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CARNEGIE HALL - - NEW YORK Twenty-seventh Season in New York Hasten ^gmpljflttij ©rrfjoaira Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor •programme of % FOURTH CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20 AT 8.15 AND THE FOURTH MATINEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22 AT 230 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER flfeS0tt /?vi amlnt Boston 's Great Art Product Q[ Everywhere recognized as musically the most beautiful piano the world has ever seen Jtefltt&lHmlmOk ESTABLISHED 18S4 313 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL Thirty-second Season, 1912-1913 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor Violins. Witek, A., Roth, 0. Hoffmann, J. Mahn, F. Concert-master. Kuntz, D. Tak, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noack, S. Strube, G. Rissland, K. Ribarsch, A. Traupe, W. Koessler, M. Bak, A. Mullaly, J. Goldstein, H. Habenicht, W. Akeroyd, J. Spoor, S. Berger, H. Fiumara, P. Fiedler, B. Marble, E. Hayne, E. Tischer-Zeitz, H. Kurth, R. Griinberg, M. Goldstein, S. Pinfield, C. E. Gerardi, A. Violas. Ferir, E. Werner, H. Pauer, 0. H. Kluge, M. Van Wynbergen, C. Gietzen, A. Schwerley, P. Berliner, W. Forster, E. Blumenau, W. Violoncellos. Warnke, H. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Urack, 0. Nagel, R. Nast, L. Folgmann, E. Steinke, B. Basses. Kunze, M. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. Gerhardt, G. Jaeger, A. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Maquarre, A. Longy, G. Grisez, G. Sadony, P. Brooke, A. Lenom, C. Mimart, P. Mueller, E. Battles, A. Foss£, P. Vannini, A. Fuhrmann, M. Chevrot, A. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Mueller, F. Stumpf, K. Mosbach, J. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Tuba. Hess, M. Wendler, G. Kloepfel, L. Hampe, C. Lorenz, 0. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Mann, J. Alloo, M. Hain, F. Hackebarth, A. Heim, G. Mausebach, A Phair, J. Hiibner, E. Merrill, C. Kenneld, L. Harp. Tympani. Percussion. Schuecker, H. Neumann, S. Zahn, F. Senia, T. Kandler, F. Burkhardt, H. Organ. 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NEW YORK Twenty-seventh Season in New York Thirty-second Season, 1912-1913 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor FOURTH CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20 AT 8.15 PROGRAMME Lendvai . ...... Symphony in D major, Op. 10 First time in New York I. Andante religiose II. Con moto. III. Mesto ed assai tranquillo. IV. Vivace. " " Weber . Overture to the Opera Der Freischtitz Strauss . "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, after the Old- fashioned Roguish Manner, — in Rondo Form," Op. 28 " Berlioz . Overture to the Opera Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony 5 — NO ONE KNOWS HOW LONG A PIANO WILLLAST- No one has yet seen one worn out It's seventy-five years since the first KNABE PIANO was made in Balti- more, and they are being made there right now. In all these years it has never been re- garded— even by its severest critics as anything but the best that human hands could produce. • Liberal allowance for pianos taken in exchange KNABE WAREROOMS 5th Avenue, corner 39th Street Symphony in D major, Op. io Erwin Lendvai (Born at Budapest, June 4, 1882; now living in Berlin.) This symphony was produced at Bonn on November 20, 1909, at a concert of the City Orchestra. Heinrich Sauer was the conductor. It was performed in Berlin, December 10 of the same year. A revised version was produced at the Festival of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein at Dantzic on May 31, 191 2. When the symphony was produced at Bonn, the four movements were entitled respectively "Invocation," "Fantasie," "Nanie," "Bachanal." Castanets were in the orchestra. The titles are not to be found in the score published in 191 2, nor is there any hint at a programme. The symphony, dedicated "in gratitude to Dr. Erich Prieger of Bonn," is scored for one piccolo, two flutes, three oboes (one interchangeable with English horn), one small clarinet, two ordinary clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, one double-bassoon, four horns, three trumpets, one bass trumpet, two tenor trombones, one bass trombone, one bass tuba, kettledrums, bass drum, side-drum, triangle, cymbals, Glockenspiel, gong, harp (two harps, if possible), organ (ad lib.), and the usual