6. Liszt's "Twenty-third Psalm" given with chorus and
orchestra by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, Vernon
Stiles, soloist. J. Stransky, conductor.

1917. Dec. 6. Frederick Jacobi's orchestral suite "California"
produced at the Cort Theatre, San Francisco, Cal., by the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

1917. Dec. 14. Widor's "Prelude" for organ, three trumpets, three
trombones, and kettledrums, given by the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra.

1917. Dec. 19. Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf" presented by the
Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, with F. Alda, K.
Howard, de Luca, Rothier, de Segurola, T. Chalmers, Rossi. P.
Monteux conducting.

1917. Dec. 26. Arthur Hadley's opera "Azora" produced by the
Chicago Opera Association, with Anna Fitziu, Cyrena van Gordon,
and F. Lamont. Conducted by the composer.

1917. Dec. 28. Henry K. Hadley awarded the Hinshaw prize for an
opera, "Bianca," for small orchestra, without chorus.

1917. A Symphony Orchestra organized in New Orleans, La.

1917. Dec. 27. Production of Percy Mackaye and Arthur Farwell's
masque "The Evergreen Tree," by the MacDowell Club, assisted by
the Manuscript Society and Prospect Heights (Brooklyn) Choral
Society, in New York City.

1918. Jan. 3. Liszt's oratorio "St. Elizabeth" presented in
operatic form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City,
with Florence Easton, M. Matzenauer, Clarence Whitehill,
Schlegel, Leonard and Ruysdael. Bodansky conducting.

1918. Jan. 5. World premiere of Arthur Nevin's one-act opera,
"Daughter of the Forest," by the Chicago Opera Association, with
Vix, Peralta, Lamont, and Godfrey. Conducted by the composer.

1918. Jan. 6. Hubay's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra given by
the Symphony Society, New York City, at Aeolian Hall, with E.
Zimbalist as soloist. Also, Kalikinnov's Second Symphony (in G
minor).

1918. Jan. 10. E. Bloch's "Trois Poemes Juifs"--"Danse," "Rite,"
and "Cortege Funebre"--given by the Symphony Society, New York
City.

1918. Jan. 12. Mascagni's opera "Lodoletta" presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with G. Farrar, Lila
Robeson, Caruso, de Segurola, Amato, Didur, and Cecil Arden.
Moranzoni conducting.

1918. Jan. 12. American debut of Max Rosen, violinist, in
Goldmark's violin concerto in A minor, with the Philharmonic