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Symphony No. 4, F minor, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto; moderato con anima in movimento di valse. II. Andantino in modo di canzona. III. Scherzo; Pizzicato ostinato: Allegro. IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco. Songs with orchestra: Hugo Wolf .... "Verborgenheit" ("Retirement") Strauss "Wiegenlied" (Cradle Song) "Caecilie" Strauss • Pieces Enfantines Ravel . Ma Mere l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), V. First Time in Philadelphia I. Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty). II. Petit Poucet (Hop o' my Thumb). III. Laideronnette, Imp6ratrice des Pagodes (Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodes). IV. Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete (The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast). V. Le Jardin Feerique (The Fairy Garden). Songs with orchestra: Humperdinck "Es schaukeln die Winde" d'Albert "Hymn to Venus" Barber of Bagdad" Cornelius . 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INELLENBURG & CO, Market and 11th Streets Symphony in F minor, No. 4, Op. 36 Peter Tschaikowsky (Born at Votkinsk, in the government of Viatka, Russia, May 7, 1840; died at St. Petersburg, November 6, 1893.) Tschaikowsky composed this symphony in 1877-78 and lost interest in an opera, "Othello," for which a libretto at his own wish had been drafted by Stassoff. The first draft was finished in May, 1877.' He began the instrumentation on August 23 of that year, and finished the first movement September 24. He began work again toward the end of November. The Andantino was finished on December 27, the Scherzo on January 1, 1878, and the Finale on January 7, 1878. The first performance was at a -symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, Moscow, February 22, 1878. Nicholas Rubinstein conducted. The first performance in the United States was at a concert of the Symphony Society at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb- ruary 1, 1890, Mr. Walter Damrosch conductor. The dedication of this symphony is as follows: "A mon meilleur ami" ("To my best friend"), and thereby hangs a tale. This best friend was the widow Nadejda Filaretovna von Meek. Her maiden name was Frolowsky, and she was born in the village Snamensk, government of Smolensk, February 10, 1831. She married in 1848 an engineer, and for some years she knew poverty. Her courage did not give way; she was a helpmeet for her husband, who finally became famous and successful. In 1876 her husband died, and she was left with eleven children and a fortune of "many millions of rubles." She dwelt at Moscow. Fond of music, she admired beyond measure certain works by Tschaikowsky, and she inquired curiously concern- ing his character as a man and about his worldly circumstances. She ERA SCHOOL (ITALIAN METHOD) (CARL SCHNE1DE q (Pupil of Luigi Vannuccini, Florence, Italy.) FORMERLY CONDUCTOR OF GRAND OPERA OCTOBER TO MAY MAY TO OCTOBER 1 705 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 9 Friedrich Str., Muenchen, Germany For further information address either "The Gladstone," Pine and 11th Streets, or the studio, 1705 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. f became acquainted with Kotek,* a pupil of Tschaikowsky in compo- sition, and through him she gave Tschaikowsky commissions for tran- scriptions for violin and pianoforte of some of his works. There was an interchange of letters. In the early summer of 1877 she learned that he was in debt, and she sent him three thousand rubles; and in the fall of the same year she determined to give him yearly the sum of six thousand rubles, that he might compose free from pecuniary care and vexation. She insisted that they should never meet. They never spoke together ; but their letters to each other were frequent and intimate. Tschaikowsky poured out his soul to this woman, who is described by his brother Modest as proud and energetic, with deep- rooted principles, with the independence of a man; a woman that held in disdain all that is petty and conventional, but was pure in thought and action; a woman that was compassionate, but not sentimental. * * * The symphony is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clari- nets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, strings. The first movement begins with a short introduction, Andante sos- tenuto, F minor, 3-4, with the Fate theme. This phrase is answered by wood-wind and trumpets against harmonies in horns, trombones, bassoons, tuba. The main body of the movement, Moderato con anima (in movimento di valse), F minor, 9-8, begins with the expo- sition of the first theme with melody in first violins and 'cellos. The development is in the wood-wind against an accompaniment of strings. The whole development is long and elaborate. There is a change, Moderato assai, quasi andante. A clarinet phrase is answered by de- scending chromatic scale-passages in the wood-wind and rising and * Joseph Kotek, violinist, teacher, and composer for violin, was born at Kamenez-Podolks, in the govern- ment of Moscow, October 25, 1855. He died at Davos, January 4, 1885. He studied at the Moscow Con- servatory and afterward with Joachim. In 1882 he was appointed a teacher at the Royal High School fori Music, Berlin. As a violinist, he was accurate, skilful, unemotional. Tschaikowsky was deeply attached to| him. t In December, 1890, Nadejda wrote Peter that on account of the complicated state of her business affairs! she could not continue the allowance. Furthermore, she treated him with curious indifference, so that Tschai-| kowsky mourned the loss of the friend rather than of the pension. 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