« BOSTON »%m SYMPHONY ORCHESTRH PRSGRMftE ANGELUS PLAYER-PIANO The Angelus The Angelus was the First is the Best Player Player THE value of a player- piano is far in excess of its cost. Music is educational like art and literature. It is synonymous with culture and engenders a wholesome and refining in- fluence in the family. Music, formerly a luxury, has become the great popular art. The Angelus has contributed greatly to this end. The Angelus Player- Piano is a masterpiece by means of which you can give audible expression to those emotions sometimes hidden away in the remotest corner of your heart. The Angelus is the musical wonder of the world. Its fascination is life-long, and its joys remain long after the cost is forgotten. Call to see and hear Angelus Uprights Angelus Grands Ask about %600—%1050 these pianos. *1250to$1650 special payment plan. CCHaryey® "THE HOME OF HARMONY" 144 BOYLSTON STREET (opposite the Common), BOSTON 284 MAIN ST.. BROCKTON 14 CITY HALL SQ.. LYNN SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Telephones ( Ticket Office ) Back fi J492 Branch Exchange | Administration Offices ) losiom SympLomy Orek THIRTY-FIFTH SEASON, 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor >©H BMi iVesMrai WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24 AT 2.30 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25 AT 8.00 O'CLOCK COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER 1089 a Yes, It's a Steinway ISN'T there supreme satisfaction in being able to say that of the piano in your home? Would you have the same feeling about any other piano? " It's a Steinway." Nothing more need be said. Everybody knows you have chosen wisely; you have given to your home the very best that money can buy. You will never even think of changing this piano for any other. As the years go by the words "It's a Sieinway" will mean more and more to you, and thousands of times, as you continue to enjoy through life the com- panionship of that noble instrument, absolutely without a peer, you will say to yourself: "How glad I am I paid the few extra dollars and got a Steinway." ! ! N WAY & SO s STEINWAY HALL 107-109 East 14th Street, New York Subway Express Station at the Door Represented by the Foremost Dealers Everywhere Thirty-fifth Season, 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor PERSONNEL Violins. Witek, A. Concert-master. Noack, S. Mahn, F. Tak, E. An Artistic Triumph The Artigraphic Chickering Grand is presented as the one player-piano that can faithfully reproduce the fine phrasing, touch, exquisite tone production and tone coloring of such masterly pianists as Hambourg, Busoni, Bauer, Godowsky and others without the aid of buttons, levers or expression- devices of any nature. €J The Artigraphic Grand, architecturally and in size, is an exact duplicate of the beautiful Chickering Grand. Its player-control when not in use is effectively lost from view beneath the instrument, so that the Artigraphic, excepjt to the initiated, is played upon and viewed as a magnificent Chickering Grand Pianoforte. <| We are producing a limited number of Arti- graphic Chickering Grands at $1 750 for persons of culture and refinement who appreciate the finer elements of beauty in music and in piano- fortes. We shall be very happy to demonstrate the Artigraphic either at our warerooms or in the homes of those who are genuinely interested. Charge Accounts Invited CHICKERING WAREROOMS i/:q tremont street At the Sign of the Clock 1 U y Between Mason & West Sts. Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, Vicior-Victrolas and Records, R-jthmodik Music Rolls m !! 1092 THIRTY -FIFTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, at 8.00 o'clock Cornelius . Overture to the Opera "The Barber of Bagdad" Volkmann .... Concerto in A minor, for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Hill .... 'The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere," Symphonic Poem after Stephen Phillips, Op. 22. First time in Boston Mendelssohn .... Symphony in A major, "Italian," Op. 90 I. Allegro vivace. II. Andante con moto. III. Con moto moderato. IV. Saltarello: Presto. SOLOIST Mr. HEINRICH WARNKE There will be an intermission of ten minutes before the symphony The ladies of the audience are earnestly requested not to put on hats before the end of a number. The doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval between the numbers. 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 obstruct! 