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CARNEGIE HALL - NEW YORK Twenty-first Season in New York Sustrnt i^gmpijmttj ©nostra DR. KARL MUCK, Conductor Programme of % SECOND CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6 AT 8.15 PRECISELY AND THE SECOND MATINEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8 AT 2.30 PRECISELY WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER OSSIP GABRILOWITSGH the Russian will play in America this season with the Principal Orchestras, the Kneisel Quartet, the Boston Symphony Quartet, Leading Musical Organizations throughout the country, and in Recital CABRILOWITSCH will play only the PIANO Mmm$c%mlmw. 139 Fifth Avenue, New York For particulars, terms, and dates of Gabrilowitsch, address HENRY L. MASON 492 BoylBton Street, Boston 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON, 1906-1907 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor Willy Hess, Concertmeister. and the Members of the Orchestra in alphabetical order. Adamowski, J. Hampe, C. Moldauer, A. Adamowski, T. Heberlein, H. Mullaly, J. Akeroyd, J. Heindl, A. Miiller, F. Heindl, H. Bak, A. Helleberg, J. Nagel, R. Bareither, G. Hess, M. Nast, L. Barleben, C. Hoffmann, J. Barth, C. Hoyer, H. Phair, J. Berger, H. Bower, H. Keller, J. Regestein, E. Brenton, H. Keller, K. Rettberg, A. Brooke, A. Kenfield, L. Rissland, K. Burkhardt, H. Kloepfel, L. Roth, O. Butler, H. Kluge, M. Kolster, A. Sadoni, P. Debuchy, A. Krafft, W. Sauer, G. Dworak, J. Krauss, H. Sauerquell, J. Kuntz, A. Sautet, A. Eichheim, H. Kuntz, D. Schuchmann, F. Eichler, Kunze, M. Schuecker, H. i J. 1 Elkind, S. Kurth, R. Schumann, C. Schurig, R. Ferir, E. Lenom, C. Senia, T. Fiedler, B. Loeffler, E. Seydel, T. Fiedler, E. Longy, G. Sokoloff, N. Fiumara, P. Lorbeer, H. Strube, G. Fox, P. Ludwig, C. F. Swornsbourne, *W Fritzsche, O. Ludwig, C. R. Tischer-Zeitz, H. Gerhardt, G. Mahn, F. Traupe, W. Mann, Gietzen, A. J. Goldstein, S. Maquarre, A. Vannini, A. Grisez, G. Maquarre, D. Marble, E. Warnkc, H. Hackebarth, A. Mausebach, A. Hadley, A. Merrill, C. Zach, M. Hain, F. Mimart, P. Zahn, F. 3 Established Established 1823 1823 PIANOFORTE MAKERS RECIPIENTS OF One Hundred and Twenty-Nine FIRST MEDALS AND AWARDS These Celebrated Instruments are To-day better than ever REPRESENTED BY JOHN WAN A.MAKER, New York, N.Y. L~~ CARNEGIE HALL, B05tOll . NEW YORK. Symphony" r # T Twenty-sixth Season, J906-J907. Cf !*CnCi5tt*3. Twenty-first Season in New York. Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor. SECOND CONCERT, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, AT 8.J5 PRECISELY. PROGRAMME. Bruckner ...... Symphony in E major, No. 7 I. Allegro moderate II. Adagio: Sehr feierlich und langsam. III. Scherzo : Allegro. Trio : Etwas langsamer. IV. Finale : Bewegt, doch nicht schnell. Liszt .... Concerto in E flat major, No. 1, for Pianoforte and Orchestra Allegro maestoso, quasi adagio. Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato. Allegro marziale, animato. Presto. " " Beethoven ..... Overture, Leonore No. 3, Op. 72 SOLOIST, Mr. MORITZ ROSENTHAL. The pianoforte is a Weber. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony. 5 HAROMAN PIANO A tone that is rich, full, sweet, musically beau- tiful, and a strength and order of construc- tion that resist the strain of climatic changes, — this is the kernel of Hardman merit. M od- erate prices and easy terms. Booklets of information upon request. HARDMAN, PECK & CO., Makers Established 1842 Fifth Avenue and 19th Street . New York 524 Fulton Street Brooklyn Symphony in E major, No. 7 Anton Bruckner •{Born at Ansfelden, in Upper Austria, September 4, 1825; died at Vienna, October 11, 1896.) Bruckner's Symphony in E major was composed in the time between September, 1881, and September, 1883. It is dedicated "To His Majesty the King, Ludwig II. of Bavaria, in deepest reverence." The symphony was published in 1885. The statement is often made that the Adagio was composed as funeral music in memory of Richard Wagner. As a matter of fact, this Adagio was completed in October, 1882. Wagner died February 13, 1883. The singular statement has been made that a premonition of Wagner's death inspired Bruckner to compose a dirge,—this Adagio. Bruckner, who had what the Germans call "peasant cunning," may have agreed to this in the presence of those who were thus affected by the thought, but he himself knew, as will be seen by his letters to Felix Mottl in 1885 concerning the first performance at Carlsruhe, that the move- ment had not in all respects the character of a dirge. Indeed, he pointed out the measures of the funeral music: "At X in the Adagio (Funeral music for tubas and horns," etc.); also, "Please take a very slow and solemn tempo. At the close, in the Dirge (In memory of the •death of the Master), think of our