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

by Henry Charles Lahee

1896. Jan. 4. Lalo's Suite "Namouna," given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1896. Jan. 23. Edward MacDowell's "Indian Suite" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1896. American début of Milka Ternina, soprano, as Brunnhilde in "Die Walküre" in Boston.

1896. Feb. 7. Chaikovsky's First Symphony (G minor) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1896. Feb. 11. Stage production of Walter Damrosch's opera "The Scarlet Letter," at the Boston Theatre, Boston, Mass., with Gadski, Berthald and Mertens.

1896. Feb. 13. Scharwenka's opera "Mataswintha" given in concert form by the Manuscript Society in New York City.

1896. Feb. 22. H. Zöllner's orchestral fantasia "Midnight at Sedan" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1896. Mar. 21. "Three Hungarian Dances" by Brahms, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1896. April 4. Production of Gustav Strube's Symphony in C minor, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1896. April 17. Handel's Concerto in F, for strings, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and on the 24th Smetana's symphonic poem "Vysehrad."