16. Handel's oratorio "Joshua" given by the Handel and
Haydn Society, in Boston.

1876. April 22. Chaikovsky's overture to "Romeo et Juliette" given
by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Carl Bergmann
as conductor.

1876. May 11. Wagner's "Centennial March"; Dudley Buck's
"Centennial Meditation of Columbia"; and J. K. Paine's
"Centennial Hymn" produced at the Centennial Exposition, in
Philadelphia, under Theodore Thomas.

1876. Oct. 9. Saint-Saens's symphonic poem "Phaeton" given by
Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1876. Nov. 8. Wagner's opera "Il Vascello Fantasma" given in
Philadelphia in Italian by Madame Pappenheim.

1876. Nov. 14. Madame Annette Essipoff, pianist, made her debut at
Steinway Hall, New York City.

1876. Nov. 25. Bach's Suite in C given by Theodore Thomas, in New
York City.

1876. Dec. 26. Music Teachers' National Association organized at
Delaware, Ohio, by Eben Tourjee, Theodore Presser, G. W. Cole,
W. H. Dana, and others.

1876. Loring Club formed in San Francisco, Cal.

1877. Jan. 13. K. Goldmark's symphony "Laendliche Hochzeit" and
Haydn's "The Tempest" given by the Philharmonic Society, New
York City.

1877. Jan. 16. Gade's "Noveletten" played in New York City, by the
Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Feb. 23. American debut of Emma Abbott, noted American
soprano, in "La Figlia del Reggimento" at the Academy of Music,
New York City, under the management of de Vivo.

1877. Mar. 1. Saint-Saens's "Third Pianoforte Concerto" (in E
flat) given by the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, with
B. J. Lang as soloist.

1877. Mar. 15. Ballet music from Saint-Saens's opera "Samson et
Dalila" played in St. Louis, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Mar. 15. Brahms's "German Requiem" performed by the New York
Oratorio Society.

1877. Mar. 25-31. A Wagner Festival held in Boston in which Madame
Pappenheim and Madame Canissa, Albert Niemann, G. Unger and
Gustav Siehr took leading parts.

1877. April 2. Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" presented at the Academy
of Music, New York City, by the Havana Opera Combination, under
Maretzek. (Admission one dollar, Reserved seat 50c extra.)

1877. May 17. Production of J. C. D. Parker's "Redemption Hymn" by
the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston.

1877. June 6. Sullivan's cantata "On Shore and Se