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)