aikovsky's symphonic ballad "Voyvode" given by
the Symphony Society in New York City.

1897. Dec. 3. Introduction to Act II of d'Albert's opera "Gernot,"
given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Frederick Archer
conductor.

1897. Dec. Production of Henry K. Hadley's First Symphony under
direction of Anton Seidl, in New York City.

1897. Dec. 10. Raoul Pugno, French pianist, first appeared in the
United States.

1897. Dec. 13. Massenet's opera "Le Portrait de Manon" given in
French by the Society of Musical Arts, at the Astoria, New York
City. Also C. Chaminade's ballet "Callirhoe," and on Dec. 21, an
opera by V. Thompson and Aime Lachaume, "In Old Japan," was
produced.

1897-8. The Damrosch-Ellis Opera Company gave grand opera
throughout the country with artists including Melba, Nordica,
Gadski, soprani; van Cauteren and Mattfeld, contralti; Kraus,
Salignac, Rothmuehl and Ibos, tenors; Stehman, Fischer, and
Boudouresque, basses.

1898. Jan. 7. Hugo Kaun's "Festival March and Hymn" given by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1898. Jan. 8. Siegfried Wagner's symphonic poem "Sehnsucht" given
by the Philharmonic Society in New York City.

1898. Jan. 8. Production of C.M. Loeffler's dramatic poem, "La
mort de Tintagiles" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1898. Jan. 14. Hugo Kaun's Symphony in D minor given by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1898. Jan. 15. Paganini's "Caprice" for violin, in A minor, given
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1898. Jan. 25. American debut of Alexander Siloti, famous Russian
pianist, as a concert given by Anton Seidl at the Astoria, New
York City.

1898. Jan. 27. Production of Gustav Strube's overture for
trumpets, horns, tuba and kettledrums, at a concert of the
Apollo Club in Boston.

1898. Jan. 27. Dubois's Concerto for Violin, in D minor, given by
the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Henri Marteau as soloist.

1898. Jan. 29. Cesar Franck's symphonic poem "The Wild Huntsman"
given at Cincinnati, O., by Theodore Thomas.

1898. Nov. 12. Chaikovsky's Second Pianoforte Concerto (G major)
given by the Philharmonic Society, New York. Alexander Siloti,
soloist.

1898. Feb. 26. A. Goring Thomas's cantata "The Swan and the
Skylark" given at a Seidl Concert in the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York City.

1898. Mar. 1. H. H. Huss