See also:THEODORE See also:THOMAS (1835-1905)
, See also:American musician, was See also:born in Esens, See also:Germany, on the 11th of See also:October 1835
.
His See also:early musical training was received chiefly from his See also:father
.
At the See also:age of five he made his first public See also:appearance as a violinist
.
In 1845 he was taken to See also:America by his parents, and became first See also:violin in the See also:orchestra that accompanied Jenny See also:Lind in 1850, Sontag in 1852 and See also:Grisi and See also:Mario in 1854
.
In 2862 he began to organize his own orchestra, and from 1864 to 1878 were performed a See also:series of See also:symphony concerts inaugurated by him in See also:Irving See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, which were regarded as one of the See also:great musical institutions of New See also:York See also:City
.
His summer See also:night" concerts begun in 1866 in See also:Terrace See also:Garden were continued in Central See also:Park
.
From 1855 to 1868 he took See also:part in a series of chamber See also:music concerts in New York
.
In the latter See also:year his orchestra made its first tour, and continued to give concerts in various American cities until it was disbanded in 1888
.
To See also:Theodore See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas is largely due the popularization of See also:Wagner's
See also:works in America, and it was he who founded the Wagner See also:union in 1872
.
During most of the seasons from 1877 to 1891 he was conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society, and from 1862 to 1891, of the See also:Brooklyn Philharmonic Society
.
He was director of the See also:Cincinnati See also:College of Music (1878-1879), conductor of the American See also:Opera See also:Company (1886-1887), and for more than See also:thirty years (1873-1904) the conductor of the biennial May festivals at Cincinnati
.
In 1891 he removed to See also:Chicago, and became the conductor of the Chicago Orchestra; in 1893 he was musical director of the Columbian Exposition
.
He died on the 4th of See also:January 1905
.
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