The Chicago Academy of Music, Dr. F. Ziegfeld, director,
Chicago, Ill. (Later known as the Chicago Musical College.)

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.

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.

1868. May 9. Mendelssohn's "Reformation" Symphony, and Schubert's
Symphony in B minor, given at the Triennial Festival, Boston.

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
"Promethe