomas.
1867 -
Jan. 19. Berlioz's "romeo Et Juliette" Overture Given By The
Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, Under Theodore Thomas.
1867 -
Feb. 7. Handel's Oratorio "jephtha" Given By The Handel And
Haydn Society, In Boston.
1867 -
Mar. 13. Entr'acte From Schubert's "rosamunde" Given In New
York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1867 -
April 3. Petrella's Opera "il Carnival Di Venezia" Presented
At The Academy Of Music, New York City.
1867 -
April 3. Molique's Concerto For Violoncello Given By The
Philharmonic Society, Brooklyn, N. Y., Under Theodore Thomas.
1867 -
July 1. J. Strauss's "blue Danube" Waltz, And The Ballet
Music From Gounod's Opera "the Queen Of Sheba," Given By
Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1867 -
July 5. Liszt's March "vom Fels Zum Meer" Given By Theodore
Thomas, And On The 7th Strauss's Waltz "from The Mountains," And
The Overture To Schubert's "rosamunde," In New York City.
1867 -
July 14. J. Strauss's "buergesin" And Polka Mazurka "lob Der
Frauen" Given In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1867 -
Aug. 13. Schumann's "traeumerei" Given For The First Time In
America By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1867 -
Oct. 7. Bach's Third Suite, In D, Given By Theodore Thomas,
In New York City.
1867 -
Nov. 21. Cherubini's Overture To "medea" Given In Boston, By
The Harvard Musical Association.
1867 -
Dec. 14. Gounod's Opera "romeo Et Juliette" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, By Maretzek, With Minne Hauck
As Juliette.
1867 -
Dec. 14. Vieuxtemps's Violin Concerto In D Given By The
Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, With Camilla Urso As Soloist.
1867 -
Dec. 15. Beethoven's "prometheus" Music Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1867 -
Dec. 21. Ritter's Overture To "othello" Given In New York
City, By The Philharmonic Society.
1867 -
French Opera Bouffe Introduced To New York City, By F. L.
Bateman, At The French Theatre, Where Offenbach's "la Grande
Duchesse" Ran For 180 Nights.
1867 -
In This Year The Following Conservatories Of Music Were
Established:
The Boston Conservatory, Julius Eichberg, Director, Boston,
Mass.
The New England Conservatory, Eben Tourjee, Director,
Boston, Mass.
The Cincinnati Conservatory, Clara Bauer, D...
1867 Mar 18 American Operatic Debut Of Euphrosyne Parepa-rosa -
Great Soprano, In "il Trovatore" At The Academy Of Music, New
York City.
1867 Nov 9 Mendelssohn's Trumpet Overture Haydn's Theme And -
Variations On "kaiser Franz Hymn"; And Berlioz's Overture To
"benvenuto Cellini" Given By The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society,
Theodore Thomas Conducting.
1867 Oct 26 Schubert's Unfinished Symphony Given In New York -
City, By Theodore Thomas.
1868 -
Jan. 11. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "die Ideale" Given By
Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1868 -
Jan. 25. C. C. Converse's "festival Overture" Produced By
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society.
1868 -
April 13. Gade's Cantata "the Crusaders" Given By The Parker
Club, In Boston, J. C. D. Parker, Conductor.
1868 -
April 18. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "heroide Funebre" Given In
New York City.
1868 -
May. 24. Reinecke's Overture "king Manfred" Given In New
York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1868 -
Oct. 21. Handel's "royal Fireworks" Music Given In New York
City, By Theodore Thomas.
1868 -
Nov. 11. Salem (mass.) Oratorio Society Founded. Carl
Zerrahn Was Elected As Conductor At A Later Meeting.
1868 -
Nov. 28. Gade's Overture "hamlet" Given By The Philharmonic
Society, New York City.
1868 -
Dec. 4. Haydn's Symphony In B Flat Given In Boston, By The
Harvard Musical Association.
1868 -
Dec. 10. Joachim's "hungarian Concerto" For Violin Given By
The Harvard Musical Association, In Boston, With B. Listemann As
Soloist.
1868 -
Dec. 12. Schubert's Twenty-third Psalm, Also Mozart's First,
Second, And Third Motets Given In New York City, By Theodore
Thomas.
1868 -
Bruch's First Violin Concerto (g Minor) Given At A Concert
Of A New York Conservatory, With Richard Arnold As Soloist.
1868 -
Theodore Thomas Established His Symphony Orchestra In New
York City.
1868 -
May 9. Mendelssohn's "reformation" Symphony, And Schubert's
Symphony In B Minor, Given At The Triennial Festival, Boston.
