Chapter XXVII: Appendix: I

PARTIAL LIST OF “FIRST PERFORMANCES” IN AMERICA
AURIC—Nocturne (January 26-27, 1923)
BLISS—Mêlée Fantasque (February 27-28, 1925)
BRAUNFELS—Fantastic Variations (October 14-15, 1921)
CARPENTER—“A Pilgrim Vision” (November 26-27, 1920)
CONVERSE—“The Mystic Trumpeter” (March 3-4, 1905)
DE FALLA—Excerpts from “El Amor Brujo” (April 15-17, 1922)
D’INDY—Symphony No. 2, in B flat (December 30-31, 1904)
D’INDY—“Wallenstein” (December 19-20, 1902)
DVORAK—Heldenlied (December 27-28, 1901)
FITELBERG—Polish Rhapsody (November 4-5, 1921)
GLAZOUNOW—Scènes de Ballet (February 24-25, 1905)
GRANADOS—Intermezzo and Epiloque from “Goyescas”
(March 10-11, 1916)
HAUSEGGER—Symphonic Poem, “Wieland der Schmied”
(October 17-18, 1913)
MAHLER—Symphony No. 8 (March 2, 1916)
MAHLER—Das Lied von der Erde (December 16, 1916)
DANIEL GREGORY MASON—Symphony No. 1, in C minor
(February 18-19, 1916)
PURCELL—Trumpet Prelude (December 26-27, 1924)
RABAUD—Symphony No. 2, in E minor (October 24-25, 1913)
RACHMANINOFF—Symphony No. 3, “The Bells”
(February 6-7, 1920)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOW—Excerpts from “Kitesch” (Solitude and
The Battle), (October 26-27, 1923)
SCHELLING—A Victory Ball (February 23-24, 1923)
SKRYABIN—Symphony No. 3, “Le Divin Poème”
(November 19-10, 1915)
SIBELIUS—Symphony No. 5, in E flat (October 21-22, 1921)
RICHARD STRAUSS—Alpensymphonie (April 28-29, 1916)
STRAWINSKY—Le Chant du Rossignol (October 19-20, 1923)
STRAWINSKY—Symphonies d’Instruments à Vent, à la mémoire
de Claude Achille Debussy (November 23-24, 1923)
STRAWINSKY—Sacre du Printemps (March 3-4, 1922)

CONCERTOS

MAX BRUCH—Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra
(December 29-30, 1916) First World Performance.
MEDTNER—Concerto in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
(October 31-November 1, 1924)
ORNSTEIN—Second Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
(February 13-14, 1925)
SZYMANOWSKI—Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
(November 28-29, 1924)
TAILLEFERRE—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
(March 20-21, 1925)

Performances of the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven:

March 26, 1903; January 1-2, 1904; February 7-8, 1907; February
27, 1907 (Baltimore); March 13-14, 1914; May 7-8, 1920; December
3-4, 1920; April 8, 1921 (Pittsburgh); February 21, 1924 (Toronto);
March 4, 1924 (New York); March 6, 1924 (Philadelphia with Mendelssohn
Choir of Toronto)