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Benjamin Franklin invents the Glass Harmonica
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Billings New England Psalm Singer
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Period: to
PT Barnum/Jenny Lind US tour (date range)
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Gottschalk The Banjo
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Carnegie Hall, New York (completed)
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Dvorak String Quartet "American"
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Amy Beach Gaelic Symphony (composed)
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Period: to
Broadway's 1st Golden Age (range)
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Florence Price Symphony No.1
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Copland El Salón México
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John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
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Bernstein West Side Story (Broadway premiere)
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John Adams The Death of Klinghoffer
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James Horner Soundtrack for Titanic
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Miranda Hamilton (Premiere)