Charleston was beyond doubt the leading Southern city in musical matters. We know definitely that public concerts were given there as early as 1732, and it is quite probable that they were given earlier. In 1762 was formed the St. Cæcilia Society,[20] an organization devoted to the cultivation of the best in music. It was the first musical society formed in America. The following program, given on the 6th March, 1794, under its patronage, will illustrate the taste of the people of Charleston: Act 1st Sinfonie Pleyel Song, Mr. Chambers Quartett Violin Pleyel Song, Mr. Clifford Overture Gretrie[?] Act 2nd Grand Overture (la Chasse) Gossec Song, Mr. West Sonata Pianoforte, Rondo, by Mrs. Sully Duett, Mr. Chambers and Mrs. Chambers Act 3d Grand Overture Haydn Song, Mr. Chambers Concerto Violin, by Mr. Petit Viotti Glee, Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Chambers and Mr. West. It is noteworthy to find a symphony of Mozart on a program of March 9, 1797. It would appear that the citizens of Baltimore were not quite so refined in their musical taste as their neighbors in Carolina. Nevertheless they enjoyed an active musical life. Concerts of fair quality were common enough, and we read also of such interesting things as the production in English of Pergolesi's _Serva Padrona_ in 1790.[21] In Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk, Alexandria and elsewhere in Virginia there were public concerts given at an early period. Unfortunately there has not yet been unearthed much documentary evidence which would throw light on the early musical life of these cities. But from what we know of Charleston and Baltimore and from our general knowledge of conditions among the Southern colonists we should be inclined to say that the Virginia cities possessed a musical life quite creditable in proportion to their size. The same is true of Savannah and New Orleans. It must not be forgotten that, with the exceptions of Charleston and Baltimore, no Southern city had a population of more than ten thousand people. Most of them had very considerably less. Obviously it would be unfair to expect that they enjoyed metropolitan conditions. IV