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THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION Operating THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Frank E. Joseph, President Carl N. Osborne .......................................................................Vice President William A. McAfee...................................................................... Vice President Edgar A. Hahn...............................................................................vice President Alfred M. Rankin...................................................................... Vice President Alan S. Geismer................................................................................... Secretary Burton A. Miller............................................................................Treasurer TRUSTEES Term Expires May 31, 1960 Term Expires May 31, 1961 Term Expires May 31, 1962 Mrs. Dudley S. Blossom Kenyon C. Bolton Mrs. George P. Bickford Walter K. Bailey* Howard F. Burns Dudley S. Blossom, Jr. Howard Dingle Frederick C. Crawford Mrs. Percy W. Brown Alan S. Geismer* Henry S. Curtiss Leroy B. Davenport Robert Hays Gries Royal Firman, Jr. Edward W. Garfield Frank K. Griesinger Ellwood H. Fisher Edgar A. Hahn* Mrs. Gilbert W. Humphrey* James D. Ireland Jay Iglauer Frank E. Joseph* Ernest Manring Charles B. Merrill Mrs. John S. Lucas Burton A. Miller* W. A. C. Miller, III William A. McAfee* John P. Murphy R. Henry Nor web, Jr. John S. Millis Mrs. Richard P. Nash* Thomas F. Patton Carl N. Osborne* Alfred M. Rankin* Alexander C. Robinson, III Arthur W. Steudel H. Chapman Rose Kurt L. Seelbach* Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr*. Ralph S. Schmitt Vernon B. Stouffer Mrs. Fred R. White Mrs. William C. Treuhaft* Hon. Carl V. Weygandt Lewis B. Williams Ex Officio: Miss Dorothy Humel,* President of Women’s Committee *Member of Executive Committee PAST PRESIDENTS D. Z. Norton 1919-1921 Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-1953 John L. Severance 1921-1936 Percy W. Brown 1953-1955 Dudley S. Blossom 1936-1939 Frank E. Taplin 1955-1957 A. Beverly Barksdale, Manager Lauren W. Pitcock, Ticket Office George P. Carmer, Comptroller Robert G. Carman, Publicity and Public Relations Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 6, Ohio (Tel.: CEdar 1-7300) 455 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Forty-Second Season—1959-1960 GEORGE SZELL, Musical Director and Conductor Robert Shaw, Associate Conductor Louis Lane, Assistant Conductor PERSONNEL FIRST VIOLINS VIOLONCELLOS BASSOONS Josef Gingold Ernst Silberstein George Goslee Concertmaster Adolphe Frezin Vaclav Laksar Arnold Steinhardt Co-Principals Walter Henker Assistant Concertmaster Harry Fuchs CONTRA BASSOON Ernest Kardos William Stokking.Jr. Marcello Bucci Assistant Concertmaster Warren Downs Daniel Majeske Albert Michelson FRENCH HORNS Thomas Liberti Assistant Concertmaster Myron Bloom Michael Grebanier Kurt Loebel Roy Waas Rolf Störseth James Barrett Martin Morris Martin Simon Joseph Koch Richard Mackey Theodore Baar Samuel Salkin Ernani Angelucci Donald White Stephen Erdely Charles Blabolil Leonard Samuels BASSES TRUMPETS Alessandro Bottero Jacques Posell Richard Smith Clemens Faber Olin Trogdon Charles Hois Philipp