1912. April 7. Max Reger's "Romantic" and "Ballet" Suites, given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1912. April 8. First appearance in America of the London (England) Symphony Orchestra, A. Nikisch, conductor, at Carnegie Hall, New York City.
1912. April 14. Production of P. G. Clapp's "Dramatic Poem," by the Pierian Sodality of Harvard University, at the Hotel Astor, New York City.
1912. April 14. Monteverde's opera "Orfeo" given in concert form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Rita Fornia, M. Duchène, Anna Case, H. Weil, H. Witherspoon and Basil Ruysdael.
1912. May. Production of Arne Oldberg's "Symphonic Variations" at the North Shore Festival, Evanston, Ill.
1912. May 16. Production of Wm. Berwald's overture "Walthari" by the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor, at the Central New York Music Festival, Syracuse, N. Y.
1912. June 4. Production of G. W. Chadwick's symphonic fantasie "Aphrodite" by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.
1912. June 5. Production of Henry F. Gilbert's "Negro Rhapsody," also Coleridge Taylor's Concerto for Violin, his "Negro Air" for solo violin and orchestra, and "A Tale of Old Japan," by the Litchfield County Choral Union, at Norfolk, Conn.
1912. Oct. Leopold Stokowski, having severed his connection with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in March, appeared as conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
1912. Oct. 30. A. Schoenberg's "Five Pieces for Orchestra" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.