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

by Henry Charles Lahee

1895. Jan. 25. A. Mackenzie's nautical overture "Britannica" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1895. Feb. 4. Verdi's opera "Falstaff" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Emma Eames, Zelie de Lussan, Scalchi, Campanari, and Maurel. Mancinelli conducting.

1895. Feb. 8. Cecile Chaminade's "Concertstücke," for orchestra, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1895. Feb. 16. Gustav Strube's overture to "The Maid of Orleans" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1895. Feb. 21. Howard LeGrand's oratorio "The Resurrection" given by the Church Choral Society, New York City.

1895. Feb. 22. Rheinberger's Concerto in G minor, for organ, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1895. Feb. 28. Maurice Arnold's "American Plantation Dances" given by the American Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1895. Mar. 1. American début of Johanna Gadski, soprano, as Elsa in "Lohengrin" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1895. Mar. 23. Marschner's overture to "Hans Heiling," and Reinecke's entr'acte of "Der Gouverneur von Tours" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; also R. Kahn's overture in C minor "Elegie" produced (from MS.). "Hans Heiling" played 1856. April 19. by the Philharmonic Society, New York.

1895. Mar. 30. H. Goetz's "Spring Overture"; Knorr's "Variations on an Ukraine Folk Song," and H. W. Parker's Rhapsody for baritone and orchestra, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.