Timeline 3 Survey of American Music By slozier 1761 Benjamin Franklin invents the Glass Harmonica 1770 Billings New England Psalm Singer Period: 1850 to 1852 PT Barnum/Jenny Lind US tour (date range) 1853 Gottschalk The Banjo 1891 Carnegie Hall, New York (completed) 1893 Dvorak String Quartet "American" 1894 Amy Beach Gaelic Symphony (composed) 1932 Florence Price Symphony No.1 1936 Copland El Salón México Period: 1943 to 1959 John Adams The Death of Klinghoffer Period: 1946 to 1948 John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano 1957 Bernstein West Side Story (Broadway premiere) 1991 John Adams The Death of Klinghoffer 1997 James Horner Soundtrack for Titanic 2015 Miranda Hamilton (Premiere)