On October 21, 1892 Theodore Thomas conducted the nascent Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of George Chadwick’s Columbus Ode which he wrote for the opening of the Chicago World’s Fair.
Chadwick based his composition on the poem Columbian Ode by Harriet Monroe.
See the entire score here: http://www.archive.org/stream/odeforopeningwo00monrgoog#page/n1/mode/1up
Read the poem online in the original 1892 souvenir booklet here: http://www.archive.org/stream/columbianode00monr#page/n0/mode/2up
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