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Allegretto. III. Allegro non troppo. Wagner Prelude and "Love Death" from "Tristan and Isolde" '' Wagner . ' Waldweben ("Life and Stir of the Forest "), from "Siegfried," Act II. Wagner . Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony The doors of the hall will he closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be- tween the numbers. City of Boston. Revised Regulation of Audusi 5, 1898.— Chapter 3. relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement. Every licensee shall not, in his olace of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not I obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. 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Schumann conducted. As early as 1841 Schumann endeavored to obtain a Hbretto from Griepenkerl. He wrote in 1842: "Do you know what is my morning and evening prayer as an artist ? German opera. There is a field for work." He thought of an opera to be founded on Byron's "Corsair," and composed a chorus and aria. He sought anxiously for a subject that might inspire him. At last in 1 847 he chose the legend of Genevieve of Brabant. Reinick's text did not fully satisfy him; nor was Hebbel pleased, although he refused to help out the composer. Schumann himself undertook the task of revision. Then there was delay in securing a performance, and at one time Schumann thought of suing the manager of the Leipsic opera-house. When the opera was pro- duced, it was the time, as Schumann wrote to a friend, when one pre- ferred to go into the woods rather than the theatre. There were three performances, and the opera was put aside. It is occasionally revived in Germany, but it never had an abiding-place in a repertory. The legend of Genevieve de Brabant was in detail told, so far as litera- ture is concerned, in the Golden Legend, in the Chronicle (1472) of Mat- thias Emmich, doctor of theology, and of a Carmelite monastery at Boppard, and by the Jesuit Cerisier; but there were Complaints* founded on the legend before that. In the old story Genevieve, the daughter of the Duke of Brabant, and in 731 wife of Sifroy, Count of the Palatinate, was slandered foully by Golo, steward of the household, because she had not listened to his amorous protestations. She was condemned to death, but this mercy was shown her: she was left to her fate in the Forest of Ardennes. There she gave birth to a child. They * " of devotion. It is, first of all, a tale. It A "complainte : a folk-song on some tragic event or legend " js the type of a serious or sad narration in song. Yet it is not an elegy, a deploralion. 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Siegfried puts his wife and all he pos- sesses under the care of his friend Golo, farewells his wife, who falls into a swoon ; and Golo, already in love with her, kisses her. An old woman, Margaretha, is Golo's mother, but he takes her to be his nurse. Am- bitious for him, she plots against Genoveva, who mourns her husband and hears with dismay and anger the wild songs of the carousing ser- vants. Golo brings news of a great victory. She bids him sing, and she accompanies him until he makes love to her; nor will he leave her, till she taunts him with his birth. Drago, the steward, tells him that the servants are insulting the good name of their mistress. Golo says they speak the truth, and when Drago does not believe him he tells him to hide in Genoveva's room. Margaretha, listening at the door, hears the talk. She informs Golo that Siegfried, wounded, is at Strasbourg; that she has intercepted his letter to the Countess, and is going to Strasbourg to nurse him, and, as nurse, to poison him. Then Golo summons the servants, and they make their way into Genoveva's room, where Drago is found behind the curtains. Golo puts a dagger into his heart, to quiet his tongue. Genoveva is led to prison. ^- H , Siegfried's strength resists the poison of Margaretha. Golo tells him of Genoveva's infidelity, and the tortured Count determines to go into the wilderness, but Margaretha hands him a magic looking-glass, in which he sees Genoveva and Drago.