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THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 868 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS, See also:THEODORE (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 Theodore 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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