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 Cellist and Conductor Arturo Toscanini Sep 1908 Events in Music by Year Dec 1908 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers