1893. Jan. 4. Saint-Saëns's opera "Samson et Dalila" presented at the French Opera House, New Orleans, with Renaud and Madame Mounier in the leading parts.

1893. Jan. 24. Moritz Moszkowski's opera "Boabdil" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York.

1893. Jan. 31. P. Mascagni's opera "L'Amico Fritz" given its first complete stage performance in America by Walter Damrosch at Carnegie Hall, New York City. (A performance had been given June 8, 1892, by Gustav Heinrichs, in Philadelphia.)

1893. Feb. 3. Fuchs's Serenade for Strings and Two Horns given by the New York Symphony Society.

1893. Feb. 4. Arthur Foote's ballad "The Skeleton in Armor" for chorus, quartet and orchestra, produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1893. Mar. 4. G. Riemenschneider's "Tödtentanz" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1884. Feb. 3. Volkmann's Violoncello Concerto given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1893. Mar. 17. Edgar Tinel's oratorio "St. Francis d'Assisi" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1893. April 8. Margaret Ruthven Lang's "Dramatic Overture" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1893. April 15. F. Busoni's Symphonic Tone Poem produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.