Annals of Music in America Part 43

1914. Oct. 23. Roussel's ballet pantomime "Le Festin de l'Araignee" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1914. Oct. 23. Dohnanyi's Suite for Orchestra (Op. 19) given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Oct. 24. Ropartz's Fourth Symphony (C major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Nov. 6. Hugo Alfven's Third Symphony (E minor) given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. Nov. 29. Symphonic fragment from Ravel's Ballet "Daphnis and Chloe" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1914. Dec. 13. Hugo Alfven's "Festspel-Polonaise" given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1914. American Symphony Orchestra organized in Chicago with Glenn Dillard Gunn as conductor.

1914. Great organ with 7000 pipes installed at the Pan-American Exposition in San Francisco, Cal.

1915. Jan. 4. F. Leoni's opera "L'Oracolo" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Bori, Braslau, Scotti and Didur.

1915. Jan. 8. Theophile Ysaye's "Fantasia on a Popular Walloon Theme" given by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Jan. 17. First public performance of Edmund Severn's Violin Concerto in D minor given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Max Pilser as soloist.

1915. Jan. 25. Production of U. Giordano's opera "Madame Sans-Gene" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Geraldine Farrar, Leonora Sparkes, Amato, Martinelli, and Segurola. Toscanini conducting.

1915. Jan. 30. Notable revival of Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Matzenauer and Urlus in the leading roles.

1915. Jan. 31. Roger Duca.s.se's "La Jolie Jeu de Furet" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1915. Jan. 31. Production of Henry Burck's "Meditation" for strings; and Nicola Laucella's "Prelude and Temple Dance" given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1915. Feb. 5. S. Stojowski's Suite for Orchestra in E flat major given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1915. Feb. 13. S. E. Bortkiewitch's Pianoforte Concerto in B flat major given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City, with Margaret Volovy as soloist.

1915. Feb. 22. F. Cowen's oratorio "The Veil" given by the Apollo Musical Society in Chicago.

1915. Mar. 19. Production of John Alden Carpenter's orchestral suite "Adventures in a Perambulator" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Mar. 19. Production of Scriabin's "Poem of Fire--Prometheus"

by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City. (Had been played in Chicago Mar. 5, but without effects of light.)

1915. Mar. 27. First of Reger's "Four Tone Poems" for orchestra (after Boecklin) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1915. April 3. F. Klose's Prelude and Double Fugue for Organ, with choral for trumpets and trombones, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1915. June 3. Production of G. W. Chadwick's ballade for orchestra "Tam O'Shanter" at the Litchfield County Choral Union Festival, Norfolk, Conn.

1915. June. Production of F. A. Stock's Violin Concerto, under direction of the composer, with Efrem Zimbalist as soloist, and C. V. Stanford's "Pianoforte Concerto in G major" (first time in America) with Harold Bauer as soloist, at the Litchfield County Choral Union Festival, Norfolk, Conn.

1915. Summer. Walter Damrosch's incidental music to the Greek play "Iphigenia in Aulis" produced at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Cal. (Was given in New York Dec. 15 the same year.)

1915. July 1. Production of H.W. Parker and Brian Hooker's opera "Fairyland" at Los Angeles, Cal. This opera won the prize offered by the Los Angeles Opera a.s.sociation.

1915. Aug. 7. Production of Edward F. Schneider's opera "Apollo"

at Bohemian Grove, Cal.

1915. Oct. 22. Further excerpts from Ravel's ballet "Daphnis and Chloe" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1915. Nov. 5. F. Delius's "A Dance Rhapsody" given by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Nov. 5. Arnold Schoenberg's "Kammer Symphonie" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Nov. 9. Production of Clarence Loomis's Pianoforte Concerto by the American Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, with Glenn Dillard Gunn as soloist.

1915. Nov. 9. Production of Carlo Minetti's Aria for tenor and orchestra, with George Hamlin as soloist, by the American Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. This work won a prize offered by George Hamlin.

1915. Nov. 18. Schoenberg's symphonic poem "Pelleas et Melisande"

given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1915. Nov. 26. Delius's Pianoforte Concerto in C minor given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City, with Percy Grainger as soloist.

1915. Dec. 9. Saint-Saens's opera "Dejanire" presented by the Chicago Opera Company with Carmen Melis, de Cisneros, and Muratore. Campanini conducting.

1915. Dec. 30. Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with F. Alda, F.

Perini, Amato, Segurola, and Didur. Polacco conducting.

1915. Dec. 31. Production of Edward B. Hill's symphonic poem "The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere" by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1915. Dec. 31. Sch.e.l.ling's theme and variations for orchestra "Impressions, from an Artist's Life," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the composer as soloist.

1915. The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra reorganized with Alfred Hertz as conductor.

1915. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra organized with Gustav Strube as conductor.

1916. Jan. 7. Duka's dance poem "La Peri," given by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, A. Hertz conducting.

1916. Jan. 10. Ma.s.senet's opera "Cleopatre" presented by the Chicago Opera Company at the Auditorium with M. Kuznetsof in the t.i.tle role.

1916. Jan. 15. Stravinsky's "First Symphony" (E flat) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1916. Jan. 20. Fib.i.+.c.h's idyll for orchestra "At Evening" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1916. Jan. 23. F. Schmitt's "Pupazzi" given by the Symphony Society of New York City.

1916. Jan. 28. Production of E. Granados's opera "Goyescas" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Anna Fitziu, F.

Perini, Martinelli, and de Luca. Bavagnoli conducting.

1916. Feb. 4. Production of F. Stahlberg's Suite for Orchestra (Op. 53) given by the Philharmonic Society of New York City.

1916. Feb. 5. Centennial anniversary performance of Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Madame Barrientos as _Rosina_.