1893. Feb. 4. Arthur Foote's ballad "The Skeleton in Armor" for
chorus, quartet and orchestra, produced by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.

1893. Mar. 4. G. Riemenschneider's "Toedtentanz" given by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1884. Feb. 3. Volkmann's Violoncello Concerto given by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.

1893. Mar. 17. Edgar Tinel's oratorio "St. Francis d'Assisi" given
by the Oratorio Society, New York City.

1893. April 8. Margaret Ruthven Lang's "Dramatic Overture"
produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1893. April 15. F. Busoni's Symphonic Tone Poem produced by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1893. May 3. H. W. Parker's oratorio "Hora Novissima" produced by
the Church Choral Society in New York City.

1893. June. Musorgsky's "Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve" said to have
been played in a series of Russian concerts at the World's
Columbian Exposition (June 5-13) with V. T. Hlavac, conductor.

1893. June 6. Balakiref's Overture on Russian Themes given at the
Chicago Exposition at a concert of Russian music, and on June 7,
Glazunof's "Triumphal March."

1895. June 12. Arthur Bird's Third Orchestral Suite given at the
Chicago (Ill.) Exposition.

1893. July 7. Harry Rowe Shelley's "Carnival Overture" produced at
the Chicago Exposition, and on the 19th his suite "The Ruined
Castle."

1893. July 29. Margaret Ruthven Lang's overture "Witches" produced
at the Chicago Exposition.

1893. Aug. Bizet's opera, "The Pearl Fishers," given in English in
Philadelphia.

1893. Nov. 16. Scholz's suite, "Wanderings," given by the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra.

1893. Nov. 16. Gounod's opera "Philemon et Baucis" given in
English by the Duff Opera Company, at Herrman's Theatre, New
York City.

1893. Nov. 24. G. Charpentier's orchestral suite "Impressions
d'Italie" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1893. Nov. 27. New Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, opened
with a performance of "Faust," at which Pol Plancon, noted
French basso, made his American debut.

1893. Nov. 29. American debut of Emma Calve, noted French
mezzo-soprano, as _Santuzza_, in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1893. Dec. 2. American debut of Richard Burmeister, pianist, at
Carnegie Hall, New York City, with the Damrosch Orchestra.

1893. Dec. 3.