a" given under
Theodore Thomas, in Chicago.

1877. July 5. Mehul's overture to "Horatio Cocles,"

1877. July 12. Hofmann's "Pictures from the North,"

1877. July 20. Massenet's "Variations" and Rameau's "Romanesca,"

1877. July 24. Saint-Saens's "Suite" (Opus 48), given by Theodore
Thomas, in Chicago.

1877. Nov. 2. J. K. Paine's symphonic fantasia on Shakespeare's
"Tempest" given at Steinway Hall, New York City, by the Theodore
Thomas Orchestra.

1877. Nov. 14. Saint-Saens's fourth symphonic poem, "La Jeunesse
d'Hercule," played at a Theodore Thomas Concert, in Boston.

1877. Nov. 20. Raff's Suite for Pianoforte and Orchestra (Opus
200) given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1877. Dec. 17. Brahms's First Symphony given in New York City, by
Dr. Leopold Damrosch. (Given a week later by Theodore Thomas, in
New York City, and Jan. 3, 1878, by the Harvard Musical
Association, Boston.)

1877. Dec. 23. Parts 1 and 2 of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" given
by the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, with Emma Thursby,
Annie Louise Cary, W. J. and F. W. Winch as soloists. C. Zerrahn
conducting.

1877. Music department established at Syracuse (N. Y.) University,
with Wm. Schultze as director.

1877. Theodore Thomas began Summer Night Concerts in New York
City.

1877. Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco, Cal., opened.

1878. Feb. 11. Madame Hermine Rudersdorff, who had been heard at
the Peace Jubilees in Boston in 1871 and 1872, made her American
operatic debut as _Ortrud_ in "Lohengrin."

1878. Feb. 14. Saint-Saens's Fourth Pianoforte Concerto (in C
minor) given by the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, with
J. A. Preston, as soloist.

1878. Feb. 16. Goldmark's "Wedding March and Variations" given by
Theodore Thomas, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

1878. Feb. 28. Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" given by Theodore
Thomas, in New York City.

1878. Mar. 5. Wagner's opera "Rienzi" presented at the Academy of
Music, New York City, with Madame Pappenheim as _Adriane_, Miss
Hueman as _Irene_, Charles R. Adams as _Rienzi_, and Blum as
_Orsini_.

1878. May 14. O. Singer's "Festival Ode" given at the Cincinnati
(O.) May festival with Madame Eugenie Pappenheim, C. R. Adams,
and M. W. Whitney as soloists. Theodore Thomas conducting.

1878. Sept. 26. American debut of August Wilhelmj, noted