1869 -
Jan. 9. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "ce Qu'on Entend Sur Le
Montagne" Given By The Philharmonic Society In New York City.
1869 -
Jan. 9. Catel's Overture To "semiramide" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1869 -
Jan. 16. Rubinstein's Musical Portrait "faust," And Gade's
"spring Fantasia" Given In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1869 -
Feb. 11. Barnett's Cantata "the Ancient Mariner" Given Under
Mr. Sharland, At The Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church,
Roxbury, Mass.
1869 -
Feb. 18. Gade's Second Symphony (in E) Given By The Harvard
Musical Association, In Boston.
1869 -
Mar. 13. Max Bruch's Symphony In E Flat Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1869 -
April 3. Singer's Fantasia For Pianoforte And Orchestra;
Volkmann's "festival Overture," And Liszt's Symphonic Poem
"prometheus" Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1869 -
May 8. Schumann's "manfred" Music Given By The Philharmonic
Society, New York City, With Edwin Booth As Reader.
1869 -
May. 12, Schubert's "italian Overture" Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1869 -
June 15. First Concert Of The Peace Jubilee In Boston.
1869 -
July 20. Strauss's Waltz "wein, Weib, Und Gesang" Given In
New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1869 -
Dec. 2. Anna Mehlig, Noted Pianist, Visited America And
Played At Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn. She Appeared
On Dec. 18, At The Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
1869 -
Dec. 15. A Season Of Six Nights Of Russian Opera Begun At
The Theatre Francaise, New York City, Under Leon Jasievitch,
With Levitzkaya As Leading Soprano, And Dimitri D'agreneff,
Tenor. The Opera "askold's Tomb" Was Given.
1869 -
Dec. 30. Haydn's Fifth Symphony (in D) Given By The Harvard
Musical Association, In Boston.
1869 -
First Of Twenty-two Annual Tours Made This Season By The
Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
1869-1874 -
Church Music Association, New York City. The First
Performance In America Of Beethoven's Mass In D Was Given By
This Association.
1870 -
Jan. 22. A Russian Male Choir Of Nine Voices, Under Dimitri
Agreneff Slaviansky, Visited America.
1870 -
Feb. 17. Mozart's Second Pianoforte Concerto (d Minor) Given
By The Harvard Musical Association In Boston.
1870 -
Feb. 28. Mendelssohn's Overture To "ruy Blas" Given In
Boston.
1870 -
May 9. Liszt's "goethe March" Given In New York City, By
Theodore Thomas.
1870 -
May 26. Dargomysky's "cosatchague" Given By Theodore Thomas,
At The Central Park Garden, New York City. (selections From
Opera.)
1870 -
July 14. Glinka's "jota Aragonese" Given By Theodore Thomas,
At Central Park Garden, New York City, And
1870 -
Aug. 25. Glinka's "kamarinskaja."
1870 -
Sept. 19. American Debut Of Christine Nilsson, Noted
Soprano, At A Concert In Steinway Hall, New York City. Her
Operatic Debut Took Place Oct. 25, 1871, At The Academy Of
Music, As Lucia, Under Carl Rosa.
1870 -
Nov. 12. Mozart's Opera "der Schauspieldirektor" Given In
New York City.
1870 -
Marie Krebs, Noted German Pianist, Visited America.
1870 -
Feb. 5. Karl Goldmark's Overture To "sakuntala" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York.
1870 Jan 8 -
Raff's Second Symphony (in C) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1871 -
Jan. 7. Rubinstein's "ocean Symphony" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1871 -
Feb. 23. Gade's Third Symphony (a Minor) Given By The
Harvard Musical Association, Boston.
1871 -
May 3. Rossini's "messe Solennelle" Given In Boston, Under
The Direction Of George W. Whiting.
1871 -
May. 7. Mozart's Overture To "idomeneo" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1871 -
June 13. Reinecke's "festival Overture,"
1871 -
June 22. Wagner's "kaiser March," And
1871 -
June 27. Joachim's First March (in C) Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1871 -
July 19. Rubinstein's Overture To "dimitri Donskoi,"
1871 -
July 21. Joachim's Second March (in D) Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1871 -
Aug. 10. Rheinberger's "wallenstein's Camp,"
1871 -
Aug. 17. Schubert's March In B Minor,
1871 -
Sept. 8. Wagner's "hildegung's March," Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1871 -
Sept. 18. American Debut Of The Noted German Tenor, Theodore
Wachtel, At The Stadt Theatre, New York City, In "le Postillon
De Longjumeau."
1871 -
Nov. 9. Schubert's Overture To "alfonso And Estrella" Given
By The Harvard Musical Association, In Boston.
1871 -
Nov. 22. Ambroise Thomas's Opera "mignon" Given At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Christine Nilsson In The
Title-role.
