Schola Cantorum of New York Note that although this performance of Antoni Nicolau's La Mare de Déu ("The Mother of God") is marked as "first performance in America," the U.S. premiere was given by the Schola Cantorum at Carnegie Hall on March 16, 1921. U.S. PREMIERE of Bela Bartok's FOUR SLOVAK FOLKSONGS, BB 78 U.S. PREMIERE of Bartok's SIX MAGYAR FOLKSONGS U.S. PREMIERE of Ildebrando Pizzetti's MORNING HYMN OF THE NOVICES choir performance 1923-12-20T20:15:00