Academy of Music
- Also Known As: American Academy of Music
- Address: Broad and Locust Sts
- Neighborhood of Logan Square in Philadelphia, PA
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1856/06/18 | Franklin Pierce | Guest | Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the Academy of Music, designed by Napoleon LeBrun and Gustavus Runge | |||
1856/06/18 | Napoleon LeBrun | Architect | Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the Academy of Music, designed by Napoleon LeBrun and Gustavus Runge | |||
1857/02/25 | Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore opens as the first opera at the Academy of Music | Il trovatore | ||||
1872/06/04 | Charles C Bixby | Work | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charles Bixby serves as a delegate at the Republican National Convention, June 5-6. | |||
1922/03/03 | Leopold A Stokowski | Conductor | Leopold Stokowski conducts the American premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in a The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music. | The Rite of Spring | ||
1939/04/00 | Leopold A Stokowski | Conductor | Over a period of seven weeks, Leopold Stokowski conducts most of the score for Fantasia, but not The Sorcerer's Apprentice, with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music. | Fantasia |
Particulars for Academy of Music: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
Owner | Private |
Architectural Style | Renaissance Revival |
Area of Significance | Theatre |
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