1871 -
Nov. 23. Mozart's Symphony In C Given By The Harvard Musical
Association; Also Handel's Concerto For Oboe, With A. Kugler As
Soloist, In Boston.
1871 -
Dec. 2. Rubinstein's Pianoforte Concerto In D Minor Given In
Boston, By Theodore Thomas Orchestra, With Marie Krebs As
Soloist.
1871 -
Dec. 6. Introduction And Final Scene From Wagner's Opera
"tristan Und Isolde"; Also Raff's Symphony In F, Given By
Theodore Thomas In Boston.
1871 -
Dec. 7. Haydn's Third Symphony (e Flat) Given By The Harvard
Musical Association, In Boston.
1871 -
The Illinois College Conservatory Of Music, Jacksonville,
Ill., Established, With I. B. Posnawski As Director.
1871 -
The Apollo Club (male Voices) Established In Boston With B.
J. Lang As Conductor.
1872 -
Jan. 6. Reinecke's Pianoforte Concerto In F Sharp Minor (op.
72) Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York City, With S. B.
Mills As Soloist.
1872 -
Jan. 20. Cherubini's Opera "les Deux Journees" (the Water
Carriers) Presented In Boston, By Madame Parepa-rosa And Her
Company. First New York Performance Was Feb. 10.
1872 -
Jan. 20. Liszt's Symphonic Poem "orpheus" Given In New York
City, By Theodore Thomas.
1872 -
Feb. 1. Haydn's "oxford Symphony" (in G) Given By The
Harvard Musical Association, In Boston.
1872 -
Feb. 14. American Debut Of Charles Santley, Noted English
Baritone, In "zampa" At New York City.
1872 -
Feb. 23. Gade's Third Concert Overture Given In Boston, By
The Harvard Musical Association.
1872 -
Mar. 7. Taubert's "arabian Nights" Overture; And Mozart's
Seventh Pianoforte Concerto (c Minor) With Hugo Leonhard As
Soloist, Given By The Harvard Musical Association, In Boston.
1872 -
Mar. 22. Ambroise Thomas's Opera "hamlet" Presented In New
York City, With Christine Nilsson As Ophelia, Annie Louise
Cary As The Queen, Brignoli As Laertes, A. Barre As
Hamlet, Coletti As The Ghost, Reichardt As Horatio, And
Locatelli As Polonius.
...
1872 -
Aug. 1. Raff's Overture To "dame Kobold," And
1872 -
Sept. 17. Wagner's "ride Of The Valkyries" Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1872 -
Sept. 30. American Debut Of Pauline Lucca, Noted Soprano, As
Selika In "l'africaine" At The Academy Of Music, New York
City, Under Maretzek.
1872 -
Nov. 22. Ambroise Thomas's Opera "mignon" Presented At The
Academy Of Music, New York City, With Christine Nilsson And
Capoul In The Leading Parts.
1872 -
Dec. 3. Liszt's Eleventh Symphonic Poem, "the Battle Of The
Huns" (hunnenschlacht), Given At A Concert In Boston, By
Theodore Thomas.
1872 -
Dec. 14. Raff's Fourth Symphony (in G) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1872 -
Second Peace Jubilee Held In Boston.
1872 -
Orpheus Club (male Chorus) Formed In Philadelphia.
1872 -
Emil Sauret, Noted French Violinist, Made His First Concert
Tour In America.
1872 May 30 Rubinstein's Humoresque Don Quixote Given In New -
York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1872 Sept 23 Anton Rubinstein Great Russian Pianist And Henri -
Wieniawski, Noted Violinist, Made Their American Debut At
Steinway Hall, New York City, And Then Toured The Country.
1873 -
Jan. 9. Cherubini's Overture To "ali Baba" Played In Boston.
1873 -
Jan. 18. Liszt's "hirtengesang" From "christus" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1873 -
Jan. 21. First Concert Of The Apollo Club Of Chicago, Given
At Standard Hall. The Club Was Organized Sept. 1872, With George
P. Upton, President, And Silas Pratt, Conductor.
1873 -
Feb. 15. Gade's Eighth Symphony (b Minor) Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1873 -
Mar. 13, Mozart's Pianoforte Concerto In A Given By The
Harvard Musical Association, In Boston.
1873 -
May 22. J. O. Grimm's Second Suite In Canon Form, Given By
Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1873 -
May 29. Brahm's Serenade In D Given By Theodore Thomas, In
New York City.
1873 -
June 3. Production Of John K. Paine's Oratorio "st. Peter"
At Portland, Me., With Emma Thursby, Adelaide Phillips, George
Osgood, And Rudolphson As Soloists.
