ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA. BostonSympRony Qrctiestia WILHELM GERICKE, Conductor. Twenty-first Season in Philadelphia* PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST CONCERT MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, AT 8. J 5 PRECISELY. Hale. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by Philip Published by C. A. ELLIS, Manager. l A PIANO FOR THE MUSICALLY INTELLIGENT classes, artists' pianos If Pianos divide into two and popular pianos. The proportion of the first class to the second class is precisely the proportion of cultivated music lovers to the rest of society. A piano, as much as a music library, is the index of the musical taste of its owner. are among the musically intelligent, the ^f If you PIANO is worth your study. You will appreciate the " theory and practice of its makers : Let us have an artist's piano ; therefore let us employ the sci- ence, secure the skill, use the materials, and de- vote the time necessary to this end. Then let us count the cost and regulate the -price." Tf In this case hearings not seeing, is believing. Let us send you a list of our branch houses and sales agents (located in all important cities), at whose warerooms our pianos may be heard. Boston, Mass., 492 Boylston Street New York, 139 Fifth Avenue Chicago, Wabash Avenue and Jackson Boulevard Boston Symphony Orchestra. PERSONNEL. Twenty-fifth Season, 1905-1906. WILHELM GERICKE, Conductor First Viouns Hess, Willy, Concertmeister. Adamowski, T. Ondricek, K. Mahn, F Back, A. Roth, O. Krafft, W. Eichheim, H. Sokoloff, N. Kuntz, D. Hoffmann, J Fiedler, E. Mullaly, J. Moldauer, A. Strube, G. Rissland, K. Second Violins. Barleben, C. Schuchmann, F. E. Kurth, R. Kuntz, A. Akeroyd, J. Tischer-Zeitz, H. Goldstein, S. Fiedler, B. Fiumara, P. Marble, E. B. Berger, H Traupe, W. Swornsbourne, W. W Eichler, J. Edw. Vtolas. Zach, M. Sauer, G. F. Hoyer, H. Krauss, O. H Ferir, E. Kolster, A Kluge, M. Gietzen, A. Heindl, H. Zahn, F. VIOLONCELLOS. Warnke, H. Loeffier, E. Barth, C. Hadley, A. 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PIANO that has been manufactured continuously for over Eighty-two years, which has been honored and distin- guished by States and Sovereigns, by learned societies and World's Expositions, by the greatest contemporaneous mu- sicians who haye bestowed upon it the highest testimonials, awards, and decorations, embracing every known method of publicly recog- nizing distinguished merit. The public honors alone include 129 First Medals and Awards. A vast experience is thus exemplified in the Chickering Piano of to-day. CHICKERING & SONS Established 1823 791 TREMONT STREET BOSTON, MASS. Represented in Philadelphia by JOHN WANAMAKER BOStOn ACADEMY OF MUSIC, A philadelphia Symphony 7*r Twenty-fifth Season, J9O5-1906. Orchestra Twenty-first Season in Philadelphia. WILHELM GERICKE, Conductor. FIRST CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, AT 8.15 PRECISELY. PROGRAMME. March of Homage. Bacchanale and Duet from " Tannhauser " (Paris Version). WAGNER Prize Song from "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg." Siegfried's Parting from Briinnhilde, Siegfried's Death and Funeral March, Closing Scene, from " The Dusk of the Gods." SOLOISTS x Mme. JOHANNA GADSKI. Mr. ELLISON VAN HOOSE. n There will be an intermission of five minutes after the ** Tannhauser selection and an intermission of ten minutes after the selection from Act I. of ** Dusk of the Gods." HARDMAN PIANO THE genius employed for the past sixty- four years in the manufacture of these instruments has produced a piano with a pure musical tone. Besides possessing this tone they have a peculiar feature in that they actually improve with use. Established in 1842. Booklets of information. Hardman, Peck & Co., Makers Fifth Avenue and 19th Street, New York Represented in Philadelphia by JAMES BELLAK'S SONS H2Q Chestnut Street — March of Homage Richard Wagner (Born at Leipsic on May 22, 1813; died at Venice on February 13, 1883.) This march was composed at a villa on Lake Starnberg, not far from Munich, in the summer of 1864, as an expression of gratitude toward Ludwig II. of Bavaria. Wagner then wrote of the monarch as a lover of his sweetheart. "I fly to him as a beloved one. It is an enchanting intimacy. Never before have I seen such unrestrained eagerness to learn, such comprehension, ardor, and enthusiasm; and then his loving care for me, the chaste cordiality which is expressed in every mien when he assures me of his happiness in possessing me; thus we often sit for hours, lost in contemplation of each other."* Wagner wrote to Mrs. Wille in even more extravagant terms, and in ' one letter he said : 'Through him the male sex has completely rehabili- tated itself in my eyes." Through his intimacy with the king, Wagner had been able to appease his creditors for a time. Ludwig had given him his portrait, and the villa was so near the castle of the king that the latter sent his carriage for Wagner two or three times a day. The Huldigungsmarsch was composed originally for a brass band, the original score is still in manuscript, we understand,—and in this form it was played at the ceremony of the laying of the corner-stone of the Bayreuth Theatre, May 22, 1872. While the band was playing, Wagner took the hammer and saying, "Blessings on this stone; may it stand long and hold firmly," he gave the stone three strokes. The version for full orchestra was begun by Wagner, completed by Raff, and published in 1869. Dedicated to King Ludwig II. of Bavaria, it is scored for one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, four horns, two bassoons, one bass clarinet, three trumpets, three trombones, one bass tuba, kettledrums, snare-drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, and strings. The march begins Marschmassig, anfanglich etwas zunickhaltend (Alia marcia, alia prima un poco ritenuto), in E-flat major, 2-2. There is a sort of sentimental introduction, in which horns and wood-wind instruments have the theme. The chromatic harmonies swell from piano to forte, and strings enter to carry on the development. There * The English version is by Mr. Henry T. Finck. MINIATURE ORCHESTRAL SCOfiES LATEST ADDITIONS HAYDN. Symphony in G, " The Surprise." " Symphony, "The Oxford." CHERUBINI. Overture, "Anacreon." " Overture, " Die Abenceragen." " Overture, " Der Wassertrager." " Overture, " Medea." GLINKA. Overture, " La Vie pour le Czar." " Overture, " Ruslan and Ludmila." CORNELIUS. Overture, " The Barber of Bagdad." " Overture, "Der Cid." SCHUMANN. Overture, " Genoveva." " Overture, " Manfred." MOZART. Fifth Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. " Sixth Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. " Twenty -sixth Piano Concerto (Coronation). 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Violas, 'cellos, horns, and bass clarinet give out a theme in unison, based on the initial figure of the chief motive of the march, over sustained harmonies in wood-wind and brass instru- ments. The tempo changes, —von hier an etwas belebter (un poco piu vivace), —and there is a martial motive against drum-rolls which leads to a fortissimo outburst. Then the march begins — piano in wood-wind—horns and strings. The development is long. The martial second theme for the trumpets or trombones is in the nature of an episodic counter-theme to the chief one. The coda is introduced by a return to the harmonies of the introduction. The rhythm of the march is simple and persistent.