In compiling this work such newspapers as are available have been consulted, also the programs of the leading choral and orchestral societies. Valuable help has been gained from the excellent works of Mr. Oscar G. Sonneck, Mr. E. H. Krehbiel, Mr. Philip Goepp, Mr. George P. Upton, Allston Brown and other writers on the American stage, and above all from the admirable notes of Mr. Philip Hale in the programs of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It would be ungracious to close this preface without acknowledging with gratitude the valuable assistance of Miss Barbara Duncan of the Boston Public Library.
HENRY C. LAHEE
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Preface | [v] | |
| I. | 1640-1750 | [1] |
| II. | 1750-1800 | [5] |
| III. | 1800-1825 | [14] |
| IV. | 1825-1850 | [20] |
| V. | 1850-1875 | [36] |
| VI. | 1875-1890 | [64] |
| VII. | 1890-1900 | [95] |
| VIII. | 1900-1921 | [117] |
| Index of Compositions | [193] | |
| Miscellaneous Items | [280] |