Naegele Fay Jennings Dominick De Gangi Gino Raffaelli Raymond Benner David Zauder Theodore Rautenberg Irving Nathanson Alfred Käufer Jeno Antal Frank May Sidney Weiss Harry Barnoff CORNETS Edward Matey Lawrence Angell Dominick De Gangi Thomas LaRusso David Zauder SECOND VIOLINS TROMBONES Hyman Schandler HARPS Robert Boyd Elmer Setzer Alice Chalifoux Warren Burkhart Samuel Epstein Martha Dalton Merritt Dittert William Brown FLUTES Bernhard Goldschmidt TUBA Maurice Sharp Felix Freilich Chester Roberts Martin Heylman Maurice Wolfson George Hambrecht TYMPANI Willis Reinhardt Cloyd Duff Charles Blabolil PICCOLO Evelyn Botnick William Hebert PERCUSSION Bert Arenson Emil Sholle Elizabeth Clendenning OBOES Frank Sholle Arpad Bognar Alfred Genovese Robert Matson James Knox Elden Gatwood Robert Pangborn Alfred Käufer Robert Zupnik Edward Matey Jerome Rosen* KEYBOARD Emil Sholle ENGLISH HORN Harvey McGuire INSTRUMENTS VIOLAS Louis Lane CLARINETS George Silfies Abraham Skernick Theodore Baar Frederick Funkhouser Robert Marcellus Jerome Rosen* Laszlo Krausz Theodore Johnson George Silfies Tom Brennand LIBRARIANS Ben Selcer Tom Brennand E FLAT CLARINET Muriel Carmen Frederick Funkhouser Theodore Johnson Walter Stummer PERSONNEL MANAGER Vitold Kushleika BASS CLARINET Olin Trogdon Edward Ormond Alfred Zetzer Isaac Gans BAGGAGE MASTER Malcolm Mark SAXOPHONE George Higgins William Kiraly George Silfies * Apprentice Conductor 457 THE WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Miss Dorothy Hdmel, President Vice Presidents Treasurer Recording Secretary Mrs. Louis Peirce S. Mrs. Louis Mellen Mrs. Richard C. Findley Mrs. Frank K. Griesinger Mrs. Norman M. Goldsword Assistant Treasurer Corresp/tnding Secretary Mrs. Henry C. Cooke Mrs. William M. Carran TRUSTEES Mrs. William Carran M. Mrs. Richard C. Findley Mrs. Webb Chamberlain, Jr. Mrs. Elmer L. Lindsbth P. Mrs. Norman M. Goldsword Mrs. Sterling Clements Mrs. Louis Mellen W. Mrs. Fränk K. Griesinger Mrs. Henry Cooke Mrs. Herrick F. Peacock C. Mrs. Raymond Hengst Mrs. Seward Covert Mrs. Louis S. Peirce A. Mrs. Ralph E. Hirsh Mrs. Carl Dryer Mrs. Lauren W. Pitcock E. Miss Dorothy Humel Mrs. J. Paul Fagan Mrs. H. Chapman Rose Mrs. Eugene T. Kinder Mrs. Henry G. Schmidt EDUCATIONAL Mrs. Frank K. Griesinger, Chairman Mrs. John S. Beard, Co-Chairman Mrs. A. Beverly Barksdale-------------- Mrs. Cloyd E. Doff Mrs. James Brooks, Jr. Mrs. Henry Saunders C. Mrs. Raymond Hengst Mrs. David R. Buschman Mrs. Ansley W. Sawyer Mrs. John N. Lenhart Mrs. George M. Campbell Mrs. George H. Watkins Mrs. Laurence T. Mayher Mrs. Seward A. Covert Mrs. Elden C. Weckesser Mrs. Sterling L. Neale Mrs. John David Wright HOSPITALITY Mrs. Lauren W. Pitcock, Chairman Mrs. Eugene T. Kinder, Co-Chairman Mrs. Gardner Abbott, Jr. Mrs. Albert S. Ingalls, Jr. Mrs. Robert J. Slobby Mrs. Warren Daane Mrs. I. A. Mathias Mrs. Earl E. Steehler Mrs. Robert P. Dalton Mrs. Thomas P. Mulligan Mrs. Ralph L. Strong Mrs. J. Paul Fagan Mrs. Paul J. Munz Mrs. Olin Trogdon Mrs. Dougherty Hanna Mrs. Fred Rosenthal Mrs. Stanley H. Watson Mrs. E. J. Hruby Mrs. Robert F. Shurtz Mrs. Jay F. Zook MAINTENANCE FUND Mrs. Alan S. Geismer, Chairman Mrs. Walter K. Bailey, Co-Chairman MEMBERSHIP Mrs. Elmer L. Lindseth, Chairman Mrs. Harvard H. Gorrie, Co-Chairman