On this day, December 15, 1893, Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premiered in a public afternoon rehearsal.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15

• 1893 – Symphony No. 9 ( "From the New World" a.k.a. the "New World Symphony" ) by Antonín Dvořák premieres in a public afternoon rehearsal at Carnegie Hall in New York City, followed by a concert premiere on the evening of December 16.

Wed Apr 12, 2023: Georgia Negro Weeps Open-Eyed at the Death of President Roosevelt

This picture of Graham Jackson is the image of that event that I always think of. As the caption notes, it was taken on April 13, 1945, as Roosevelt's body was being taken away that morning.



The caption of the original photograph starts out:

On the afternoon of the day he died President Roosevelt was scheduled to attend a barbecue at Warm Springs. That afternoon he would have heard Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson, a Georgia Negro, play his accordion. The President had enjoyed Jackson's songs many times in the past. The next day when the President's body was borne slowly past the main dormitory at Warm Springs, where often he used to wave at the patients convalescing in the sun's rays, Jackson stepped out of the watching circle, sadly fingered the strains of Going Home. As he played, C.P.O Jackson wept open-eyed to the mournful phrases of his own lament.

Fri Dec 15, 2023: On this day, December 15, 1893, Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premiered in a public afternoon rehearsal.