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See also: American musician, was See also: born in Esens, See also: Germany, on the 11th of See also: October 1835
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His early musical training was received chiefly from his See also: father
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At the age of five he made his first public appearance as a violinist
.
In 1845 he was taken to See also: America by his parents, and became first See also: violin in the orchestra that accompanied Jenny See also: Lind in 1850, Sontag in 1852 and See also: Grisi and Mario in 1854
.
In 2862 he began to organize his own orchestra, and from 1864 to 1878 were performed a series of See also: symphony concerts inaugurated by him in Irving See also: Hall, which were regarded as one of the
See also: great musical institutions of New See also: York City
.
His summer See also: night" concerts begun in 1866 in Terrace 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 is largely due the popularization of Wagner's
See also: works in America, and it was he who founded the Wagner 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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