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 docs not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest. J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk 1093 ER & BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON For Ladies, Misses and Children An Interesting and Beautiful Display Special attention is called to the Exhibition of Hats for OUTDOOR SPORTS, ranging in price, from $5.00 to $15.00 ^Plf VOLUME XIV— 1916 BOOK could possibly be more opportune at the present moment than the Alfred Peats' new edition, which is published annually under the title of Home Decoration. From many points of view the 1916 edition must be m regarded as a distinct success. Notwithstanding that the general feeling in decoration is comparable with what we have come to flippantly term the "simple life," there are multifarious design ideas distinctively luxurious. RECEPTION HALL. Page 3 T^HE decoration shown for the Reception Hall is a cheer for loneli- *• ness. Its wonderful color scheme is so fascinating that it makes one cool in midsummer and cheers one up even in the dead of winter. The wall paper shown is a stamped gold effect with iridescent colors in tiffany tones, and is unusually effective. To grasp a better idea of the decoration offered for the Reception Hall it is necessary to study the magnificent color-tones shown in our sketch. If you contemplate papering one room or the entire Home, ask for a copy of "HOME DECORATION" ALFRED PEATS COMPANY H8 Summer Street, BOSTON Overture to "The Barber of Bagdad" . Peter Cornelius (Born at Mainz, December 24, 1824; died at Mainz, October 24, 1874.) The overture heard at these concerts is not the one composed origi- nally for the opera and played at the first performance. It was com- posed long after the performance: it was orchestrated by Liszt, and not performed until after the death of Cornelius. "Der Barbier von Bagdad," a comic opera in two acts, libretto and music by Peter Cornelius, was produced at the Grand Ducal Court Theatre, Weimar, December 15, 1858. Liszt conducted. The cast was as follows: Margiana, Rosa von Milde; Bostana, Miss Wolf; Nureddin, Caspari; Caliph, von Milde; Cadi, Knopp; the Barber, Roth. The score of the opera is dedicated to Liszt. The opera failed dismally. There was an intrigue against Liszt and his musical views and tendencies rather than against the opera itself. Cornelius was an aggressive member of the "New German School." Liszt was especially fond of him, and lost no opportunity of praising his musical talent. Some have thought that Dinglestedt, * the theatre director, jealous of Liszt, had something to do with the storm of disapproval that broke loose the night of the first performance of this opera. Liszt was so grieved and angered that he resigned * Franz von Dinglestedt, poet and dramatist, born June 30, 1814, at Halsdorf, died at Vienna, May 15, 1881, as General Director of the Court Theatre. He was successively teacher, librarian (Stuttgart, 1843), and theatre director (Munich, 1850; Weimar, 1857). SOMGS WITH VIOLIM OBBLIGATO BEACH, Mrs. H. H. A. ECSTASY. Soprano or Tenor. Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone - - - .60 FOOTE, ARTHUR AN IRISH FOLK SONG. Soprano or Tenor. Alto or Baritone - - .60 HANSCOM, E. W. LULLABY. Alto or Baritone .50 LANG, MARGARET RUTHVEN AN IRISH MOTHER'S LULLABY. Soprano or Tenor. Alto or Baritone .65 LYNES, FRANK SPRING SONG (Hark ! the Robin's Early Song) Soprano or Tenor - .65 MAASE, W. THE AWAKENING OF THE ROSE. Soprano or Tenor - - - .65 THE EARTH IS DECKED WITH BEAUTY. Soprano or Tenor - .75 METCALF, JOHN W. ABSENT. Soprano or Tenor. Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone. Alto or Bass .50 PARK, EDNA ROSALIND THOU ART SO LIKE A FLOWER. Soprano or Tenor - - - .50 WARNER, H. WALDO LOVE AND THE ROSE. Soprano or Tenor. Alto or Baritone - - .65 1 20 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. For Sale by all Music Dealers 1095 immediately his position of Music Director at the Court. (He began his service November 12, 1848, with a performance of the overture to "Tannhauser.") The correspondence of Liszt contains references to the opera, the performance, and the revision. He wrote to Alexander Ritter, Decem- ber 4, 1856, that Cornelius was then at work on the opera, and on December 7, 1857, that Cornelius would bring the completed work to Weimar at the end of the month. He wrote to the woman known to the world as "eine Freundin," June 26, 1858, that the work had been "tres heureusement acheveY' After the performance he wrote to Felix Draseke on January 12, 1859, about the latter's opera "Sigurd": "Under present existing circumstances, which on my side are passive and negative, as I intimated to you after the performance of Cornelius's opera, there is no prospect of putting 'Sigurd' * on the boards at present," and he afterwards referred to "the local miseries and crass improprieties" at Weimar.