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Symphony Hall, Boston Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues . SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 PIERRE MONTEUX, Conduuctor FORTY-THIRD SEASON, 1923-1924 roEramm^ WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE n COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. -rr——-T^^nr- T'- THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc^. FREDERICK P. CABOT • P/esident GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DAI$E Treasurer ALFRED L. Alt ARTHUR LYMAN , .\i / FREDERICK P. CA lOT HENRY E. SAWYER ^x v, / ERNEST B. DANE GALEN L. STONE / ^ M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE BENTLEY W. WARREN JOHN ELLERTON LODGE E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager MUSIC is an essential of every well-regulated home. 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Mullaly, J. Gerhardt, S. Kluge, M. Deane, C. Zahn, F. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Schroeder, A. a ^ Qrand ^iano in the style of WILLIAM <S^ MARY an exquisite little instrument— Jr^c^^^^ in a design which adds the finishing touch of faultless taste to the room containing it—forming a center around which the artistic beauty of the home radiates. The (^linkernig inn"^ he purchased on eass terms of piixment. CHICKERING WAREROOMS 169 Tremont Street C147 FORTY-THIRD SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE 6- TWENTY-FOUR Irst ProOTamme FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, at 8.15 o'clock BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIBERS Are reminded that the doors into the main hall are not opened during the performance of a symphony, except between the first and second m^ovements. However, when the symphony is preceded by another number the doors are not opened between any of the movements. City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not, in his place 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 obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN, City Clerk. The works 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 The Qhickeruig ?r:<i\^ he purchased on euss terms vf pa-anent. CHICKERING WAREROOMS 169 Tremont Street C147 FORTY-THIRD SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE 6- TWENTY-FOUR irst FroMramiiii FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, at 8.15 o'clock Beethoven .... Symphony in A major, No. 7, Op. 92 I. Poco sostenuto; Vivace. II. Allegretto. III. Presto: Presto meno assai. IV. Allegro con brio. Brahms .... Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a Dukas ......... "La Peri," Poeme Strauss . Salome's Dance from the Music Drama, "Salome'* There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not, in his place 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 obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN, City Clerk. The works 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 nnHERE is distinction in travel, just as there is — say — in -^ motor cars or in dress. The Raymond-Whitcomh 1924 Cruises — Round the World (January 19) on the '^Resolute" and to the Mediterranean (February 9) on the ^'Reliance" — have true distinction. We shall be very glad to send you descriptive booklets, ship-plans and all further information. Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 17 Temple Place, Boston Telephone: Beach 6964 Symphony in A major, No. 7, Op. 92 . Ludwig van Beethoven (Born at Bonn, December 16 (?), 1770; died at Vienna, March 26, 1827) The first sketches of this symphony were probably made before 1811 or even 1810. Several of them in the sketch book that belonged to Gustav Petter of Vienna, and was analyzed by Nottebohm, were for the first movement.* Two sketches for the famous Allegretto are mingled with phrases of the Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, dedicated in 1818 to Count Rasoumovsky. One of the two bears the title : "Anfang Variations." There is a sketch for the Scherzo, first in F major, then in C major, with the indication: "Second part." Another sketch for the Scherzo bears a general resemblance to the beginning of the "Dance of Peasants" in the Pastoral Symphony, for which reason it was rejected. In one of the sketches for the Finale Beethoven wrote : "Goes at first in F-sharp minor, then in C-sharp minor." He preserved this modulation, but did not use the theme to which the indication was attached. Another motive in the Finale as sketched was the Irish air, "Nora Creina," for which he wrote an accompaniment at the request of George Thomson, the collector of Scottish, Welsh, and Irish melodies. Thayer states that Beethoven began the composition of the *See the Thayer-Krehbiel "Life of Beethoven," vol. ii., pp. 151, 152. ADAMS, ERNEST HARRY INNIS. LAURA S. The Full Tide .... .50 My Riches 50 The Wind-blown Hill .60 JOHNS, LOUIS EDGAR BARBOUR. FLORENCE NEWELL One Whitest Lily .... 50 Where Happiness Grows .60 The Valentine ..... .50 Tell Me. Thou Wanderers .60 MARSH. W. The Storm J. .... .60 .50 Canterbury Bells (Three keys) BRAINE, ROBERT Yelbw ...... .50 A Violet in her Hair .50 A Flower Wreath, Song suite The Little Brooklet .50 for Soprano. Mezzo-soprano CALVER, F. LESLIE and Contralto 1.25 Sunset Spell .... .50 Mc COLLIN. FRANCES COX. RALPH The Things of Every Day Brown Birdeen .60 are all so Sweet .50 GIDEON, HENRY METCALF. JOHN W. From the Cradle to the Chuppe. The Song of Life .... .60 Songs of Jewish Life, Medium NYVALL, DAVID, Jr. Voice. Vols. I and H, each 1.00 The Mother at the Cradle .50 GRANT-SCHAEFER. G. A. Oft in the Stilly Night .50 Londonderry Air Indian Love Call .... .50 "Would God I Were The Tender Apple Blossom" (.Three Keys) en RISHER. ANNA PRISCILLA I Shall Have Had my Day . .50 Your Voice I hear .... ;50 The Hidden Violet .... 50 TERRY, ROBERT HUNTINGTON HARRIS, CUTHBERT The Morning Is Calling . .50 Onaway! Awcike Beloved! .60 The Sky Is Always Blue ... .50 All songs in two keys except where otherwise stated THE ARTHUR R ^TCOo, 120 Boylston St. Seventh Symphony in the spring of 1812. Prod'homme believes that the work was begun in the winter of 1811-12. The autograph manu- script that belongs to the Mendelssohn family of Berlin bears the inscription : "Sinfonie. L. v. Bthvn 1812 13ten M." A clumsy binder cut the paper so that only the first line of the M is to be seen. There was therefore a dispute as to whether the month were May, June, or July. Beethoven wrote to Varena on May 8, 1812 : "I promise you immediately a wholly new symphony for the next Academy, and, as I now have opportunity, the copying will not cost you a heller." He wrote on July 19: "A new symphony is now ready. As the Archduke Kudolph will have it copied, you will be at no expense in the matter." It is generally believed that the symphony was completed May 13, in the hope that it would be performed at a concert at Whitsuntide. The score was dedicated to the Count Moritz von Fries and pub- lished in 1816. The edition for the pianoforte was dedicated to the Tsarina Elizabeth Alexievna of All the Kussias.
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