1876. Oct. 9. Saint-Saëns's symphonic poem "Phaeton" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.
1876. Nov. 8. Wagner's opera "Il Vascello Fantasma" given in Philadelphia in Italian by Madame Pappenheim.
1876. Nov. 14. Madame Annette Essipoff, pianist, made her début at Steinway Hall, New York City.
1876. Nov. 25. Bach's Suite in C given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.
1876. Dec. 26. Music Teachers' National Association organized at Delaware, Ohio, by Eben Tourjée, Theodore Presser, G. W. Cole, W. H. Dana, and others.
1876. Loring Club formed in San Francisco, Cal.
1877. Jan. 13. K. Goldmark's symphony "Ländliche Hochzeit" and Haydn's "The Tempest" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City.
1877. Jan. 16. Gade's "Noveletten" played in New York City, by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
1877. Feb. 23. American début of Emma Abbott, noted American soprano, in "La Figlia del Reggimento" at the Academy of Music, New York City, under the management of de Vivo.
1877. Mar. 1. Saint-Saëns's "Third Pianoforte Concerto" (in E flat) given by the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, with B. J. Lang as soloist.