1876. Feb. 3. Saint-Saëns's Second Pianoforte Concerto (G minor) given by the Harvard Musical Association, in Boston, with B. J. Lang as soloist. Carl Zerrahn conducting.
1876. Feb. 17. Saint-Saëns's Violoncello Concerto in A minor given at a concert of the Harvard Musical Association, in Boston, with Wulf Fries as soloist.
1876. Feb. 19. Cherubini's overture to "Faniska" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1876. Feb. 25. Teresa Carreño, great pianist, appeared as a singer in the part of Anna in "Don Giovanni," under Strakosch, at the Academy of Music, New York City.
1876. Feb. 28. Raff's "Suite in F" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.
1876. Feb. 28. The first part of Liszt's oratorio "Christus" given by the Oratorio Society, New York City. (The whole work was performed by the same society Mar. 2, 1887.)
1876. April 17. American debut of Anna del Belocca, contralto, in "Il Barbiere" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under Strakosch.
1876. April 16. Handel's oratorio "Joshua" given by the Handel and Haydn Society, in Boston.
1876. April 22. Chaikovsky's overture to "Romeo et Juliette" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Carl Bergmann as conductor.
1876. May 11. Wagner's "Centennial March"; Dudley Buck's "Centennial Meditation of Columbia"; and J. K. Paine's "Centennial Hymn" produced at the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia, under Theodore Thomas.