1873 -
June 12. Svensden's First Symphony (in D) Given By Theodore
Thomas, In New York City.
1873 -
Sept. 18. Svensden's Symphonic Overture "sigurd Slembe"
Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City, And Sept. 23, A.
Hamerik's "nordish Suite."
1873 -
Oct. 1. American Debut Of Italo Campanini, Great Italian
Tenor, As Gennaro In "lucrezia Borgia," In New York City, At
The Academy Of Music.
1873 -
Oct. 3. American Debut Of Victor Maurel, Great French
Baritone, As Valentine In "faust" At The Academy Of Music, New
York City.
1873 -
Oct. 7. American Debut Of Ilma Di Murska, Noted Polish
Soprano, As Amina In "la Sonnambula" At The Grand Opera House,
New York City, Under Strakosch.
1873 -
Nov. 6. W. Sterndale Bennett's Pianoforte Concerto In E
Given By The Harvard Musical Association, In Boston, With E.
Perabo As Soloist.
1873 -
Nov. 15. Max Bruch's Introduction To "loreley" Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1873 -
Nov. 26. Verdi's Opera "aida" Presented At The Academy Of
Music, New York City, By M. Strakosch With Torriani As Aida,
Annie Louise Cary As Amneris, Campanini As Rhadames, Victor
Maurel As Amonasro, Manetti As Ramfis, And Scolara As The
King.
1873 -
Dec. 3. Raff's "lenore Symphony" (fifth--in E) Given By
Theodore Thomas, In Boston.
1873 -
Germania Orchestra Organized In Pittsburgh, Pa.
1873 -
A Conservatory Of Music Established In Connection With
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
1873 -
Madame Julie Rive-king, Noted American Pianist, Made Her
Debut In Cincinnati, O.
1874 -
Jan. 10. Volkmann's Serenade In D Minor Given By Theodore
Thomas, In Brooklyn, N.y.
1874 -
Jan. 24. Rubinstein's Character Sketch "ivan Iv" Given In
New York City, By Theodore Thomas, And
1874 -
Jan. 28. Meyerbeer's "inauguration March."
1874 -
Feb. 14. George F. Bristow's "arcadian Symphony" Given By
The Philharmonic Society, New York City, Also Gade's Overture To
"michael Angelo."
1874 -
May 8. Bach's Passion Music According To St. Matthew Given,
In Part, By The Handel And Haydn Society In Boston. Selections
Had Been Given May 13, 1871, And The Work Was Given Complete, In
Two Concerts In 1879.
1874 -
May 14. Hofmann's "hungarian Suite"; The Overture To
Gounod's "le Medecin Maigre Lui"; And C.m. Von Weber's Overture
To "abu Hassan" Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1874 -
May 20. Gounod's Overture To "mireille" Given In New York
City, By Theodore Thomas.
1874 -
May 21. Hiller's "dramatic Fantasia," And Saint-saen's
"marche Heroique" Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1874 -
July 16. Sullivan's Overture To "the Tempest"; July 29,
Massenet's "scenes Pittoresques"; And July 30, Ferdinand David's
"festival March," Given In New York City, By Theodore Thomas.
1874 -
Aug. 13. Reinecke's "in Memoriam"; And Aug. 21, Zellner's
"die Schoene Melusine" Given By Theodore Thomas, In New York
City.
1874 -
Sept. 17. Rubinstein's "ouverture Triomphale" Given By
Theodore Thomas, In New York City.
1874 -
Oct. 28. Grieg's Pianoforte Concerto In A Minor, Given At A
Theodore Thomas Concert In Boston, With Boskowitz As Soloist.
1874 -
Nov. 14. Raff's Pianoforte Concerto, Opus 185, Given By The
Philharmonic Society, New York City, With Lina Luckhardt As
Soloist.
1874 -
Nov. 27. Bach's Suite In B Minor Given By Theodore Thomas,
In New York City.
1874 -
Dec. 12. Bach's "ciaconna" In D Minor, Arranged For
Orchestra By Raff, Given By The Philharmonic Society, New York
City.
1874 -
Madame Emmy Fursch-madi Made Her American Debut In New
Orleans, La., With The French Opera Company. She Was Heard In
New York In 1882, And Became Professor Of Singing At The
National Conservatory, New York City. Debut Nov. 7, 1883, As
Ortrud In "lohe...
1874 -
Clara Louise Kellogg Made Her American Operatic Debut Under
Maurice Grau, In New York City. (she Had Appeared As Gilda In
"rigoletto" At The Academy Of Music In 1861 (feb. 27), Before
Going To Europe, And Had Concertized In The United States For
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