Annals of Music in America: A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events

by Henry Charles Lahee

1888. Jan. 6. Spontini's opera "Ferdinand Cortez" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1888. Jan. 17. Schubert's "Divertissement à la Hongroise" given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1888. Jan. 25. Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Lilli Lehmann, Seidl-Krauss, Marianne Brandt, Albert Niemann, and Emil Fischer in the cast. Anton Seidl conducting.

1888. Jan. 26. Production of Arthur Foote's cantata "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1888. Jan. 28. C. Villiers Stanford's "Irish Symphony" given by the Symphony Society in New York City.

1888. Jan. 28. Otto Floersheim's "Elevation" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1888. Jan. 28. Scharwenka's "Arkadische Suite" given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1888. Feb. 4. Chaikovsky's suite "Mozartiana" given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1888. Feb. 16. Rubinstein's Second Concerto for cello given by the Philadelphia orchestra, with Victor Herbert as soloist. Theodore Thomas conductor.

1888. Feb. 18. H. Grädener's Overture given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.