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THEODORE THOMAS (1835-1905)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 868 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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, 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 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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