ky's-Korsakof's "Serbian Fantaisie" and G.
Huee's suite "Croquois d'Orient" given by the Symphony Society of
New York City.
1916. Feb. 18. Production of Daniel Gregory Mason's First Symphony
(C minor) by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
1916. Mar. 3. Gustav Mahler's "Giant Symphony" (Eighth) given by
the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra with more than one thousand
performers.
1916. Mar. 10. Production of J. A. Carpenter's "Concertino" by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Percy Grainger as pianist.
1916. April 23. Victor Louis Saar's "Suite Rococo" given by the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1916. April 25. R. Strauss's "Alpine Symphony" given by the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1916. April 25. Production of Franz C. Bornschein's cantata
"Onawa" at the Tri-City Musical Festival at Paterson, N. J.
(This work won the prize offered by the New Jersey Choral
Society.)
1916. May 4. V. d'Indy's prize choral work "Le Chant de la Cloche"
given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.
1956. June. Production by the Litchfield County Choral Union at
Norfolk, Conn., of Percy Grainger's suite for orchestra "In a
Nutshell" conducted by the composer; C. M. Loeffler's symphony
"Hora Mystica" conducted by the composer.
1916. July 12-16. Production at the Seattle Festival of State
Federation of Musical Clubs of C. W. Cadman's symphonic fantasy
"To a Vanishing Race" and J. H. Howe's "Festival Overture."
1916. Oct. 16. Ernest Bloch's two poems, "Winter" and "Spring,"
played at the 44th St. Theatre, New York City. (They were given
by the New Symphony Orchestra, New York City, on Nov. 5, 1919.)
1916. Oct. 20. Schelling's "Violin Concerto" produced by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra with Fritz Kreisler as soloist.
1916. Oct. 26. J. M. Ravel's "Valses Nobles et Sentimentales"
given by the Symphony Society, New York City.
1916. Oct. 29. C. S. Skilton's "Two Indian Dances," (1) "Deer
Dance" (Rogue River, Ore.), and (2) "War Dance" (Cheyenne),
produced by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. (They had been
played as a string quartet in January by the Zoellner Quartet.)
1916. Nov. 13. Bizet's opera "Les Pecheurs des Perles" presented
entire at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. (Two acts
were given in 1897.)
1916. Nov. 18. American debut of Amelita Galli-Curci, as _Gilda_
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