Events in Music History in 1908

Rapsodie Espagnole

Mar 15 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's orchestral rhapsody "Rapsodie Espagnole" in Paris

Mahler's 7th Symphony

Sep 19 Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony premieres in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

  • Nov 4 Brooklyn Academy of Music opens in NYC
  • Nov 14 Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat" premieres in Vienna

Toscanini at the Met

Nov 16 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera

Elgar's 1st Symphony

Dec 3 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter, premieres in Manchester, England