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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 149 1 lostoai Symphony QreSnesfe©J INC SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-FOURTH SEASON, 1924-1925 PiroErainriime WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TPJ 5TEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. » FREDERICK P. CABOT . Pres.dent GALEN L. STONE ... Vice-President B. ERNEST DANE .... Treasurei FREDERICK P. CABOT ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W, WARREN ARTHUR LYMAN E. SOHlER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN. Manager C E. JUDD Assistant Manager 1429 — THE INST%U<SMENT OF THE IMMORTALS IT IS true that Rachmaninov, Pader- Each embodies all the Steinway ewski, Hofmann—to name but a few principles and ideals. And each waits of a long list of eminent pianists only your touch upon the ivory keys have chosen the Steinway as the one to loose its matchless singing tone, perfect instrument. It is true that in to answer in glorious voice your the homes of literally thousands of quickening commands,, to echo in singers, directors and musicai celebri- lingering beauty or rushing splendor ties, the Steinway is an integral part the genius of the great composers. of the household. And it is equally true that the Steinway, superlatively fine as it is, comet well within the There is a Steinway dealer in your range of the inoderate income and community or near you through "whom meets all the lequirements of the you may purchase a new Steinway modest home. piano -with a small cash deposit, and This instrument of the masters has the balance will be extended over a * been brought to perfection by four period of two years. Used pianos generations of the Steinway family. accepted in partial exchange. But they have done more than this. They have consistently sold it at the Prices: $875 and up lowest possible price. And they have Plus transportation given it to the public upon terms so convenient that the Steinway is well Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall within your reach. Numerous styles 109 East Fourteenth St., New York and sizes are made to suit your home. 1430 osto Forty -fourth Season, 1924-1925 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor PERSONNEL Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Concert-master. Mahn, F. Theodorowicz, J. Where Music Lovers Come YOU may pass our door almost daily. We are convenient to shops, theatres and hotels, so that most of busy Boston knows where we are. Many music lovers do not go by, but come in to see us from time to time. Perhaps they are planning to buy a new piano. It is a purchase to be considered carefully. They wish to be thoroughly familiar with all the good points of our pianos — tone, finish, workmanship, style and price. They buy, knowing that the pleasure of a good piano will be theirs for years to come. Perhaps they wish to know the latest Ampico recordings. They add to their Ampico library the marvelous interpretations of the famous pianists as they are made—-exclusively for the Ampico. We invite you to come in as you pass by. We will play for you or let you try the different instru- ments yourself. We are here to serve the music lovers by showing them pianos enduring of tone, built of the finest materials by skilled workmen. You can afford a good piano. We offer you a wide range of prices, an allowance on your old piano and make satisfactory terms for payment of the balance. tSTA.USHID .»» (J JJ 169-Tremont Street, Boston PIANOS OF ALL PRICES—EACH PRE-EMINENT IN ITS CLAS. 1432 FORTY-FOURTH SEASON. NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR & TWENTY-FIVE Ei: Pm FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 7. at 8.15 o'clock Weber-Mahler Intermezzo from "The Three Pintos" Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 I. Allegro con brio. II. Andante. III. Poco allegretto. IV. Allegro. mdelssohn Scherzo from the Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" agner Prelude to Act III, "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" rauss 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, 1 898,—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 1433 MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER CRUISE '"PHE most complete Mediterranean route ever devised. Thirty ports and cities, including Rome, Venice, Pisa, Naples, Granada .Tangier , Algiers, Ragusa, Cattaro, Athens, Constantinople, Jeru- salem, Cairo, the