cases were premature. Also there was much to
learn in the management of masses of people. The virtues of a true
democracy are nowhere more necessary than in a choral society.

1800. Bassoon used in Bethlehem, Pa.

1800. Dec. 23. First Annual Concert of the Philharmonic Society
given at Tontine Hall, Broadway, New York City.

1801. Handel's "Messiah" given in the hall of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

1802. "Harmonic Society" founded in Philadelphia.

1803. Benjamin Crehore of Milton, Mass., made the first pianoforte
in New England.

1807. Massachusetts Musical Society formed in Boston for improving
the mode of performing sacred music. Ceased to exist in 1820.

1807. "Le Theatre St. Philippe" opened in New Orleans with a
one-act opera by Mehul,--"Une Folie."

1808. The Pierian Sodality, half musical, half social club
organized by the undergraduates of Harvard University.

1809. Haydn Society formed in Philadelphia.

1811. John Davis, from San Domingo, opened the "Theatre d'Orleans"
in New Orleans.

1811. Haydn's "Creation" and "The Seasons" performed in part at
Bethlehem, Pa.

1813-1893. John S. Dwight, editor, critic, member of Brook Farm
community, and founder in 1852 of "Dwight's Journal of Music,"
the first publication of its kind in America.

1814. Sept. 14. The words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by
Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort Henry. They
were published next day as a "Broadside" and on the 20th
appeared in the "Baltimore Patriot." The tune of "Anacreon in
Heaven" was adapted by the author.

1815. April 20. Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, organized with
Thomas S. Webb as President. At the first concert the chorus
consisted of about one hundred, of whom ten were women.
Orchestra a dozen instruments, and organ.

1816. First complete performance of Haydn's "Creation" given at
King's Chapel, Boston.

1817. Charles B. Incledon, noted English tenor singer, visited
America.

1818. New Theatre d'Orleans, the finest in the United States,
opened in New Orleans. The old theatre was burned in 1817. The
new theatre was the home of opera for some years.

1818. Dec. 25. The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston gave what is
called the first complete performance of Handel's "Messiah" in
America. (Philip Goepp states that the "Messiah" was