h Wallace Goodrich as soloist.
1921. Oct. 21. Jan Sibelius's "Fifth Symphony" (E flat) given by
the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
1921. Oct. 23. Production of Louis T. Gruenberg's symphonic poem
"The Hill of Dreams" by the Symphony Society, New York City, at
Aeolian Hall. (This work won the prize offered in 1920 by Harry
Harkins Flagler.)
1921. Oct. 28. Ravel's "La Valse" given by the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra, under Alfred Hertz.
1921. Nov. 4. Gregor Fitelberg's "Polish Rhapsody" given by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. (This work in its original
form, won the $1000 prize offered by Mrs. F. S. Coolidge in
1919, and was played at the Berkshire Festival of Chamber Music
at Pittsfield, Mass., in September of that year.)
1921. Nov. 6. Rudolf Ganz formally welcomed as conductor of the
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
1921. Nov. 13. H. H. Wetzler's overture to "As You Like It," given
by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
1921. Nov. 14. American debut of Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor,
as _Alfredo_ in "La Traviata," at the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York City.
1921. Nov. 15. American debut of Tino Pattiera, Italian tenor, as
_Mario_ in "La Tosca" with the Chicago Opera Association.
1921. Nov. 16. Operatic debut of Edith Mason as _Cio-Cio-San_ in
"Madama Butterfly," with the Chicago Opera Association.
1921. Nov. 17. Production of H. K. Hadley's tone poem "The Ocean"
by the Philharmonic Orchestra, New York City, conducted by the
composer.
1921. Nov. 19. Erich W. Korngold's opera, "Die Tote Stadt,"
presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on
which occasion Marie Jeritza, noted Moravian soprano, made her
American debut. Bodansky conducting.
1921. Nov. 28. American debut (as pianist) of Alfredo Casella,
noted Italian composer, at a recital in the Town Hall, New York
City.
1921. Nov. 29. American operatic debut of Claire Dux, soprano, as
_Mimi_ in "La Boheme," with the Chicago Opera Association.
1921. Dec. 16. Production of Serge Prokofiev's "Classical
Symphony" (D major) by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the
composer as pianist.
1921. Dec. 23. Production of the music of John Alden Carpenter's
jazz pantomime, "Krazy Kat," by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
1921. Dec. 25. American debut of Artur Schnabel, German pianist,
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