Annals of Music in America Part 11

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. 7. Ferdinand Hiller's Second Pianoforte Concerto (in A) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

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.

1863-1872. The Mendelssohn Society, New York City.

1864. Jan. 30. Liszt's "Faust Symphony" (F minor) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, a.s.sisted 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, Ma.s.similiani 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 Pa.s.sacaglia,--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; Ma.s.similiani, Mazzolini and Lotti, tenors; Bellini, Orlandini, Lorini and Debreuil, baritones; Susini, Colletti, Muller, Perni and Ximenes, ba.s.ses, and Carl Bergmann, conductor.

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. 2. Liszt's Pianoforte Concerto in E flat given in New York City, under Theodore Thomas.

1865. Dec. 28. The first concert of the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation in Boston. Mozart's Symphony in G minor was performed.

1865. Germania Mannerchor organized in Chicago, Ill.

1865. Peabody Inst.i.tute Concerts established in Baltimore, Md.

1865. Conservatory of Music opened in connection with Oberlin College (Ohio) which was founded in 1834.

1865. Opera given in San Francisco, Cal., by a company including Morelli, Barilli, Sbriglia and Adelaide Phillips. Twenty-four operas were presented.

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. Feb. 28. Cherubini's overture to "Anacreon" given in Boston, by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation.

1866. Mar. 1. Schumann's overture to "Genoveva" given in Boston, by the Harvard Musical a.s.sociation.

1866. Mar. 10. Introduction to Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde"

given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1859. Jan. 8. Schubert's overture to "Fierabras" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York.

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.