30. Henri Rabaud's symphonic poem, "La Procession
Nocturne" played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Frank van
der Stucken conducting.

1890. April 23. Brahms's First Pianoforte Concerto given at
Steinway Hall, New York, by Conrad Ansorge, assisted by part of
the Th. Thomas Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 1. Tanaief's symphony in C, with Harold Bauer (debut) as
soloist, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 2. Scriabin's "Reverie" given by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 5. Coleridge Taylor's cantata "Hiawatha's Departure"
given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1900. Dec. 8. Smetana's fourth symphonic poem "Ma Vlast" given by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. 10. F. X. Arens's "Salve Regina" given by the Musical
Arts Society, in New York City.

1900. Dec. 22. F. S. Converse's "Festival of Pan" produced by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1900. Dec. Bach's B minor Mass given by the Bach Choir at
Bethlehem, Pa., at one of the Bach Festivals which were
inaugurated this year.

1901. Jan. Death of Edmund C. Stanton, manager of the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York City, from 1884 to 1891.

1901. Jan. 11. Rimsky-Korsakof's "Fantaisie de Concert" for violin
given by the Philharmonic Society in New York City with Maud
Powell as soloist.

1901. Jan. 14. New York debut of Margaret McIntyre, soprano, as
_Marguerite_ in Boito's opera "Mefistofele" at the Metropolitan
Opera House.

1901. Jan. 16. New York debut of Lucienne Breval, noted French
soprano, in Massenet's opera "Le Cid," at the Metropolitan Opera
House.

1901. Jan. 18. Victor Herbert's symphonic poem "Hero and Leander"
produced by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the
composer.

1901. Jan. 23. Luigini's "La Voix des Cloches" given at a concert
of the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1901. Jan. 27. H. R. Shelley's overture "Santa Claus" given at a
concert in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, under
Walter Damrosch.

1901. Jan. 29. C. M. Loeffler's "Divertissement Espagnol" for
saxophone and orchestra (written for Mrs. Richard J. Hall)
produced at a concert of the Orchestral Club in Boston, with
Mrs. Hall as soloist.

1901. Feb. 2. I. Bruell's overture to "Macbeth" (Op. 46), and van
der Stucken's symphonic prologue to "William Ratcliffe," given
by