strings. I. Andante religioso, D minor, 3-4. After a prelude of harp and organ, the bass clarinet, 'cello, and double-bass expose the chief and long- drawn-out motive. The first measures of this motive are of great importance in the structure of this movement and also in the thematic The ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK Founded by Dr. Leopold Damrosch, 1873 Fortieth Season, 1912-1913 LOUIS KOEMMENICH, Conductor AT CARNEGIE HALL A CHORAL SERVICE - - Otto Taubmann (Eine Deutsche Messe) NEW — FIRST TIME IN AMERICA Friday Evening, March 28, 1913 Miss INEZ BARBOUR, Soprano Miss MILDRED POTTER, Contralto Mr. JOHN YOUNG, Tenor Mr. PUTNAM GRISWOLD, Bass (of the metropolitan OPERA CO.) Full Chorus of the Society, Chorus of Boys' Voices, Organ and Orchestra, of the Symphony Society of New York Also in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Richard Wagner The Apotheosis and the Finale of Act III. of Die Meistersinger Mr. Putnam Griswold and Chorus Tickets at Ticket Office of the Oratorio Society, No. 1 West 34th Street and at Box Office of Carnegie Hall 7 development throughout the symphony. They persist even in the more elaborate or dramatic moments. The third and fourth measures of this motive find striking expression in a violin solo (delicatissimo e molto tranquillo), then in the horns, and, in imitation, in the augmen- tation of the chief thought (fortissimo). There is a mystical episode built on the empty fifths (B-F sharp), which leads by an imposing cres- cendo to the section Largo e solenne (D major, 3-4), in which the chief theme and the chief motive of the third movement, which has already ap- peared, are contrapuntally blended. Over a long organ point on the tonic, with a fragment of the chief motive appearing in strings, wood- wind, harp, and horns, the movement comes to a peaceful ending. II. Con moto, D minor, 2-4. This movement, no more than the first, reminds one of the conventional Allegro of sonata form. A poign- ant theme for bassoons and horn appears over kettledrum beats and a restless unison of violas and 'cellos. Oboes, clarinets, and the other horns enter and lead to a great climaz. Triplets for wood-wind opposed to the strings lead to an Allegretto scherzando section, full of contrasts between short but sharply defined themes. The mood changes and again becomes pathetic. After a general pause, the first theme of the Con moto appears after the manner of a choral in the brass, while there are figures in sixteenths for strings and wood-wind. III. Mesto ed assai tranquillo, 6-4. The characteristic progres- sions of sixths in the first movement now appear broadened and richer in harmonic form, as an independent song motive of lyrically religious nature, which holds sway until the Andante mysterioso. Here the English horn has a melancholy song, while 'cellos and double-basses, pizzicati, have the lower voice borrowed from the melodic line of the chief motive. The use of the organ, muted string instruments in solo work, the figuration for harp, and the tones of the Glockenspiel give a peculiar orchestral coloring, which enhances the poetic impression. IV. Vivace, 3-4. There is an attempt at wit and humor. The themes are developed with rhythmic surprises. Bassoons and double- bassoons begin the movement with "grotesquely comical" measures. Two horns then take up the thematic exposition. This theme is after- wards used as a lower voice. With the exception of a short lyrical episode, NEW SONGS by OLEY SPEAKS A LOVER'S SONG. Words by Clinton Scollard. High in F. Low in T>b - - - .50 AN EVENING SONG. Words by Frank L. Stanton .60 High in G. Medium in F. Low in E6 CHARITY. Words by Emily Dickinson. High (or Medium) in C - - - - - .50 ELYSIUM. Words by Clinton Scollard. High in G. Low in E .60 FOR A DAY. Words by Frank L. Stanton. High in C. Low in B b - - - - .60 HOW LONG WILT THOU FORGET ME? (Psalm XIII.) - .60 High in Eft minor. Medium in C minor. Low in A minor MORNING. Words by Frank L. Stanton. .60 High in D minor. Medium in C minor. Low in Bb minor TO YOU. Words by Marie Beatrice Gannon .50 High in G. Medium in F. Low in EZ> WHEN ALL THE BONNY BIRDS. Words by Robert O; Ryder 50 High in F. Low in D G. SCHIRMER, 3 East 43d Street, New York the first portion of the movement is built joyfully on this theme. After a boisterous tutti there is a new and exulting melodic thought. The two groups of themes are repeated with free transformations, so that there is the appearance of the sonata form.