Mrs. T. Vickroy Balch ’M ' rs. "Richard H. Cutting Mrs. Fred Rosenthal Mrs. Raymond Barker Mrs. Robert Dowling Mrs. Charles Ruggles Mrs. Henry T. Barratt Mrs. N. Lester Farnacy Mrs. Lewis Schilling Mrs. George Blauvelt Mrs. John H. Gerber Mrs. D. Kincaide Sealy Miss Katherine Bywriter Mrs. William H. Knight, Jr. Mrs. Theodore B. Selover Mrs. William P. Carothers Mrs. Erwin E. Lehmann Mrs. Sheldon K. Towsen Mrs. John W. Cronin Mrs. Louis Mellen, Jr. Mrs. Edward E. Worthington MUSIC MEMORY AND APPRECIATION Miss Dorothy Price, Chairman Mr.;.Mrs. Sterling W. Clements, Co-Chairman Mrs. Cleon M. Bell Mrs. Frank E. Joseph Mrs. Jacques Posell Mrs. George P. Bickford Mrs. Robert L. Kaiser Mrs. Sloan A. Pritchard Mrs. Russell L. Gee Mrs. Ralph W. Kelley Miss Frieda Schumacher Mrs. Margaret Jones Haslam Mrs. Clarence S. Metcalf Mrs. AvEry L. Sterner NOMINATING Mrs. Carl V. Weygandt, Chairman Mrs. Walter T. Kinder Mrs. Louis Mellen Mrs. Louis S. Peirce Mrs. Curtis C. Williams PROGRAM Mrs. Norman M. Goldsword, Chairman Mrs. Louis S. Peirce, Co-Chairman PROMOTION Mrs. Robert H. ' >t, Chairman Mrs. d A. Reeves, Co-Chairman Mrs. Allan Austin S. Mrs. Leslie J. Fahey Mrs. Frank Nulsen Mrs. Merrill Barber C. Mrs. Roy Hein, Jr. Mrs. H. Chapman Rose Mrs. A. Beverly Barksdale Miss Katherine Kane Mrs. Fred J. Schuster Mrs. H. Lee Bassett Mrs. Ralph W. Kelley Mrs. Edward H. Smedley Mrs. James Berry Mrs. Walter T. Kinder Mrs. Stanley Stone, Jr. Mrs. Webb P. Chamberlain, Jr. Mrs. David W. Murray Mrs. William C. Treuhaft Mrs. Carl Dryer E. Mrs. Sterling L. Neale Mrs. Richard H. Watt PUBLIC RELATIONS Mrs. Henry G. Schmidt, Chairman Mrs. George H. Belhobek, Co-Chairman SEASON TICKET SALES Mrs. Frank E. Joseph, Chairman Mrs. Herman Adelstein, Co-Chairman SUMMER AND TWILIGHT CONCERTS ■. „ r»M?8- Lynn Brua, Chairman Mrs. Herrick F. Peacock, Co-Chairman Mr«’ ^i£en Mrs. Stanley M. Eilers Mrs. Frank M. Roby Mrs. Bertrand J. Belda Mrs. Thomas H. Jenkins Miss Marjorie Taylor 459 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA GEORGE SZELL, Conductor FIFTEENTH PROGRAM Thursday, January 21, 1960, at 8:30 O'clock Saturday, January 23, 1960, at 8:30 O'clock Soloist: ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Prelude to “Lohengrin” Wagner Symphony No. 2 George Rochberg Declamando — Interlude — Allegro scherzoso — Interlude — Molto tranquillo — Interlude — Finale INTERMISSION Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Brahms in B fiat major, Op. 83 Allegro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso Steinway Piano Epic and Columbia Records A Wagner-Brahms exhibit may be seen in the Green Room, with rare memorabilia of the composers kindly lent by Mr. Leo Weidenthal. 461 NOTES ON THE PROGRAM Edited by Klaus G. Roy PRELUDE TO “LOHENGRIN” By Richard Wagner Born May 22, 1813, in Leipzig; died February 13, 1883, in Venice. Wagner wrote the three acts of his romantic opera Lohengrin between September 9, 1846, and August 2, 1847, and completed the prelude on August 28. The instrumentation occupied him during the following winter and spring. The prelude was first performed at the première of the opera in the Court Theatre, Weimar, August 28, 1850, Franz Liszt con ducting. The first concert performance of the prelude was conducted by Julius Rietz in the