Timeline December 1842

Events in December 1842 3

• 1842 New York Philharmonic gives first concert The oldest American symphony orchestra makes its debut The Philharmonic Society of New York, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill and others, gave its first concert at the Apollo Rooms on Broadway. The programme opened with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States.
• 1842 Premiere of Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila Glinka's second opera opens in Saint Petersburg Mikhail Glinka's opera based on Pushkin's poem premiered at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Audiences were cool towards it at first. Its use of Russian and Eastern idioms strongly influenced later Russian composers.
• 1842 Battle of Mier Texan raiders surrender to Mexican forces Texan volunteers crossed into Mexico and attacked the town of Mier. Superior Mexican forces made them surrender. The prisoners were later decimated in the Black Bean Episode of 1843.