re Bird" and "Rhapsodie
Negre," and John Powell's suite, "The Fair," with the composer
at the piano, given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, at
Carnegie Hall, New York City.

1918. Mar. 23. Henry F. Gilbert's ballet pantomime "The Dance in
Place Congo" produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
City. P. Monteux conducting.

1918. Mar. 23. Charles Wakefield Cadman's opera "Shanewis"
produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with
Alice Gentle, Kathleen Howard, Marie Sundelius, Paul Althouse,
and Chalmers. Moranzoni conducting.

1918. April. Eugene Ysaye, noted Belgian violinist, appointed
conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1918. April 26. A. T. Davison's "Tragic Overture" produced by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ernest Schmidt conducting.

1918. May. 9. Eugene Ysaye's poem "Exil," for string orchestra
without basses, produced at the Cincinnati May Festival,
conducted by the composer.

1918. May 10. Edgar Stillman Kelley's choral work, "The Pilgrim's
Progress," produced at the Cincinnati May Festival.

1918. May 30. David Stanley Smith's oratorio "Rhapsody of St.
Bernard" produced at the North Shore Festival, Evanston, Ill.,
under the direction of Peter C. Lutkin.

1918. June. Ossip Gabrilovitsch, noted pianist, appointed
conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

1918. June 4. David Stanley Smith's Second Symphony (D major).
(Played in New York by the Philharmonic Society Dec. 2.) Also G.
W. Chadwick's "Land of Our Hearts" for chorus and orchestra, and
Horatio Parker's cantata "Dream of Mary," with Mabel Garrison
and Carl Formes as soloists, produced at Norfolk, Conn., by the
Litchfield County Choral Association.

1918. June 6. C. Villiers Stanford's tone poem "Verdun" given at
Norfolk, Conn. (and by the Philharmonic Society New York Dec.
2).

1918. Oct. 15. First concert in America of "Le Societe des
Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris," Andre Messager, conductor,
at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1918. Oct. 18. A. Hadley's one-act opera "Bianca" produced at the
Park Theatre, New York City, with Maggie Teyte, Henri Scott,
Craig Campbell, Howard White, and Carl Formes. (This opera won a
prize offered by Wm. Hinshaw.)

1918. Oct. 20. American debut of Alfred Cortot, noted French
pianist, at a concert of "Le So