1878. Feb. 16. Goldmark's "Wedding March and Variations" given by Theodore Thomas, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
1878. Feb. 28. Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City.
1878. Mar. 5. Wagner's opera "Rienzi" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Madame Pappenheim as Adriane, Miss Hüman as Irene, Charles R. Adams as Rienzi, and Blum as Orsini.
1878. May 14. O. Singer's "Festival Ode" given at the Cincinnati (O.) May festival with Madame Eugenie Pappenheim, C. R. Adams, and M. W. Whitney as soloists. Theodore Thomas conducting.
1878. Sept. 26. American début of August Wilhelmj, noted violinist, at Steinway Hall, New York City.
1878. Oct. 3. Brahms's Second Symphony (D major) given in New York City, by Theodore Thomas.
1878. Oct. 23. Bizet's opera "Carmen" presented at the Academy of Music, New York City, with Minnie Hauck, Madame Sinico, Italo Campanini, and Del Puente.
1878. Nov. 11. American début of Etelka Gerster, brilliant soprano, at the Academy of Music, New York City, as Amina, in "La Sonnambula," supported by Campanini and Galassi.
1878. Nov. 23. Ernst's violin concerto "Pathétique" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Edouard Remenyi as soloist.
1878. Dec. 19. Mozart Pianoforte Concerto in A major, given by the Harvard Musical Association, in Boston, with H. G. Tucker as soloist.