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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 48,1928 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Eack Bay 1492 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1928-1929 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 1449 THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS "RUSSIAN MASS," by Sergei Rachmaninoff, painted for the STEINWAY COLLECTION by Rockwell Kent Even to those who have no expert The extraordinary durability of knowledge of pianos, it is apparent the Steinway is the true index of its that some good reason must exist economy. For 30, 40, and even 50 for the universal prestige of the years or more it will serve you well. Steinway. Calculated on the basis of cost-per- The answer is simplicity itself, year, the Steinway is the most eco- The Steinway is the leading piano nomical piano you can own. among musicians everywhere be- And you need never buy another cause it is by far the best piano piano. • • • made and has been for more than — A new Steinway piano can be seventy-five years! bought from Artists of this rank demand a $875 up sonority and brilliance of tone, a Any Steinway piano may be purchased with degree of sensitivity which lie be- a cash deposit of 10%, and the balance will yond the range of the ordinary be extended over a period of two years. instrument. They require depth, Used pianos accepted in partial exchange. A few completely rebuilt Steinways are power, responsiveness. And these available at special prices. things they find in their highest Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall degree in the Steinway. 109 West 57th Street, New York Represented by foremost dealers everywhere 1450 Forty-eighth Season, 1928-1929 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor PERSONNEL Violins. Burgin, R. Elcus, G. Gundersen, R. Sauvlet, H. Cherkassky, P Concert-master Kreinin, B. Kassman, N. Hamilton V. Eisler, D. Theodorowicz, J. Hansen, E. Lauga, N. Fedorovsky, P. Leibovici, J. Pinfield, C. Mariotti, V. Leveen, P. Tapley, R. Jacob, R. Zung, M. Knudsen, C. Gorodetzky, Mayer, P. Diamond, S. Zide, L. Fiedler, B.' Bryant, M. Beale, M. Stonestreet, L. Messina, S= Murray, J. Del Sordo, R. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. , Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Dean<» C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Langendoen, J. Chardon, Y. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Zighera, A. Barth, C. Droeghmans, H. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L Basses. Kunze, M. Lemaire, J. Ludwig, O. Girard, H. Kelley, A. Vondrak, A. Oliver, F. Frankel, I. Dufresue, G. Demetrides. L. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Hamelin, G. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Allegra, E. Bettoney, F. (E-flat Clarinet) Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Boettcher, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Pogrebniak, S. Schindler, G. Voisin, R. Hansotte, L. Van Den Berg, C. Lannoye, M. Lafosse, M. Kenfield, L. Lorbeer, H. Blot, G. Perret, G. Raichman, J. Mann, J. Adam, E. Tubas. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Zighera, B. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Adam, E. Caughey, E. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. White, L. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 1451 CJjanbler & Co. Boston Common Tremont Street at West vSWrXNIKl 114 If Mm Oriental Rugs .00 Antiques and semi~antiques, Bergamos, Kurds, Hamadans, Kurdistans, Heavy Persians, and Heriz hall rugs. Some with jewel medallions, palm leaf or Serebend designs, and many with camel's hair or blue centers. NINTH FLOOR 1452 LL over the world, music lovers have been moved by France's project of a monument to CLAUDE DEBUSSY. Argentine, Holland, Rumania, Italy, Spain and Mexico have already announced their cooperation. The United States, it is hoped, will be an important contributor. May I therefore again suggest that all lovers of Debussy's music make a contribution, how- ever small, so that the music lovers of Boston may have a part in this universal appreciation of a great genius. A box has been placed in the foyer at Symphony Hall in which gifts may be placed. Should it be more convenient to mail a con- tribution, kindly make your check payable to the Claude Debussy Monument Fund and mail to me at Symphony Hall, Boston. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY. March i, 192.9. Forty-eighth Season, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARGH I, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, MARGH 2, at 8.15 o'clock Frederick the Great .... Symphony in D major, No. 3 I. Allegro. II. Andante. III. Allegro scherzando. (First time in the United States) " Janin ... Symphonie Spirituelle Alleluia" (First performance) Sibelius . Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 47 I. Allegro moderate II. Adagio di molto. III. Allegro ma non tanto. Moussorgsky .... Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged for Orchestra by M. Ravel) Promenade—Gnomus—Tuileries—Bydlo—Ballet des Poussins dans leurs Coques —Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle—Catacombs (Con mo,rtuis in lingua mortua) — La Cabane sur des Pattes de Poule — La Grande Porte de Kiev. SOLOIST RICHARD BURGIN MASON & HAMLIN PIANOFORTE There will be an intermission after the concerto The work* to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 1453 RAYMOND—WHITCOMB NORTH CAPE CRUISES Two Identical Cruises on Sister Ships Sailing June 26 on the S. S. "Carinthia" and June 29 on the S. S. "Franconia" The Raymond-Whitcomb North Cape Cruises of 1929 are the most comprehensive northern cruises ever devised. They include Iceland—The North Cape The Midnight Sim Norway's Finest Fjords All fonr Scandinavian Capitals (Reykjavik, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen) Trondjhem, Bergen, Visby The New Baltic Republics {Finland & Esthonia) An Optional Trip to Leningrad & Moscow Take one for a complete summer holiday of six weeks—or for an unusual prelude to summer travel. Both cruises will end at Southampton early in August and the prices include return passage whenever convenient. Rates $800 and up. MEDITERRANEAN SPRING CRUISE Sailing April 8 on the S. S. "Carinthia" to visit the Mediterranean at its best season LAND CRUISES IN AMERICA Summer trips of unequalled luxury and com- pleteness, travelling on special trains that were built especially for Raymond-Whitcomb INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL SERVICE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA STEAMSHIP TICKETS RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. 165 TREMONT ST. BOSTON 122 NEWBURY ST. HANCOCK 7820 KENMORE 2870 1454 Symphony in D major, No. 3 Frederick the Great (Born at Berlin on June 24, 1712; died at Sans Souci, Potsdam, on August 17, 1786) Frederick the Great visited the court of Frederick Augustus the Strong at Dresden in 1728, and there was awakened to love for music and the opera. Johann Joachim Quantz, a renowned flute-player (1697-1773), gave him lessons in Berlin, so that he became a fair player of that instrument. Karl Heinrich Graun (1701-1759), appointed conductor of the Rheinsberg orchestra (1735), and later busied with the Berlin Opera, taught him thorough bass and composition. Frederick wrote many flute pieces, also arias, marches, and symphonies in the Italian manner, the overture and some arias for "II Re Pastore" (Charlottenburg, 1747), arias for "Acis and Galatea" and "II Trionfo della fedetta." With Algarotti, Villati, and Tagliazucchi, he wrote librettos for Graun's "Silla/' "Montezuma," "I Fratelli nemici" and "Merope." Only a few of Frederick's compositions were published in his lifetime, and those were published without his knowledge. Three of his four symphonies were for strings only. This one, written probably in 1743, is for strings, two flutes, two oboes, two horns, and a bassoon. The King wrote all the parts without assistance. He showed the score to Quantz, who corrected only a few notes which were wrong in the notation. This symphony was published at Nuremberg by ORCHESTRA PIANO Net Net Op. 24. Symphonic Prologue Op. 41. Five Poems after Omar "Francesca da Rimini" Khayyam . 1.00 Score , 3.00 Op. 25. Serenade in E for Strings 1.25 Op. 15. Suite in D minor 1.00 Op. 36. Suite in D minor . , 6.00 Op. 27. Nine Etudes . 1.00 . Op. 63. Suite in E for Strings , 1.50 Op. 45. Serenade in F .75 Op. 48. Four Pieces after the Rubaiyat of Omar Op. 52. Twenty Preludes 1.00 Khayyam , 3.00 VIOLIN AND PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC Op. 20. Sonata in G minor 3.00 Op. 38. Piano Quintet in minor 7.50 A Op. 44. Melody .65 Op. 23. Piano Quartet 4.00 Ballade in minor . 1.25 Op. 65. Piano Trio 3.00 Op. 69. F 1. Op. 70. Quartet in D 5.00 Op. 74. No. Canzonetta . .75 Op. 32. Theme and Variations . 2.50 No. 2. Song of Sleep .65 TEXT BOOKS Some Practical Things in Piano Playing . .60 Modulation and Related Harmonic Questions 1.25 1.50 Modern Harmony in its Theory and Practice , THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO. 120 Boylston St. 1455 Balthasar Schmid at the wish of Frederick's sister Wilhelmine, Margravine of Bayreuth, who thus wished to surprise pleasantly her brother. The chief theme of the first movement was taken by the King from Graun's 35th symphony.
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