1904. Feb. 20. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony (unfinished) given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Feb. 26. Frederick Stock's "Symphonic Variations" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Feb. 27. Th. Akimenko's "Lyric Poem" for orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Mar. 3. Arensky's "Variations on an Original Theme," and Tanaief's "First Symphony," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra at the Cooper Union, New York City.

1904. Mar. 12. G. Strube's "Fantastic Overture" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Mar. 21. Richard Strauss's "Symphonia Domestica" given by the Philharmonic Society, New York City, conducted by the composer.

1904. Mar. 23. Glazunof's symphonic poem "Stenka Razin" given at a Chickering concert in Boston under B. J. Lang.

1904. April 9. Glazunof's overture "Carneval" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 11. Widor's "Ouverture Espagnol," Rameau's opera ballet "Les Indes Galantes," and Ten Brink's "Premiere Suite d'Orchestre," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1904. April 16. Madame Helen Hopekirk's Concert Piece in D minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Madame Hopekirk as soloist.

1904. April 17. Gleason's symphonic poem "Edris" produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 23. Hugo Wolf's symphonic poem "Penthesilea" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 23. Chadwick's concert overture "Euterpe" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. April 30. Sibelius's tone poem "Eine Saga" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Production of Leo Schulz's "American Festival Overture" at the St. Louis Exposition.

1904. Oct. A Symphony Orchestra formed in New York City by Arnold Volpe.

1899. Jan. 13. P. Dukas's scherzo "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Nov. 5. Elgar's overture "In the South" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Nov. 6. Mahler's Fourth Symphony given by the Symphony Society, New York City.

1904. Nov. 11. E. Boehe's "Wanderings of Odysseus" given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, also Max Schilling's tone poem "The Witch Song."

1904. Nov. 18. Chausson's "Poeme" for solo violin with orchestra, given by the Symphony Society in New York City. (It was played in Boston April 25 by Miss Jessie Davis, piano, and Hugh Codman, violin).

1904. Nov. 19. Rimsky-Korsakof's third act of the ballet "Mlada,"

and Rachmaninof's dances from "Aleko" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, New York City.

1904. Nov. 26. Saint-Saens's First Symphony (E flat major) and Ma.s.senet's "Hungarian Scenes" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 3. Carl Goldmark's overture "In Italy" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 3. Bach's Second Violin Concerto (in E major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 17. Rachmaninof's Pianoforte Concerto in F sharp minor given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1904. Dec. 24. Chaikovsky's symphonic description of "The Battle of Poltava," and the hopak from "Mazeppa," also Glazunof's symphonic poem "Stenka Razin," and Rimsky-Korsakof's overture "May Night" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City.

1904. Dec. 31. D'Indy's Symphony in B flat major (Op. 57) given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1904. The Chicago Orchestra permanently endowed and Orchestra Hall built.

1904. American debut of Luisa Tetrazzini took place at the Tivoli, in San Francisco, Cal.

1904. Coleridge Taylor visited America as the guest of the Coleridge Taylor Society of Washington, D. C.

1904. Emil Paur appointed conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1904-1910).

1904-5. Johann Strauss's opera "Die Zigeunerbaron" given at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. This was produced in English at the Casino Feb. 15, 1886.

1904-5. Guest conductors of the Philharmonic Society, New York City, for this season were:

Frederic H. Cowen of London, England Arthur Nikisch of Vienna, Austria E. Schuch of Dresden, Germany B. Glazunof of St. Petersburg, Russia C. V. Stanford of London, England E. Colonne of Paris, France Sir E. Elgar of Malvern, England

1905. Jan. 4. E. Chabrier's "Danse Slave" from the opera "Le Roi Malgre Lui"; A. Georges's "Prelude d'Axel"; H. Sitt's "Andante"

for violin and orchestra; G. Sparck's symphonic poem, "Boabdil"; C. Forsyth's "Concerto in G minor" (first movement); Erik Satie's "Gymnopedies" numbers 1 and 2, orchestrated by C.

Debussy; and J. Bordier's "Meditation on the seventh prelude of Bach," given by the Orchestral Club in Boston.

1905. Jan. 20. Simandl's concert piece for double-ba.s.s and orchestra given by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 20. Elgar's concert overture "Froissart" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 21. Rimsky-Korsakof's suite "Tsar-Saltan" given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1905. Jan. 21. Hugo Wolf's "Italian Serenade" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Jan. 21. F. S. Converse's two poems "Night" and "Day" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 3. Rimsky-Korsakof's Pianoforte Concerto in C sharp minor given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 4. Eugen d'Albert's Second Pianoforte Concerto (in E major) given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 8. Elgar's "Benedictus" given by the New York Oratorio Society.

1905. Feb. 11. Bruch's Serenade in A minor for violin given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Feb. 25. Arensky's suite "Silhouettes," excerpts from Mussorgsky's opera "Khovanstchina," and Kalinnikof's "Symphony in A," given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.

1905. Mar. 3. Converse's fantasia "The Mystic Trumpeter" produced by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

1905. Mar. 25. Gustav Mahler's Fifth (Giant) Symphony given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.