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

by Henry Charles Lahee

1861. Feb. 3. Schumann's Third Symphony (E flat major) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1861. Feb. 11. Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Maschera" given at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Colson, Adelaide Phillips, Hinckley, Brignoli, Ferri.

1861. Feb. 27. American début of Clara Louise Kellogg as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under Grau and de Vivo.

1861. Mar. 16. Mozart's Eighth Pianoforte Concerto (in D) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Richard Hoffman, as soloist.

1861. April 20. Mendelssohn's "First Walpurgis Night" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.

1861. Masse's opera "Les Nôces de Jeanette" with Kellogg, Elena, Mancini, Debreuil, given at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., also Donizetti's "Betley," with Miss Hinkley, Brignoli, Lusini.

1861. Nov. 9. Chopin's Second Pianoforte Concerto given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with S. B. Mills as soloist.

1861-1908. Edward MacDowell. Noted American pianist, composer and teacher.

1862. Jan. 30. Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" given in the Old South Church, Boston, under the direction of B. J. Lang.

1862. Feb. Brahms's First Serenade given by the Philharmonic Society, New York.