Ideal! . Kindly do not forget the /// at the end of the Dirge." The first performance of the symphony was at Leipsic, December 30, 1884, when Mr. Nikisch conducted the work at a theatre concert in aid of a Wagner Monument Fund as some say, though the Neue Zeitschrijt fur Musik (1885, p. 17), reviewing the performance, said nothing about any purpose for which the concert was given. The composer was present. The symphony was performed at Munich, March 10, 1885, with Levi as conductor, and at Vienna at a Philhar- monic concert led by Richter, March 21, 1886. Dr. Muck conducted the symphony at Graz early in 1886 and in Berlin, January 6, 1894. Richter produced it in London, May 23, 1887. The first performance in the United States was at Chicago by Theodore Thomas's orchestra, July 29, 1886. Thomas conducted the symphony LATEST SONG CYCLES Three Indian Songs, by Herbert Bath Dorothy's Wedding Day. A Song for Three Baritone Songs, by Edward German four solo voices Four Songs from the Garden of Kama, by A Lover in Damascus, by Amy Woodforde- Alma Goetr Finden :Six Characteristic Songs, by Joseph Hol- On Jhelum River. A Kashmiri Love Story, brooke by Amy Woodforde-Finden A Lover's Moods, by C. A. Lidgey A Cycle of Life, by Landon Ronald. Two "Camella, by Graham Peel keys Three Shakespeare Songs, by Roger Quilter Songs of the Desert, by G. Clutsam ToJJulia, Six Lyrics of Robert Herrick In Sunshine and Shadow, by Landon Ron- Songs of Travel, by R. Vaughan Williams ald BOOSEY & COMPANY, 9 Cast 17th Street, New York CiUj in New York at a concert of the Philharmonic Society, November 13, 1886. The first performance in Boston was at a vSymphony Concert led by Mr. Gericke, February 5, 1887. The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, bass tuba,, four tubas, one double-bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, triangle, cymbals, strings. Allegro moderato, E major, 2-2. The first theme is announced by horn and violoncellos against the tremulous violins; and clarinets, violas, and violoncellos add a subsidiary theme. The chief theme appears in a richer orchestral dress. There is a crescendo based on the subsidiary theme, and the whole orchestra enters, but there is quickly a diminuendo, and the mood becomes more nervous, uncertain. The second theme, one of complaint, is given to oboe and clarinet with horns and trumpets in the accompaniment. This theme, with its peculiar instrumentation and its changing tonality, is in marked op- position to the first. This second chief theme is developed at length. (The first assumes greater importance later.) In this development there are evidences in the manner of leading the voices of Bruckner's partiality for the organ. The mood becomes more restful, although the theme of complaint is not silent, but soon appears, inverted, in the violins. It may here be said that Bruckner delighted in this manner of varying a theme. A mighty crescendo is based on a phrase of this inverted theme over an organ-point, F-sharp, but instead of the arrival of the expected climax a theme of somewhat mournful character is FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON We offer the volumes of The Musician's Library, bound in cloth, gilt, in sets (boxes) of five, ten, twenty, or complete, at special prices, as follows : Any 5 volumes, carriage free, $10.00 (Regular price, $12.50) Any 10 volumes, carriage free, 18.00 (Regular price, 25.00) Any 20 volumes, carriage free, 35.00 (Regular price, 50.00) The 36 volumes, carriage free, 61.50 (Regular price, 90.00) (In ordering song volumes be sure to state whether for high voice or low voice.) Of the thirty-six volumes thus far issued thirteen are song volumes for high voice, eleven are for low voice, and twelve are for the piano. Avoid delay by placing your order now. We will pack the books and mark the package for shipment on such date as you * may direct. Send for Descriptive Booklets and Order Blanks, or, better still, call and make your own selection. OLIVER DITSON COMPANY BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND PHILADELPHIA . given to wood-wind instruments with counterpoint in the strings. The rhythm of this counterpoint is maintained in the final section of the exposition part. An episode for the brass follows. There is soon a calmer mood, and gentle horn and clarinet tones mingle with the voices of the strings. The free fantasia begins with an inversion of the first theme (clarinet) The rhythm of the characteristic counterpoint just mentioned appears, but a solemn, religious mood is soon established (trombones, pp). The second chief theme appears in its inverted form, also the "contra- puntal figure." The mood is now one of doubt and perplexity, but the decisive, inexorable first theme enters, inverted, C minor, in the full orchestra, ff, and with canonic imitation.