1888. April 14. Rheinberger's "Passacaglia" and Praeger's symphonic poem "Life and Love, Battle and Victory" given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.
1888. April 16. Verdi's opera "Otello" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, under the management of Italo Campanini, with Eva Tetrazzini as Desdemona, Campanini as Otello, Scalchi as Emilia, and Galassi as Iago. Conductor Cleofonte Campanini.
1888. July 19. Dvořák's Symphonic Variations (Op. 78) given in Chicago, by Theodore Thomas.
1888. Oct. 27. Overture to Peter Cornelius's opera "The Barber of Bagdad" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1888. Nov. 10. The entr'acte to von Weber's "The Three Pintos," also Liszt's "Vogelpredigt des Heiligen Franz von Assisi," given at a concert at Chickering Hall, New York City, under Anton Seidl. At this concert Fritz Kreisler, noted Austrian violinist, made his American début.
1888. Nov. 13. American début of Moritz Rosenthal, noted pianist, at Steinway Hall, New York City.
1888. Nov. 17. Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" (third and fourth series) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1888. Nov. 22. Felix Draeseke's "Serenata" given by the Symphony Society, in New York City.
1888. Nov. 24. Schubert's overture in E minor, and Bruch's Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra (Opus 46) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1888. Nov. 24. Grieg's concert-overture "In Autumn" given at a concert of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, Theodore Thomas conducting.