Riviera, etc. The ship (S.S. "Oronsay"— 20,000 tons)—brand- new, splendidly modern, with all rooms on sale* outside rooms — is the largest Summer Mediterranean cruiser. Sail- ing from New York June 27, the cruise will continue for fifty-three days in sum- mer weather that will be conspicuously auspicious for unprecedentedly varied and comprehensive Shore Excursions. Cherbourg arid Southampton will be reached on August 18. The rates are $675 and up. MIDNIGHT SUN CRUISE THE 5th Annual Raymond-Whitcomb "Midnight Sun Cruise" leavesNew York June 30 for Scandinavia—a region better known by Raymond-Whitcomb than by any other American Travel company. In31daysthe20,000-tonCunarder "Franconia"—one of the best-known cruise-ships—will visit Iceland, the North Cape, the Norwegian Fjords, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, France, England. This engrossing sum- mer voyage is always popular with young folks. $725 and up. ROUND THE WORLD ON October 10, the 1925 Raymond-Whitcomb Round the World Cruise will sail from New York on the brand-new, 20,000-ton Cunarder"Carinthia". A "Six-Continent Cruise" visiting the great Asiatic countries and—for the first time In cruise-history—Australia, New Zealand, etc. $2,000 and up. TRAVEL SERVICE IN EUROPE Raymond-Whitcomb Europe Tours leave frequently during the summer. And as always our "Individual Travel Service" smooths the way for those who wish to travel "without escort \ Send for Cruise and Tour Booklets and Travel Guides RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. 165 Tremont Street Telephone Beach 6964 Boston 1434 Entr'acte from "The Three Pintos," Opera in three acts as completed by gustav mahler Friedrich Ernst, Baron Carl Maria von Weber (Weber born at Eutin in Oldenburg, December 18, 1786; died at London on June 5, 1826. Mahler born at Kalischt, in Bohemia, July 7, 1860; died at Vienna on May 18, 1911) This Entr'acte was first performed at the production of "Die drei Pintos," under Mahler's direction at the New City Theatre, Leipsic, on January 20, 1888. The first performance in the United States was at one of Anton Seidl's concerts in Steinway Hall, New York, on November 10, 1888. The history of the opera is a curious one. Weber had considered from time to time taking a libretto derived from F. W. Gubitz's "Sappho"; Gubitz's "Alfred"; Fr. Kind's "Alcindor"; Kind's "Der Cid"; also a "Tannhauser." "Die drei Pintos," a comic opera in three acts, was to be Weber's twelfth dramatic work. The text was by Theodor Hell, whose real name was Karl Winkler. Hell took his story of Spanish amorous adventure from a novel "Der Brautkampf," by Dr. C. Seidel, which was published as a serial in the Dresden Abendzeitung in 1819. Weber began to compose music at Dresden for this libretto on Feb- ruary 28, 1820. He completed seven numbers, of which No. 6, the last, was finished on November 8, 1821. It was on May 13, 1820, that he began work on "Der Freischutz." In 1820, he wrote the music for "Preciosa." Enthusiastic at first over "Die drei Pintos," he apparently lost interest in the work, as shown by his letters; but in December, 1824, RECENT PERFORMANCES OF THE WORKS OF MABEL W. DANIELS SONGS SUNG BY ( Norman Jollif DAYBREAK ] Daisy Krey ( Mrs. Win slow Porter THE WATERFALL Bernice Fisher Butler THE LADY OF DREAMS Mrs. Winslow Porter SONG OF THE PERSIAN CAPTIVE Mrs . Winslow Porter THE DESOLATE CITY ( Herbert Wellington Smith (Aria for Baritone and Orchestra) ( Robert Isensee JUST ISSUED SQNGS OF ELFLAND oP 28 Two Choruses for Women's Voices, with accompaniment of Flute, Harp and Strings (or Piano) No. 1 . THE FAIRY ROAD _;25 No. 2 THE FAIRY RING . J5 Performed by The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus MacDowell Club, Boston Flute Players' Club, Boston A S for Mixed Voices (Poem by Abbie Farwell Brown) Performed by The Brookline Choral Society, Frank H. Luker, Conductor THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 Boylston St. he hoped to complete the opera in that winter. But there was the invitation from London to write an opera for Covent Garden, his "Oberon." — Weber died leaving—as is generally supposed "Die drei Pintos" unfinished. His widow, however, asserted that he took the complete score with him to London; that it was probably lost with other man- uscripts at Sir George Smart's house, in consequence of the confusion that attended Weber's death. After Weber's death, his family sought to utilize the fragments of the opera.