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

by Henry Charles Lahee

1871. The Illinois College Conservatory of Music, Jacksonville, Ill., established, with I. B. Posnawski as director.

1871. The Apollo Club (male voices) established in Boston with B. J. Lang as conductor.

1872. Jan. 6. Reinecke's Pianoforte Concerto in F sharp minor (Op. 72) given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with S. B. Mills as soloist.

1872. Jan. 20. Cherubini's opera "Les Deux Journées" (The Water Carriers) presented in Boston, by Madame Parepa-Rosa and her company. First New York performance was Feb. 10.

1872. Jan. 20. Liszt's symphonic poem "Orpheus" given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1872. Feb. 1. Haydn's "Oxford Symphony" (in G) given by the Harvard Musical Association, in Boston.

1872. Feb. 14. American début of Charles Santley, noted English baritone, in "Zampa" at New York City.

1872. Feb. 23. Gade's Third Concert Overture given in Boston, by the Harvard Musical Association.

1872. Mar. 7. Taubert's "Arabian Nights" overture; and Mozart's Seventh Pianoforte Concerto (C minor) with Hugo Leonhard as soloist, given by the Harvard Musical Association, in Boston.

1872. Mar. 22. Ambroise Thomas's opera "Hamlet" presented in New York City, with Christine Nilsson as Ophelia, Annie Louise Cary as The Queen, Brignoli as Laertes, A. Barre as Hamlet, Coletti as The Ghost, Reichardt as Horatio, and Locatelli as Polonius.