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

by Henry Charles Lahee

1882. April 6. Berlioz's "Requiem" given by the New York Oratorio Society.

1882. April 15. Goetz's Violin Concerto given by Theodore Thomas in New York City.

1882. April 20. Dr. Leopold Damrosch's "Sulamith" given by the Oratorio Society of New York City.

1882. May 6. Second act of H. Berlioz' "Les Troyens" (The Fall of Troy) given at a musical festival in the armory of the Seventh Regiment in New York City, under Theodore Thomas, with Madame Materna, E. Aline Osgood, E. Winant, Campanini, Galassi, Remmertz and M. W. Whitney as soloists.

1882. July 12. Hofmann's "Overture to a Drama," and on the 18th Liszt's Second "Mephisto" Waltz given by Theodore Thomas, in Chicago, Ill.

1882. Oct. 16. Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" performed under the management of Maurice Grau, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City.

1882. Nov. 3. The "Vorspiel" to Wagner's opera "Parsifal" given by Theodore Thomas, in New York City. Also F. Cowen's "Scandinavian Symphony."

1882. Nov. 29. Guilmant's First Symphony for organ and orchestra, given at a Philharmonic Concert in Music Hall, Boston, with F. Archer as soloist. (The first movement had been given by C. H. Morse, Dec. 5, 1879.)

1882. Dec. 6. Gounod's oratorio "The Redemption" given (from manuscript) by the New York Chorus Society, under Theodore Thomas.

1882. Dec. 6. Saint-Saëns's ode "La Lyre et La Harpe" sung by the Arion Society, Providence, R. I., under Jules Jordan.